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Connecting the Pillars of the NPT: Multilateral Disarmament Verification and Non-Proliferation
To support full implementation of the NPT, it is crucial to find a way for non-nuclear weapon states to fulfill their obligation to contribute to disarmament without accessing nuclear weapons or knowledge of their designs, specific materials, or applied technologies.
The CNS Global Missile Defense Engagements Database
CNS created the first global dataset of all known missile defense engagements.
Understanding North Korea’s Missile Tests
North Korea has altered its missile testing patterns, launching missiles more frequently and from a variety of new locations. What does this mean? (CNS)
The Global Missile Defense Race: Strong Test Records and Poor Operational Performance
At least 26 countries possess, or are pursuing, missile defense systems despite their questionable combat efficacy. (CNS)
The CNS India and Pakistan Missile Launch Databases
Database of Indian and Pakistani missile tests including the date, time, missile name, launch agency, facility name, and test outcome. (CNS)
No, Iran Is Not Pursuing an ICBM (Yet)
Since the JCPOA, Iran has focused on developing short-ranged, solid fuel missile capabilities instead of an ICBM (CNS)
Perry, Kissinger, Nunn in the WSJ: Building on George Shultz’s Vision of a World Without Nuclear Weapons
In their sixth piece together, Bill Perry, Henry Kissinger, and Sam Nunn pay homage to the late George Shultz with a new op-ed in The Wall Street Journal detailing critical steps to reverse the world’s reliance on nuclear weapons, prevent their proliferation, and ultimately end them as a threat to the world.
Signals in the Noise: Preventing Nuclear Proliferation with Machine Learning & Publicly Available Information
With the Center for Advanced Defense Studies, NTI demonstrates the viability of using publicly available information and machine learning to detect nuclear proliferation.
U.S. Nuclear Modernization: Security & Policy Implications of Integrating Digital Technology
NTI explores the risks and benefits related to the digitization and automation plans for modernization of U.S. nuclear weapons systems and addresses implications for the national security community to consider as the process moves forward.