The European Trilateral Track 2 Nuclear Dialogues, organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in partnership with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), has convened senior nuclear policy experts from the United Kingdom, France, and the United States (P3) for the past nine years to discuss nuclear deterrence and nonproliferation policy issues and to identify areas of consensus among the three countries.
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Assessing the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review
The Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), with the support of Northrop Grumman Corporation, hosted a half-day conference to discuss U.S. nuclear policy and strategy.
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FAS: 2018 Nuclear Posture Review Analysis
A collection of analysis pieces on the Trump Administration’s 2018 Nuclear Posture Review compiled by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).
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Confronting Iran’s Ballistic Missiles
A serious Iran strategy must identify the priority threats that must be stopped, even as other threats are addressed.
Book
Perspectives on the Evolving Nuclear Order
This publication examines the thoughts of the so-called “middle” states in the international nuclear order: India, Pakistan, Brazil, Argentina, and China. Each state posses advanced nuclear technology, and three of them have nuclear weapons, but they occupy the uncomfortable middle ground between the less advanced non-nuclear-weapons-states and the advanced nuclear weapons states of the US, UK, Russia, and France.
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Nuclear Country Profiles
This resource from the Nuclear Threat Initiative provides profiles for a number of states in the international community, including both nuclear and non-nuclear states. Each profile includes nuclear, chem, bio, and delivery system information (where applicable).
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Understanding Chinese Nuclear Thinking
A book from two leading Chinese nuclear scholars, “Understanding Chinese Nuclear Thinking” compiles writings from a number of prominent Chinese scholars to better explain the state’s perspective on nuclear weapons and nonproliferation.
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Threat Reduction: History of US Programs in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
A report examining the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction programs in the former Soviet Union, including Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.
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Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons
Nikitin and Kerr offer a review of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, its history with proliferation, and the regional implications of its weapons.
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Arms Control Country Profiles
A country-by-country breakdown produced by the Arms Control Association on the state of past and current arms control agreements, regimes, initiatives, and practices that each state has or has not subscribed to. The profiles also describe the primary weapons programs, policies, and proliferation record of each country.