Analysis Project Atom 2023ByHeather Williams, Kelsey Hartigan, Lachlan Mackenzie, Robert Soofer, Tom Karako, Oriana Skylar Mastro, Franklin Miller, Leonor Tomero and Jon WolfsthalPublished Nov 17, 2023A Competitive Strategies Approach for U.S. Nuclear Posture through 2035
Analysis / ReportReactions from the Next Generation: “The Fragile Balance of Terror: Deterrence in the New Nuclear Age”ByHeather Williams, Kelsey Hartigan, Nicholas Adamopoulos, Suzanne Claeys, Joseph Rodgers, Lachlan Mackenzie and Jess LinkPublished Jul 12, 2023As a follow-on to The Fragile Balance of Terror, the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies invited eight early- and mid-career experts to offer their reflections on the volume’s chapters and conclusions.
Analysis / CommentaryHow to Get Away with a Nuclear TestByHeather WilliamsPublished Nov 17, 2023If Russia does return to nuclear testing, Putin will have assumed that the international community will be silent or divided on the issue—essentially, he would be betting that Russia can get away with it. But a return to nuclear testing, a well-recognized taboo, could backfire for Moscow.
Analysis / Report Alternative Nuclear Futures: Capability and Credibility Challenges for U.S. Extended Nuclear Deterrence Published May 9, 2023
Analysis   Arms Control after Ukraine: Integrated Arms Control and Deterring Two Peer Competitors Published Dec 16, 2022
Analysis / Commentary Conventional-Nuclear Integration to Strengthen Deterrence Published Nov 17, 2023
Analysis / Next Gen Community Countering Competitive Risk Compensation: Principles for Reducing Nuclear Risk on Net Published Nov 13, 2023
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen Community “Oppenheimer” – An Exploration of Nuclear Legacy and Its Omissions Published Oct 4, 2023