nuclear weapons
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Looking at Nuclear Weapons by Type: Introducing the Nuclear Weapon Systems Project
Diving into CSR’s launch of a clear, concise repository of deployed nuclear weapons across their history.
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A Sole Purpose Doctrine for NATO Nuclear Forces? Examining Unilateral Declarations
CSR’s Nuclear Risk Reduction Fellowship in 2023 investigated the role of unilateral declarations in risk reduction, specifically exploring a potential unilateral adoption of a sole purpose doctrine by NATO. Despite posing challenges and risks, this approach could lower nuclear usage risks in Europe under certain conditions and pressure Russia into a similar commitment. The sole…
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Ending Tactical Nuclear Weapons: A Brief History and a Path Forward
It is a dangerous time in history, and the complexity of security risks is not likely to diminish anytime soon. Yet normalizing nuclear threats, and possibly the use of nuclear weapons, is not the answer.
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Statement: G7 Nations Wisely Put the Brakes on a New Arms Race
We commend the G7 nations for seizing the moment by recommitting to long-held norms, encouraging dialogue, and setting priorities for future actions. This is just one step, but it is the right one.
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Call for Applications: Early-Career Fellowship for Reducing Nuclear Weapons Risks
CSR is committed to developing achievable nuclear weapons risk reduction measures, and to mentoring—and learning from—potential future leaders in this field of work.
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Briefer: Russian Nuclear Weapons and Belarus: NATO Should Continue to Stand Steady
How the United States and its NATO allies react in the coming days will play a major role in shaping the trajectory of the following decades.
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Blinken in Beijing: An Opportunity to Reduce Nuclear Risk
Despite the challenges, there are numerous measures available today that could become a longer arc of arms control relations involving the United States and China.
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CSR’s Nolan Center Announces Inaugural Class of Nuclear Risk Reduction Fellows
The fellowship will enable participants to collaboratively explore the nuclear threat landscape and work on tangible solutions.
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Release: Experts Publish Handbook on How Emerging Technologies Increase the Risk of Miscalculation, Misinterpretation and Escalation in Nuclear Weapons Decisions
In the next crisis between nuclear-armed states, national decision-makers may confront a much denser fog of war, an increased pressure to act, and a grave lack of understanding about the features of their operating environment—to name just a few of the changes on the horizon—due to a suite of emerging and disruptive technologies including social…
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From Warfighting to a Fundamentally Limited Deterrent: Biden’s Nuclear Posture Review
Despite continued expenditures, Biden’s NPR stands as a sober and useful response to Russia’s irresponsibility.