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.

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The Global Nuclear Balance: Nuclear Forces and Key Trends in Nuclear Modernization
In this report, the Emeritus Chair provides an unclassified overview of key trends in global nuclear balance.
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — May 15, 2023

Alternative Nuclear Futures: Capability and Credibility Challenges for U.S. Extended Nuclear Deterrence
Report by Heather Williams , Kelsey Hartigan , Joseph Rodgers , and Reja Younis — May 8, 2023

Nuclear Belt and Road and U.S.-South Korea Nuclear Cooperation
Newsletter by Lami Kim — April 24, 2023

On the Horizon Vol. 5: A Collection of Papers from the Next Generation
Report by Reja Younis and Jessica Link — February 28, 2023
Past Events

The Impossible State Live Podcast: Should We Sign a Peace Treaty with North Korea?

The IAEA Mission in Ukraine: A Conversation with Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi

Book Event: The Fragile Balance of Terror: Deterrence in the Nuclear Age

Report Launch: Growing Challenges, Rising Ambitions: AUSMIN 2022 and Expanding U.S.-Australia Cooperation

Conference
PONI 2022 Fall Conference

The Nuclear Posture in Review

The Future of Arms Control, Strategic Stability, and the Global Order
PONI 2021 Hybrid Winter Conference
Experts


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Online Event: Post-New START Arms Control: Lessons from a U.S.-Russia Bilateral Expert Dialogue
Event by Heather A. Conley , Amy Woolf , and Andrey Baklitskiy — February 9, 2021
Arms Control Strategies for a New Administration
Critical Questions by Suzanne Claeys and Rebecca Hersman — February 4, 2021
Nuclear Proliferation Challenges Facing the Biden Administration
Critical Questions by Eric Brewer — February 4, 2021
Guest Contribution: Make the U.S.-ROK Alliance Stronger To Respond to North Korea’s Growing Nuclear Threat
Newsletter by Duk-min Yun , Sung-han Kim , and Cheol Hee Park — February 3, 2021
Preventing a Crisis with North Korea
Commentary by Victor Cha — December 17, 2020
Online Event: A Conversation with Rep. Adam Smith on Nuclear Modernization and Arms Control in 2021
Event by John J. Hamre , Rep. Adam Smith , and Rebecca Hersman — December 11, 2020
U.S. Nuclear Warhead Modernization and “New” Nuclear Weapons
Brief by Joseph Rodgers , Rebecca Hersman , and Bryce Farabaugh — December 10, 2020

Toward a More Proliferated World?
Report by Eric Brewer , Ilan Goldenberg , Joseph Rodgers , Maxwell Simon , and Kaleigh Thomas — September 2, 2020
PONI Pathbreakers: The Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — September 2, 2020
