Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group (EASLG)
Testing ideas and developing proposals for improving security in areas of existential common interest
About
With increasing tensions among major nuclear powers, regional proliferation, and instability in various parts of the world, the risk that a nuclear weapon will be used – by accident, miscalculation or intention – is dangerously high and on the rise.
The Global Nuclear Policy Program (GNPP) focuses on reducing and ultimately eliminating that risk. The program works with governments, partner organizations, and leaders around the world to develop policies, leadership, and the global capacity—human and institutional—to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, prevent their spread, and ultimately end them as a threat to the world. This includes:
- Promoting nuclear policies that reduce the role, number, and risk of use of nuclear weapons
- Encouraging and facilitating international cooperation to reduce nuclear risks, including bilateral U.S.-Russia arms control and dialogue, U.S.-China engagement on nuclear risks and strategic issues, and multilateral disarmament and nonproliferation efforts including the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
- Engaging Congress to foster bipartisan awareness and support for policies that can reduce the risk of use of nuclear weapons
- Conducting research and analysis aimed at developing and implementing practical, innovative approaches to reducing and eventually eliminating nuclear weapons.
Projects
Global Enterprise to Strengthen Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Working toward a shared vision of a nuclear weapons-free world
Global Nuclear Policy Partners
Developing institutional capacity and analysis to shape nuclear dialogue and policy in key regions throughout the world
Regional Leadership Networks to Reduce Nuclear Risk
Building political will to build a safer world
Program Staff
News & Analysis
Leaders must untie the ‘knot of war’ in Europe
“The risk of an accident, miscalculation, or disastrous decision is especially ominous when the two countries with the largest nuclear weapon arsenals are on opposite sides.”
Biden should do more to prevent the accidental launch of nuclear weapons. Here’s how.
U.S. Nuclear Policies for a Safer World
NTI Co-Chairs Ernest J. Moniz and Sam Nunn call on the United States to resume a position of global leadership to reduce the risks posed by nuclear weapons.
The President and Nuclear Weapons: Authorities, Limits, and Process
A resource in the national discussion about a president’s legal authority and the procedures for ordering a nuclear strike, and whether to update them.
Russia’s New Nuclear Weapon Delivery Systems: An Open-Source Technical Review
The first detailed, exclusively open-source assessment of the five new nuclear weapon systems announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018