Analysis / CommentaryRestoring RestraintByRebecca HersmanPublished Jun 19, 2018In 2012, a 20-year moratorium on state employment of chemical weapons use was broken. Since then, there have been more than 200 uses, against civilians, military targets, and political enemies.
Analysis / Next Gen Community, ReportProject on Nuclear Issues Annual Journal – 2017ByMark CancianPublished Feb 21, 2018A Collection of Papers from the 2017 Nuclear Scholars Initiative and PONI Conference Series
Analysis / CommentaryNuclear Posture Review: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the SameByRebecca HersmanPublished Feb 6, 2018Last week, the Trump administration formally released its review of U.S. nuclear weapons policy—which is nearly identical to the version leaked to the Huffington Post in early January. Judging by reactions over what amounts to the longest rollout in Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) history, there is something in it for everyone.
Analysis / Next Gen Community, ReportProject on Nuclear IssuesByMark Cancian and CSIS PONIPublished Oct 4, 2017A Collection of Papers from the 2016 Nuclear Scholars Initiative and PONI Conference Series
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 / 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.