Undermining Efforts to Prevent the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: International Governance on the Cheap
…Weapons Convention (BWC, 1975), the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC, 1997), the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM, 1987), and the four main export control supplier groups, i.e., the…
Reduce the Threat of Chemical Weapons with New Security Standards
…chemicals. Under the nearly universal Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), States have obligations designed to eliminate and prevent development of State-held chemical weapons, but the CWC does little to reduce the…
Innovating for a Secure Future: Summary and Findings of InnoCentive Competition on Nuclear Nonproliferation
…nuclear armaments. The dangers posed by a nuclear-armed terrorist group, rogue states, or other bad actors necessitate constant vigilance and monitoring. The current system for handling requests for dual-use technologies,…
Why the Nuclear Security Summit Alone Won’t Stop Nuclear Terrorism
…challenges to nuclear security, highlighted not at the NSS but at the NGO Side Summit: Solutions for a Secure Nuclear Future. Moving forward, successful measures to counter contemporary nuclear security threats…
Upholding Nonproliferation
…by Pakistan’s A.Q. Khan, and terrorist cells seeking nuclear weapons and fissile material. North Korea has left the tent and says it is building nuclear weapons. Iran may be headed…
Balancing Between Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament: Views from the Next Generation
Balancing Between Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament: Views from the Next Generation presents policy briefs exploring Japan’s complex balancing act between its short-term need for nuclear deterrence and long-term desire for nuclear…
Deterrence Stability and Reducing Nuclear Dangers in South Asia
…receded, after each side tested devices in 1998. Nuclear deterrence theorists have a term for this phenomenon: the “stability-instability paradox.” In this concept, nuclear weapons provide a measure of stability…
Nickolas Roth Joins Stimson as New Director of the Nuclear Security Program
…research to strengthen nuclear security implementation and inclusive stakeholder engagement to bolster international nuclear security leadership. Building upon Stimson’s existing work on nuclear security governance, the program will foster ideas…