nuclear weapons
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75 Years After the Nuclear Attacks on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, We Must Continue Reducing Nuclear Weapons Threats
By Christine Parthemore This week marks 75 years since the United States attacked two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with nuclear weapons. The solemn annual commemorations on the 6th and 9th of August, respectively, grow more poignant each year as those Hibakusha who remain—the victims of these bombings—push ever-harder to share their stories so the…
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5 Things to Know About Strategic Risks From the Past Few Weeks
1. On North Korea, COVID-19 and Biological Weapons In a long Politico examination, Andy Weber of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) and other experts outline their concerns that North Korea’s recently-announced quest for a COVID-19 vaccine could also support the country’s biological weapons ambitions. The Kim regime “could use this legitimate vaccine aspiration as…
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Parthemore and Gower on Today’s Nuclear Arms Race
By Christine Parthemore Last week reporter Dana Lewis hosted me and colleague Rear Admiral John Gower, CB OBE, for a great discussion on the nuclear arms race the world is now experiencing. His podcast is timely for many reasons. The world is grappling with a nuclear arms race and related missile competitions even as so…
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Statement on the Postponed NPT Review Conference
Today, CSR released a statement on the recently-announced postponement of the 2020 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). This statement is signed by 30 multidisciplinary experts among our team, advisors, and participants in CSR’s Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, and Security Affairs. It calls on world leaders to use…
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Cruise Control: The Logical Next Step in Nuclear Arms Control?
By Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber In January 2019, our colleague Rear Admiral John Gower, CB OBE outlined a logical vision for balancing future progress in nuclear arms control and reductions with the need for maintaining nuclear strategic stability over time. In Improving Nuclear Strategic Stability Through a Responsibility-Based Approach: A Platform for 21st Century…