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Putin’s War with Ukraine: Voices of CNS Experts on the Russian Invasion
A compendium of CNS expert analysis and commentary on the nuclear ramifications of the war, as well as educational materials for expert and general audience.
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Nonproliferation Review and CNS Announce McElvany Award Winners
Grand Prize winner: “A tale of two fuel cycles: defining enrichment and reprocessing in the nonproliferation regime” by Sidra Hamidi and Chantell Murphy.
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Russia’s War on Ukraine: The Implications for the Global Nuclear Order
A seminar video with speakers Dr. Iryna Maksymenko, Dr. Valeriia Gergiieva, Ms. Valeriia Hesse, and Dr. Tetyana Melnyk.
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Containing Global Russia
Contending with Russia’s efforts to upend the international order and to advance its own integration projects will be very difficult.
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Dr. William Potter Appointed as Senior Fellow at UNIDIR
Dr. William Potter was appointed as Senior Fellow at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva.
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Strategic Trade Controls as a Foreign Policy Tool in Strategic Competition: Implications of a Shift Beyond Global Nonproliferation Goals
This paper delineates three predominant trends characterizing the utilization of end-use/r-based controls by states.
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A Framework to Evaluate the Risks of LLMs for Assisting CBRN Production Processes
This paper examines how Large Language Models (LLMs) could contribute to the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons.
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Turning Back the (Doomsday) Clock: Lessons (To Be) Learned in Nuclear Security
Hanna Notte took part in a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference.
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Death Dust: The Rise, Decline, and Future of Radiological Weapons Programs – CISAC Stanford
Death Dust explores the largely unknown history of the rise and demise of RW—sometimes portrayed as a “poor man’s nuclear weapon”—through a series of comparative case studies across the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Egypt, and Iraq.
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Russia’s Dangerous New Friends
Article on Russia's relationship with the axis of resistance, to balance ties with Arab countries, including Israel, its encouragement of anti-American activities among Iran-backed groups, and the U.S. challenge to counteract by addressing conflicts and disrupting the partnership between Russia and the axis.
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Russia, the Global South, and Multilateral Nuclear Diplomacy After the Invasion of Ukraine
The seminar focuses on a recently concluded study on the impact of the Russo-Ukrainian war on the international nuclear negotiating forums and governance bodies (the IAEA, NPT review process and UN First Committee).