Tracking Health Security Progress and Building Resilience in Africa
The AHS Index is an objective, evidence-based tool that helps countries and organizations set priorities and identify where investments can have the greatest impact. As health threats become more complex and interconnected, maintaining momentum will require sustained investment, stronger partnerships, and continued political commitment.
NTI, Concordia AI Launch International Working Group to Improve Biological Capability Evaluations
NTI | bio and Concordia AI, with technical input from SecureBio, have launched the AIxBio Technical Working Group on Evaluation Practice. Convened through the AIxBio Global Forum, the Working Group will bring together experts from organizations in China, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States that develop or conduct biological capability evaluations of AI systems.
No More Hiroshimas: Harnessing Art & Culture to Remind Us What’s at Stake
On the morning of August 6, 1945, in Hiroshima, Japan, parents shared breakfast with their children and sent them off to school. Some never came home. NTI is commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki through a series of activities that encourage remembrance, reflection, and wider awareness.
Is Christopher Nolan still telling the story of Oppenheimer in The Odyssey?
In Nolan’s new film, The Odyssey, he gives Odysseus the reckoning he never gave Oppenheimer. The parallel he appears to be drawing is that the same tunnel vision that produced the Trojan Horse produced the Manhattan Project, and each comes with the same casualty: civilians treated as collateral damage in order to win a war.
NTI, CACDA, and SNSTC Identify Opportunities for China-U.S. Cooperation on Nuclear Security
The dialogue, which has met multiple times since 2018, is a rare opportunity for experts from both countries to share perspectives on emerging nuclear security risks.
Africa Making Progress on Health Security; Sustained Actions & Investment Are Essential
African countries are building stronger systems to advance health security and sovereignty. However, the scale and speed of rising health threats call for urgent action and increased investment.
While countries with existing enrichment capacity may be attracted to laser enrichment as a way to increase the efficiency of their operations, others could be attracted to it as a pathway to a covert weapons program.
Statement of the Nuclear Threat Initiative on the U.S.–Saudi 123 Agreement
The global expansion of nuclear energy, including in the Middle East, is in the United States’ interest—but it should not come at the expense of security.
Africa’s Health Security Capacity Has Improved, but No Country is Adequately Prepared and Biosecurity and Biosafety Remain Critically Low
New Africa Health Security Index reveals how rising threats and health emergencies, including Central Africa’s current Ebola outbreak, could erode progress