Current WMD Threats & Responses
Examining the most immediate nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons threats
Multimedia
62nd Pugwash Conference: North East Asian Security in Astana, Kazakhstan; Event, August 26, 2017
Securing a Future for the CTBT: Science and Diplomacy Event, May 11, 2017
Chemical Safety and Security: TSCA Legislation and Terrorist Attacks; July 27, 2015
Destroying Syria's Chemical Weapons: One Year Later; September 10, 2014
Syria’s Chemical Weapons Disarmament; Interview with Cindy Vestergaard; November 6, 2013
10th Anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative; Event; July 9, 2013
A Conversation with Director General Ahmet Uzumcu; Event; May 23, 2013
Dealing with a Nuclear Iran; Event, Late Morning Session; February 7, 2013
North Korea’s Missile Launch; Interview with Dr. David Wright; April 24, 2012
North Korea and the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella; Event; September 2, 2010
CSIS Publications & Reports
Critical Questions: The Latest North Korean Nuclear Test, by Sharon Squassoni; September 7, 2017
Critical Questions: Reinforcing International Norms against Nuclear Testing, by Sharon Squassoni and Amelia Armitage; September 23, 2016
Critical Questions: Fifth DPRK Nuclear Test, by Sharon Squassoni and Amelia Armitage; September 9, 2016
Critical Questions: Additional Sanctions on North Korea, by Sharon Squassoni and Amelia Armitage; March 2, 2016
Critical Questions: Another North Korean Nuclear Test, by Sharon Squassoni; January 6, 2016
Commentary: A Syrian Semi–Solution, by Sharon Squassoni; Sep 11, 2013
Policy Perspectives: A Chemical Weapons–Free Middle East, by Cindy Vestergaard; May 21, 2013
Critical Questions: The Prospects for Nonproliferation in 2013, by Sharon Squassoni; Jan 25, 2013
Report: Nuclear Trade Controls: Minding the Gaps, by Fred McGoldrick; Jan 22, 2013
Critical Questions: Iran's Nuclear Program, by Sharon Squassoni; Nov 9, 2011
Critical Questions: Iran: Carrots and Sticks, by Sharon Squassoni; May 18, 2010
Other Publications
North Korea Doesn’t Actually Want a Nuclear War
By Sharon Squassoni, Fortune. September 12, 2017
How to Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons
By Sharon Squassoni, Teen Vogue. August 17, 2017
Trump Budget Cuts Threaten Global Security
By Irma Arguello, Sharon Squassoni, and Paul Walker. June 13, 2017
A controversial ban and the long game to delegitimize nuclear weapons
By Sharon Squassoni in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. July 11, 2017
A failure in discretion: the meaning of the Trump leak to the Russians
By Sharon Squassoni, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. May 16, 2017
What You Should Know About North Korea and Their Nuclear Weapons Threats
By Sharon Squassoni, Teen Vogue. April 14, 2017
OPINION: Banning the bomb while North Korea builds them?
By Sharon Squassoni, Kyodo News. April 6, 2017
OPINION: Mr. Trump's nuclear challenges
By Sharon Squassoni, Kyodo News. December 2, 2016
East Asia Will Take Trump’s Nuclear Talk Literally and Seriously
By Sharon Squassoni, Foreign Policy. November 18, 2016
OPINION: The threat that won't go away
By Sharon Squassoni, Kyodo News. September 10, 2016
Letter to Secretary Hagel and Secretary Kerry on the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons
Feb 3, 2014.
Washington pushes China to get serious about sanctions
By Sharon Squassoni, Global Times. Aug 9, 2012.
Presentations
Multilateral/Regional Solutions for Nonproliferation of the Fuel Cycle, Dec 11, 2012
Meeting Governance Challenges: New Directions for US-ROK Fuel Cycle Cooperation, Oct 7-9, 2012
Nuclear Safety and Security in the DPRK, Mar 22, 2012
Controlling Nuclear Proliferation: The Whys and Hows of Technical “Solutions", Oct 4, 2011
Middle East and Nonproliferation: Areas for US-Russian Collaboration, Feb 2-3, 2011