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BRIEF REPORT: North Korea, Climate Change and Security
By Catherine Dill, Alexandra Naegele, Natalie Baillargeon, Monica Caparas, Dominick Dusseau, Madeleine Holland, and Christopher Schwalm North Korea’s provocative posture and its nuclear arsenal have shielded it from much of the pressures of globalization and integration with the international community. But neither politics nor arms can defend it from climate change. Impending climate impacts threaten…
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The Biden-Putin Summit: Pivoting in the Right Nuclear Direction
By Christine Parthemore The first in-person summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded in Geneva Wednesday. While major breakthroughs were not expected, the meeting seems to have been relatively positive—and it may mark a pivot in a better direction regarding nuclear weapons threats in particular. Among other common ground set,…
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Initial Reactions to the Biden Budget: Takes Systemic Security Risks Seriously, But More Is Needed
Perhaps more than any executive branch budget submission in history, the first budget released by the Biden administration today takes the gravity of transnational, systemic security risks seriously and begins significant investments in addressing them. Yet there will be more work to do past the Fiscal Year 2022 budget in order to ensure that federal…
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The CSR Team on the Biden Budget and Systemic Threats
To date, the Biden administration appears to be prioritizing work to address the greatest threats to international security and stability, including biological risks, the security implications of climate change, dramatic ecological disruption, and nuclear threats. Analyzing, anticipating, and addressing these issues—and how they intersect and exacerbate one another—are at the core of the mission of…
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Questions the U.S. Senate Should Ask Key Nominees On Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Threats
By Bill Beaver, Yong-Bee Lim, Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber As the past few years have taught the United States and the global community, nuclear, chemical, and biological (NCB) threats are both very real and loom larger than they have in the recent past. States such as Russia, Syria, and North Korea have used chemical…
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BRIEFER: The Next Great Idea in Arms Control – An End to Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missiles
By Jasmine Owens As the U.S. navigates a new era with rapidly rising Chinese influence, and the deterioration of relations with Russia and China continues to destabilize an already fragile international security environment, reinvigorating nuclear arms control is imperative. Doing so does not require a uniquely complex idea. Rather, we can turn our focus to…
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11 Questions the U.S. Senate Should Ask the Nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense
By Bill Beaver, Yong-Bee Lim, Christine Parthemore, Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber On April 23rd, 2021, the Biden administration released a list of nominees for positions in national security. Of particular note amongst the impressive list of nominees is Deborah G. Rosenblum for the position of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense…
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Managing Complex Emergencies in Complex Times – Lessons from Japan
By Andrea Rezzonico Anticipating and preparing for complex and simultaneous emergencies is critical as we move further into the 21st century. The coming decades will be characterized by significant disruptors including climate change, biological hazards, natural disasters, rapid technological change, growing geopolitical tensions, an increase in fragile states, and persistent economic shocks. These issues will…
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6 Key Takeaways from the Biden Administration’s Budget Request & Interim National Security Strategic Guidance
By Yong-Bee Lim and Bill Beaver It is now clear that the Biden administration intends to go big against the greatest global threats we face, a natural response to the devastation of the continuing pandemic, the climate crisis, and other trends. This is an area of significant risk and opportunity for the United States and…