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Since the first successful laser test in 1960, directed energy weapons promised a futuristic version of warfare just around the corner. Almost sixty years later, the technology remains just around the corner, but recent advances may make current attempts different.
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Extended nuclear deterrence strengthens alliances, except when it didn’t.
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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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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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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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A serious Iran strategy must identify the priority threats that must be stopped, even as other threats are addressed.
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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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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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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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A report examining the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction programs in the former Soviet Union, including Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.