Legacy Program: WMD Nonproliferation

Op-Ed by David Kim on Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump announced that he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the end of the month to continue a “historic push” for peace on the Korean Peninsula. If one statement stood out from Trump on North Korea, it’s that “much work remains to be done” […]

Hope in an Age of Nuclear Weapons: The Realist Case for Elimination Book Discussion

This event was rescheduled due to inclement weather. It is now taking place on Thursday, May 2.   Event Description: Wilson will challenge Cold War concepts that still inform policy, and present new and compelling reasons why we should take the question of elimination seriously. In his first public discussion of his forthcoming book, Hope […]

Interview with David Kim and NK News Reporter Colin Zwirko on Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s Speech

Kim Jong Un delivered his much-anticipated New Year Address for 2019 early Tuesday morning to fellow North Koreans tuning in to hear how the country’s strategy and policy might shift in the coming year. But as the DPRK finds itself in the midst of stalled negotiations with the U.S. and surprisingly constant progress in improving relations with South Korea, experts stationed outside the […]

Nothing About Trashing the INF Treaty Makes the U.S. Safer

From the strategic and diplomatic realms to the budgetary and tactical levels, Trump’s decision makes no sense. Donald Trump announced at a campaign rally on Saturday that he will walk away from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a move that his National Security Adviser, John Bolton, has long endorsed. The reasons given for withdrawal are […]

Blockchain in Practice

Distributed ledger technology (DLT), such as Blockchain, is being characterized as revolutionary in its potential to alter the world economy. Stimson is identifying applications and implications of DLT for non-proliferation and international security at the international, national, and operational (industry) level. Exploratory research is considering how the technology enhances or weakens the security of nuclear material, technologies, and facilities. Specifically, Stimson is focusing on the following four […]

No Surprise: The Bomb Has Made a Bad Situation Worse in South Asia

After testing nuclear devices in 1998, Indian and Pakistani leaders genuinely believed — or stated for the record, while suspecting otherwise — that bringing bombs out of the basement would help make the region safer and more stable. They assumed, as did leading strategic analysts in both countries, that nuclear weapon requirements could remain modest […]