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 / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityU.S.-China Nuclear Deterrence and The South China SeaByBrittney Washington and CSIS PONIPublished Jun 27, 2016With the possibility that China will deploy its JIN-class submarine fleet during this contentious time, dialogue between the US and China has become evermore important in order to avoid misunderstandings that could lead to escalation to conventional or even a nuclear confrontation.
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityEngineering and PolicyByAlex Stevenson and CSIS PONIPublished Jun 23, 2016Sensible policy aspirations must balance aspirational visions of the future with a clear understanding of the cost and value of the nuclear weapons engineering enterprise.
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityWaiting for Washington: U.S. clarity and guidance are vital to the JCPOAByMinsu Crowder-Han and CSIS PONIPublished Jun 14, 2016While it is often difficult to parse reasonable criticisms from Iran’s standard litany of anti-U.S. rhetoric, complaints that the United States is not upholding its end of the deal are not entirely unfounded. It has long been understood that the bulk of the new trade and investment that Iran could expect under the JCPOA would not come from the United States, given the extensive web of U.S. sanctions that would remain in place, but from Europe, Russia, and China.
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 CommunityLosing the Nuclear EdgeByAshley Green and CSIS PONIPublished May 25, 2016The need to recruit and retain scientists and engineers remains a common theme among U.S. government agencies. The nuclear enterprise is no exception. Throughout the Department of Energy and Department of Defense, the colloquially named “gray beards” provide the technical expertise.
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityNuclear SemanticsByEvan Thompson and CSIS PONIPublished May 9, 2016Hot off the heels of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, the international community is once again abuzz with plans to secure nuclear materials and thwart the efforts of terrorists to acquire these materials. Chief among these efforts is securing nuclear and radiological materials. Are these efforts the same, though? The answer is a resounding “No.”
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.