Stimson’s South Asia Programming To Reduce Nuclear Dangers

…– i.e., possessing nuclear weapon capabilities could actually embolden risk-taking behavior below the nuclear threshold – proved applicable to the subcontinent. While New Delhi was risk-averse, Rawalpindi wasn’t. With each…
Unblocking the Road to Zero: China and India

…these arsenals? The second in a series on the perspectives of advanced nuclear countries on nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament, edited by Stimson co-founder and Distinguished Fellow Barry Blechman, seeks…
Unblocking the Road to Zero: North Korea and Iran
…Leon Sigal, explore the motivations for their nuclear behavior and search for solutions that would make a worldwide move to a nuclear-weapons free world attainable. Both nations have pursued nuclear…
Spent Nuclear Fuel in France
Highlights 13,990 tHM spent nuclear fuel in storage (2016) 20,277 tHM spent nuclear fuel projected by 2050 1964 First year of commercial nuclear operation 58 operating nuclear power reactors 3…
China as a Mediator in North Korea: Facilitating Dialogues or Mediating Conflicts?

…Study Group Report, China’s Role in North Korea Nuclear and Peace Negotiations, United States Institute for Peace, May 6, 2019, https://www.usip.org/publications/2019/05/chinas-role-north-korea-nuclear-and-peace-negotiations; Xinhua, “China Proposes ‘Double Suspension’ to Defuse Korean Peninsula…
Stimson Analysis: The Iran Deal, One Year Later

…without nuclear weapons.” Both Russia and the United States are engaged in huge nuclear modernization programs. In Asia, China, India, Israel, and Pakistan are all adding to their nuclear arsenals….
Spent Nuclear Fuel in Japan
Highlights 18,398 MTU spent nuclear fuel in storage (2017) 35,518 MTU spent nuclear fuel projected by 2050 1966 First year of commercial nuclear operation 9 operating nuclear power reactors 3…
Diplomacy or Conflict? Trump and Khamenei’s High-Stakes Gamble

…from acquiring a nuclear weapon has dominated U.S. and Israeli concerns for more than two decades. However, linking the nuclear question to Iran’s support for regional militias seems like a…