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…

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…