Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Sara Z. Kutchesfahani co-wrote a piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the importance of countries working together to maintain and strengthen nuclear security actions. When a Superman-shaped drone crashed into a French nuclear plant on July 3 of this year, officials were lucky it was just Greenpeace demonstrating vulnerabilities at […]
FMWG Member Cindy Vestergaard from the Stimson Center Releases New Report “Capturing the Starting Point”
New Stimson Center report by FMWG Member Cindy Vestergaard highlights the importance of adequate nuclear security standards throughout the nuclear fuel process, from mining to disposal.
Op-ed: North Korea’s other weapons of mass destruction
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell and Research Intern Abigail Pokraka wrote a piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the dangers of North Korea’s chemical and biological weapons programs. Achieving the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea will require the most complicated and rigorous security agreement ever negotiated. That means that the Trump Administration has an […]
Nonproliferation Expert Tierney Calls Trump Nuclear Push ‘Dangerous and Unnecessary’
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with The Diplomat about global arms control and non-proliferation issues. The Diplomat: From observation, does adding or enhancing nuclear capabilities actually deter ‘bad behavior’ by countries? Tierney: No. It just encourages more arms racing. The Diplomat: Let’s talk about technicalities. Can you describe what the push to develop smaller nukes is yielding in […]
The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) along with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) release the annual Global Incidents and Trafficking Database
The annual Global Incidents and Trafficking Database, produced for NTI by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies highlights the importance of continued nuclear security. The report found more than 170 incidents of nuclear and other radioactive materials outside of regulatory control, across 14 countries in 2017. The database and report include several interactives to indicate the […]
