Product Types: Policy Paper

Policy Paper

Myanmar: An Enduring Intelligence State, or a State Enduring Intelligence?

The shadow of the country’s dominant intelligence apparatus looms large over all aspects of Burmese politics and, notably, this year’s dramatic coup
April 7, 2021
Andrew Selth
Policy Paper

Let Them Eat Smartphones: A Reflection on the Wealth-Information Paradox

There is a new realpolitik in the information age, where the inconvenience of perturbing some bilateral ties is outweighed by the imperative
April 7, 2021
Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr.
Policy Paper

Assumption Testing: Strategies of coercion are effective

How policymakers communicate strategy to various constituencies is an important corollary of their success or failure.
March 4, 2021
Erica Borghard
Policy Paper

23 Years of Nonuse

The nuclear taboo, a normative inhibition against nuclear first use, is weak in Pakistan and risks being undermined in India
February 22, 2021
Nina Tannenwald
Policy Paper

Empowering Congress on the Korean Peninsula

The Korea Study Group aimed to empower Congress and build a dialogue on security challenges on and around the Korean Peninsula
February 19, 2021
Clint Work
Policy Paper

Assumption Testing: Revisionist states are the cause of great-power competition

Though these states are presumed to be creating a dangerous new era of great-power competition, it is an assumption with remarkably limited
February 3, 2021
Emma Ashford
Policy Paper

Missing: Legal Frameworks for Chemical Security

In the aftermath of the widespread use of chemical weapons during the First World War, many countries committed to not use such

December 15, 2020
Richard Cupitt
Policy Paper

North Korea and Biological Weapons: Assessing the Evidence

Conflicting assessments of North Korea’s biological weapons capabilities do not indicate an advanced BW program
November 6, 2020
Elisa Harris
Policy Paper

Living With a Nuclear-Arming North Korea: Deterrence Decisions in a Deteriorating Threat Environment

As North Korea’s nuclear program advances, the US must pursue both diplomacy and an updated allied deterrence strategy
November 4, 2020
Brad Roberts
Policy Paper

IAEA Nuclear Security Recommendations (INFCIRC/225): The Next Generation

Nearly a decade later, however, the global nuclear security landscape has changed. Nuclear security regulations and practices have improved. International institutions and

July 29, 2020
Nickolas Roth
Policy Paper

Complementing the Padlock: The prospect of blockchain for strengthening nuclear security

Distributed ledger technology has the potential to complement nuclear security practices and enhance the international security regime
June 26, 2020
Cindy Vestergaard
Policy Paper

Evolving Technologies for Future Deep Geological Repositories: A Closer Look

Technology advancement in drilling industrial oil and gas wells might have potential application for future geological repositories of spent nuclear fuel
May 28, 2020
Trinh Le
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