The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is a security policy institute devoted to anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century, with special examination of the ways in which these risks intersect and exacerbate one another. To further this goal, CSR hosts non-partisan centers tackling unprecedented security risks from climate … Continue reading Unprecedented Risks, Unprecedented Foresight: A “Responsibility to Prepare” Strategy for the United States in 2020
Nuclear Strategic Stability & Arms Control in the 21st Century
By Christine Parthemore Last week the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) published a briefer by our colleague, Rear Admiral John Gower, CB OBE, titled “Improving Nuclear Strategic Stability Through a Responsibility-Based Approach: A Platform for 21st Century Arms Control.” Gower paints a daunting and accurate picture of nuclear affairs today, with a new arms racing … Continue reading Nuclear Strategic Stability & Arms Control in the 21st Century
A Smarter Path on Nuclear Modernization
By Andy Weber and Christine Parthemore In the new issue of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, we recommend a smarter modernization program for the U.S. nuclear weapon enterprise. While some worrisome trends in U.S. nuclear policy began while we served in government, the subsequent 2018 Nuclear Posture Review presented several sharp departures from long-held, … Continue reading A Smarter Path on Nuclear Modernization
The Future of Arms Control
By Andy Weber & Christine Parthemore We have an op-ed this week in The Hill on the ongoing crisis over the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. It is based in large part on private discussions we’ve had in recent months with current and former government officials from the United States, Russia, NATO and East Asian … Continue reading The Future of Arms Control
The INF Treaty and Its Grander Implications
By Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber Last week, the Trump administration announced its intention to withdraw from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed by the Reagan and Gorbachev administrations in 1987 to ban ground-launched cruise and ballistic missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. These dangerous weapons helped keep Cold War tensions … Continue reading The INF Treaty and Its Grander Implications
