Nuclear Disarmament United States
Information and analysis of nuclear weapons disarmament proposals and progress in the United States.
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Reducing Cyber Risks to Nuclear Weapons: Proposals from a U.S.-Russia Expert Dialogue
There is a critical need for a global diplomatic approach to address growing cyber risks, including, where possible, through cooperation between the United States and Russia.
Overview of the Nuclear Disarmament Resource Collection
View information and analysis of nuclear weapons disarmament proposals and progress worldwide, including detailed coverage of disarmament progress.
Ernest J. Moniz and Sam Nunn on “Confronting the New Nuclear Peril”
NTI Board Co-Chair and CEO Ernest J. Moniz and NTI Board Co-Chair Sam Nunn have co-authored an article in Foreign Affairs about the need to find new avenues for preventing nuclear weapons use at an increasingly dangerous time.
United States Submarine Capabilities
Overview of the United States' submarine capabilities and import-export behavior.
Eric Brewer on the War in Ukraine and Nonproliferation
Deputy Vice President for NTI’s Nuclear Materials Security Program Eric Brewer writes that “although Russia’s war [in Ukraine] has created nuclear risks, the risk that it will unleash a wave of nuclear proliferation is lower than many believe.”
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.
Ensuring Safeguards Sustainability
The ways sustainability of the IAEA safeguards system can be ensured by the agency, its Member States, and the international community
Reflections on Safeguards Culture
The concepts of “nuclear safety culture” and“nuclear security culture” are well established in IAEA practice, but no similar terminology is used for nuclear safeguards.
Efficiency of IAEA Safeguards Implementation and Innovation
The IAEA safeguards system ensures that the nuclear material and activities falling under the scope of agreements between the IAEA and states are not being used to build nuclear weapons or any other nuclear explosive devices.