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Safeguarding a Nuclear Energy “Boom”
The IAEA needs to be ready to meet its member states’ expectations and needs and the agency must be afforded the resources to prepare for whatever scenario unfolds.
Navigating Disruption in the Global Nuclear Order: Managing Risks and Shaping a New Way Forward
The global nuclear order has been fundamentally and irreversibly altered by intense geopolitical competition, an increasingly complex strategic environment, and rapid technological advancements, resulting in a dangerously high risk of nuclear weapons use.
Developing Guardrails for AI Biodesign Tools
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with the life sciences offers tremendous potential benefits to society, but advances in AI biodesign tools also pose significant risks of misuse, with the potential for global consequences.
Submarine Detection and Monitoring: Open-Source Tools and Technologies
Using tools like commercial satellite imagery, radar, sensors, and media analysis, we can understand fleet details, construction, and potentially patrol patterns and behaviors.
Nuclear Facilities in Times of Crisis
Novel and increasingly intense global crises, like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are stressing nuclear facilities in new ways. Governments and international institutions should take steps to ensure that facilities are prepared to withstand these crises.
Global Effects of Nuclear Conflict: Implications for Nuclear Policymaking, Then and Now
This paper highlights the need for renewed attention to the catastrophic effects of nuclear conflict as a crucial step toward reducing the risk of nuclear use.
Toward a Successful 10th NPT Review Conference: Recommendations informed by NTI’s Global Enterprise to Strengthen Nonproliferation and Disarmament
This paper offers a focused set of recommendations for specific commitments related to practical and achievable actions that States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) could take to advance the NPT’s goals and achieve success at the 10th NPT Review Conference.
Investing in Global Health Security: How to Build a Fund for Pandemic Preparedness in 2022
On April 21, 2022, immediately after G20 finance ministers and central bank governors reached consensus to establish a new Fund for preparedness at the World Bank, a group of leading experts and stakeholders from met to review progress and offer advice on next steps. This paper aims to inform next steps to structure, approve, and launch a new Fund, including the forthcoming consultative process led by the World Bank.
What Is Safeguards Effectiveness?
The term “safeguards effectiveness” means the effectiveness of IAEA verification—that is, the ability of the IAEA to detect non-compliance.