Analysis / CommentaryMeeting Security Challenges in a Disordered WorldByRebecca HersmanPublished Jun 7, 2016REBECCA HERSMAN, MELISSA DALTON and ALICE HUNT FRIEND
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityModerate the alliance outliersByTimothy Stafford and CSIS PONIPublished Jun 4, 2016Both South Korea and Turkey enjoy explicit nuclear guarantees. Yet under the Obama administration, relations with each have lurched to opposite ends of the ‘reassurance spectrum.’ As a result, both feel less secure than they should.
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityIf We Were Them, Would We Be Deterred?ByJames L. Gutierrez and CSIS PONIPublished May 26, 2016The success of deterrence has become increasingly difficult to measure. While nuclear weapons are still successfully used every day to deter some adversaries the question remains are all adversaries deterred by our nuclear forces?
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityThe DPRK and Dual-Use PolicyByDean Ensley and CSIS PONIPublished May 2, 2016The third Kim likely hopes to use recent missile activity, and a rumored fifth nuclear test, as an attempt to shore up his image and demonstrate military power in advance of the celebration of his authority. And how has the international community responded? As usual: with sanctions.
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 / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityThe Cost of Modernization: Can we Afford to Replicate the Triad?ByLiz Whitfield and CSIS PONIPublished Oct 2, 2014All three legs of the U.S. nuclear triad are aging and will need large-scale, expensive modernization in the coming decades if they are to be maintained. This has prompted a discussion about the continued necessity of the nuclear triad in the post-Cold War era. Is maintaining the triad worth the money?
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunitySustaining the U.S.-Australia Alliance in the Face of North Korea: Missile DefenseByKaitlyn Duffy and CSIS PONIPublished Jun 24, 2014Australia has been a consistent promoter of disarmament diplomacy and denuclearization. It is unsurprising, then, that it joins the United States in strongly condemning North Korea’s nuclear testing and ambitions.