Nuclear Issues
CSIS’s International Security Program and the Project on Nuclear Issues analyze nuclear policy issues including deterrence, escalation, and arms control, and is the leading network of nuclear policy professionals.

Deter and Divide: Russia's Nuclear Rhetoric & Escalation Risks in Ukraine
Russia’s nuclear threats have underpinned each stage of the war in Ukraine as Putin attempts to deter and divide NATO support. However, if Russia faces battlefield setbacks, its nuclear threats could intensify, testing NATO's resolve.
Digital Report by Heather Williams Kelsey Hartigan Lachlan MacKenzie and Reja Younis — December 4, 2023

How to Get Away with a Nuclear Test
Critical Questions by Heather Williams — October 5, 2023

Conventional-Nuclear Integration to Strengthen Deterrence
Commentary by Doreen Horschig and Nicholas Adamopoulos — October 4, 2023

Project Atom 2023
Report by Heather Williams Kelsey Hartigan Lachlan MacKenzie Robert Soofer Tom Karako Oriana Skylar Mastro Franklin Miller Leonor Tomero and Jon Wolfsthal — September 29, 2023
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Transatlantic Defense in an Era of Strategic Competition

The Impossible State Live Podcast: The War in Ukraine and Russia-North Korean Arms Transfers: What's Next?

The Impossible State Live Podcast: The Sister

The Impossible State Live Podcast: A Renewed Axis: Putin and Kim

The Impossible State Live Podcast: A Week of Detention and Deterrence on the Korean Peninsula

Assessing the Hiroshima Summit: A Conversation with Keiichi Ono
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A Renewed Axis: Putin and Kim
Podcast Episode by Victor Cha and Ellen Kim — September 19, 2023

“The Saudi Request for U.S. Nuclear Cooperation and Its Geopolitical Quandaries”: Audio Brief with Jane Nakano
Podcast Episode by Jane Nakano — September 14, 2023

An Interview with Rose Gottemoeller: Ukraine, NATO, and the State of the Russian Regime
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann and Maria Snegovaya — August 10, 2023

Deep Dive: North Korea's Missile Threats
Podcast Episode by Victor Cha — June 14, 2023

The Biden-Yoon Summit: Success or Not?
Podcast Episode by Victor Cha — May 8, 2023

Should We Sign a Peace Treaty with North Korea?
Podcast Episode by Victor Cha — April 3, 2023

China’s Role on the Korean Peninsula: A Conversation with Dr. Victor Cha
Podcast Episode by Bonny Lin and Victor Cha — January 19, 2023

Japan-Korea Relations and DPRK's ICBM Launch
Podcast Episode by Victor Cha and H. Andrew Schwartz — November 21, 2022

Russia’s Missile Plan
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Tom Karako — October 21, 2022

North Korea’s Missile Threat
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Victor Cha — June 30, 2022
