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Iran and the Changing Character of the Nonproliferation Regime

Rising tensions with Iran expose a volatile shift in the nonproliferation regime. As the regime’s normative power wanes, proliferation risks will rise, and military counterproliferation efforts will be more likely.

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Decoding China’s Emerging “Great Power” Strategy in Asia

China’s reemergence as a great power over the next few decades represents the primary strategic challenge for the U.S.-Japan security alliance and for the East Asian security landscape writ large.

Report by Christopher K. Johnson and Ernest Z. Bower, Victor D. Cha, Michael J. Green, and Matthew P. Goodman — June 11, 2014

New Energy, New Geopolitics: Background Report 3

The third and final background report in the New Energy, New Geopolitics series, this report examines how the U.S. government is attempting to incorporate shale gas and tight oil developments into current U.S. energy and national security strategy.

Report by Sarah Ladislaw, Jane Nakano, Frank A. Verrastro, Michelle Melton, Andrew Metrick, and Molly A Walton, and Maren Leed — June 6, 2014

New Energy, New Geopolitics: Background Report 2

The second background report in the New Energy, New Geopolitics series, this report lays out some of the geopolitical adjustments being made around the world in response to energy changes (both actual and perceived), and what these adjustments—in terms of energy markets and geopolitics—have meant for U.S. national security.

Report by Sarah Ladislaw, Jane Nakano, Frank A. Verrastro, Andrew Metrick , Michelle Melton, Andrew Metrick, and Molly A. Walton, and Maren Leed — June 5, 2014

PONI 2014 Summer Conference

The two-day conference will feature panels of presentations from young nuclear experts covering topics such as the nuclear triad and modernization, deterrence in the twenty-first century, arms control and verification, regional nuclear dynamics, and nonproliferation and nuclear security.

Event — June 3, 2014