March 16, 2026
The Center for Nonproliferation Studies is pleased to have published two new issues of its flagship peer-reviewed journal, the Nonproliferation Review (NPR). These collections of articles complete Volume 32 of the journal and feature a range of cutting-edge contributions by scholars and practitioners. They cap off the year of 2025, which saw the journal set a new record for article reads and downloads.
First up is the NPR’s second special issue on the theme of “Beyond Nuclear Deterrence.” It was guest edited by the co-chairs of the MacArthur Foundation working group of the same name: Hassan Elbahtimy, Rebecca Davis Gibbons, and Stephen Herzog. In addition to contributions from the guest editors, it features on-topic articles written by Catherine Eschle; former UN Undersecretary General for Disarmament Affairs Nobuyasu Abe; and Nobumasa Akiyama, Yuki Ohara, and Yuhi Matsushita. Rounding out the issue are regular NPR articles by Alexander Sorg and Norman Cigar.
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The NPR also recently released a new issue centered around the special topic of using network analysis to understand nuclear proliferation. Contributors to this section include Philip Baxter, Justing Hastings, and Adam Stulberg. Following the special topic are three regular articles by Robert Reardon, Alexander Kelle and Malcolm Dando, and Riya Manas Sharma and Tom Hobson. The issue concludes with a book review by James Acton.
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