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Why the World Should Still Worry About Dirty Bombs

Despite attempts to ban radiological weapons, challenges persist in achieving consensus, highlighting the necessity for global collaboration, legal restraints, nonproliferation commitments, and public education to deter their proliferation.

Strategic Stability in Europe after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

This report provides an overview of strategic stability in Europe nearly two years after the onset of the further Russian invasion of Ukraine.

New Podcast ‘The Reason We’re All Still Here’ Explores Nuclear History

Outrider.org launched a podcast “The Reason We’re All Still Here,” with Jeffrey Lewis discussing nuclear weapons history and the citizens who chose to build a safer world.

Charting a Roadmap for Multiparty Confidence and Security Building Measures, Risk Reduction, and Arms Control in the Indo-Pacific

Charting a roadmap for multiparty confidence and security building measures, risk reduction, and arms control in the Indo-Pacific

This work contains contributions by CNS’s Miles Pomper, Allison Berke, Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, and George M. Moore.

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Senior Malaysian Diplomat Visits CNS

Mr. Amir Hamzah Mohd Nasir, Assistant Secretary of the Multilateral Security Division of the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited CNS during the week of November 13, 2023.

CNS International Advisory Council Meeting

CNS International Advisory Council Meeting Focuses on Nonproliferation Risks of AI and the War in Ukraine

The event, which included a business session, brought together many CNS alumni, who currently work in various US government agencies.

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CNS Inaugurates a Professional Network to Support Women in Nuclear in Central Asia

CNS gathered experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to inaugurate a new professional network for women.

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AI and Nonproliferation: CNS Experts Lead the Way

CNS is examining the nexus of AI and WMD nonproliferation from several perspectives informed by a core group of staff with deep expertise on a variety of relevant issues.

Cover of the Occasional Paper #58: Dangerous Decline: Russia’s Military and Security Influence in the Global South and the Implications for the United States

OP#58: Dangerous Decline: Russia’s Military and Security Influence in the Global South and the Implications for the United States

This study argues that Russia seeks to boost its military and security influence in the Global South in light of what it considers a protracted, systemic confrontation with Western states.