Jeffrey McCausland on Tactical Nuclear Weapons
The Stimson Center will release a new collection of essays in April, Deterrence Instability and Nuclear Weapons in South Asia. One of these essays, “Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Operational Myths…
Mekong-U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue on Digital Economy
…Seow Hiong (SH) GOH, Executive Director, Global Policy & Government Affairs, Asia Pacific at Cisco Rachel COLEMAN, Google 10:00-10:30 AM Coffee/Tea Break 10:30- 12:00 PM Digital Trade Track A1 Session:…
A Normal Nuclear Pakistan
…engaged in a nuclear arms race. Political leaders of both major parties view nuclear weapons as political, not militarily useful, instruments. Pakistan’s military leaders view nuclear weapons differently. They take…
Nuclear Proliferation: Avoiding a Pandemic
…Russia all have nuclear weapons. Moreover, every additional nuclear weapon state means a greater risk that nuclear devices come into the hands of terrorist organizations. America’s security depends on the…
Prospects for Small Modular Reactors in India
…Three Mile Island, and Fukushima. Traditionally nuclear energy is generated by massive nuclear reactors of power of 1,000 megawatts electric (MWe) or higher per unit. In large nuclear stations, many…
Nuclear Annexation: A New Proliferation Concern?
…Nuclear Power Plant,” EBRD, Nov 18, 2020: https://www.ebrd.com/news/2020/historic-milestone-at-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant.html. 6 Note: “Ukrainian used fuel storage in commissioning,” World Nuclear News, January 31, 2022: https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ukrainian-used-fuel-storage-in-commissioning#:~:text=The%20facility%20is%20located%20near,tested%20in%20July%20last%20year. 7 Note: Anton Khlopkov and Valeriya Chekina,…
The Counterforce Compulsion in South Asia
…also writes that he is opposed to shifting Indian strategic doctrine to a nuclear war fighting posture (such as by embracing tactical nuclear weapons, like Pakistan) because “this shift would be…
Russian-American Cooperation on Personnel Reliability
…world. As long as nuclear weapons and materials exist, nuclear security experts will need to promote continuous improvement in the performance of nuclear security systems. No technology, process, or procedure…