Analysis / ReportAn Evolving Narrative: A Report on the Role and Value of U.S. Nuclear Weapons, 1989-TodayByRebecca HersmanPublished Oct 15, 2016This study aims to create a dialogue with the nation’s nuclear personnel about the rationales for the U.S. nuclear arsenal that already exist—some of which have been stated at the highest levels of leadership—to ask what the nuclear forces actually hear, what works and what does not, and what motivates them on a daily basis.
Analysis / CommentaryHealth Security Takes on New Vivid FormsByRebecca HersmanPublished Sep 16, 2016REBECCA HERSMAN and J. STEPHEN MORRISON
Analysis / CommentaryUnpacking Syria’s Chemical Weapons ProblemByRebecca HersmanPublished Aug 26, 2016A series of three chemical weapons attacks in Syria within a two-week span in August 2016 occurred amidst increased scrutiny and criticism from the international community, which has sought to identify and hold accountable those state and/or nonstate actors perpetrating, organizing, or sponsoring these chemical weapons attacks.
Analysis / CommentaryMeeting Security Challenges in a Disordered WorldByRebecca HersmanPublished Jun 7, 2016REBECCA HERSMAN, MELISSA DALTON and ALICE HUNT FRIEND
Analysis / CommentaryUnited Kingdom Debates Scrapping Nuclear Program: Why the United States CaresByRebecca HersmanPublished Feb 26, 2016The United Kingdom has maintained a continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent since April 1969, with one ballistic missile submarine on patrol at all times.
Analysis / CommentaryNorth Korea’s Nuclear ProvocationByRebecca HersmanPublished Jan 6, 2016Today North Korea claimed to have successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb. Though experts have not verified this claim, it corresponds to a 5.1 magnitude seismic event recorded on Tuesday. The purported test, which would signify a significant increase in North Korea’s nuclear capability, has been widely condemned by world leaders.
Analysis / CommentarySyria’s Humanitarian Crisis: What’s to Be Done?ByRebecca HersmanPublished Dec 21, 2015REBECCA HERSMAN and J. STEPHEN MORRISON
Analysis / CommentaryNuclear Deterrence in a Disordered WorldByRebecca HersmanPublished Nov 16, 2015Whoever takes office in January 2017 is likely to inherit a nuclear landscape of greater risk, complexity, and challenge than any time since the collapse of the former Soviet Union.