Nuclear security: Continuous improvement or dangerous decline?
Mar 27, 2016"World leaders face a stark choice at the final Nuclear Security Summit later this week: Will they commit to efforts that continue to improve security for nuclear weapons, fissile...
View ArticleWill the Nuclear Security Summit Help Stop Terrorists from Getting the Bomb?
Mar 31, 2016"Today and tomorrow, world leaders will gather for what will likely be the final international summit on security for nuclear weapons and the materials needed to make them—a key tool for...
View ArticleThe gift of reminding everyone that disarmament still matters
Apr 4, 2016My colleague Matthew Bunn has argued that nuclear security provides a foundation for all three pillars of the NPT. I agree with him. An act of nuclear terrorism would likely put an end to...
View ArticleBelfer Experts Work to Strengthen Nuclear Security
Apr 6, 2016In the months and weeks before the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., Belfer experts promoted a series of ideas to strengthen measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring...
View ArticleA New Era for Nuclear Security
Jun 16, 2016The 2016 nuclear security summit was a pivotal moment for the decades-long effort to secure nuclear material around the globe. More than 50 national leaders gathered in Washington for the...
View ArticleStrengthening Nuclear Security in a Post-Summit World
Jul 21, 2016This spring, the United States hosted the fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC. Senior representatives of more than 50 nations convened to mark the end of an...
View ArticleKey Steps for Continuing Nuclear Security Progress
Dec 1, 2016The work of improving nuclear security is not done, though leaders are no longer meeting at the summit level. The threats of nuclear theft and terrorism remain very real. States, nuclear...
View ArticleNuclear Energy in the Middle East? Regional Security Cooperation Needed
May 8, 2017Nuclear power in the Middle East has appeared poised for dramatic growth for more than a decade. Iran’s nuclear power plant at Bushehr, the first of its kind in the Middle East, began...
View ArticleExperts Launch Dialogue on U.S.-Pakistan Relations
May 23, 2017In April, a Belfer Center delegation met with former Pakistani nuclear officials in Istanbul, marking the start of a track 1.5 dialogue.
View ArticleDitching the Iran Nuclear Deal Could Compromise America's National Security
Sep 26, 2017On Tuesday, at his speech to the UN general assembly, President Trump again implied bluntly that he would not stick to the nuclear deal between Iran and the world’s major powers, calling it...
View ArticleA Roadmap for the Day After the Trump-Kim Summit
Apr 17, 2018President Trump surprised almost everyone—probably not the least Kim Jong-un—when he agreed to meet the North Korean leader at the end of May (now maybe early June). By accepting Kim’s...
View ArticleBelfer Center Experts on U.S. Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal
May 8, 2018Calling it a “great embarrassment” that fails to “halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions,” President Trump today announced his intention to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and...
View ArticleTaking Stock of the Damage
May 9, 2018The coming weeks and months will be consumed with discussion of how to manage the consequences of President Trump’s unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the nuclear agreement with...
View ArticleCongress Must Manage the Consequences of the Withdrawal From the Iran Nuclear...
May 22, 2018President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the nuclear agreement with Iran will undermine U.S. power and influence around the world. Congress must closely monitor the reinstatement of...
View ArticleBelfer Center Experts Offer Insight on Trump-Kim Summit
Jun 12, 2018Belfer Center experts offer insight and analysis of the Trump-Kim summit through statements and interviews.
View ArticlePreventing Black-Market Trade in Nuclear Technology
Jun 27, 2018Every nuclear weapons program for decades has relied extensively on illicit imports of nuclear-related technologies. This book offers the most detailed public account of how states procure...
View ArticleBelfer Center Experts Comment on Helsinki Summit
Jul 17, 2018Belfer Center experts comment on the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki.
View ArticleThe Sobering Reasons Congress Must Step Up On Arms Control
Jul 19, 2018Congress is asserting itself by passing additional sanctions to hold Russia accountable for its meddling in U.S. elections. Now it needs to step up its work on arms control — not despite...
View ArticleCenter Experts Comment on Significance of Withdrawing from INF Treaty
Oct 22, 2018Following the news that the Trump administration plans to abandon the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed in 1987 by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, ten Belfer...
View ArticleTrump’s INF Announcement: Another Gift to Putin?
Oct 25, 2018Pulling out of the INF Treaty would be a strategic blunder. It would free Russia to deploy currently prohibited missiles without constraint and further undermine U.S. credibility with our...
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