Here we highlight the work of NTI and share knowledge, ideas, and viewpoints addressing the crosscutting challenges our world faces—addressing risks while supporting innovation—to make our world safer.
Younger generations understand nuclear weapons through digital screens rather than personal experience. The future of nuclear risk reduction hinges on the ability to communicate with and engage young people directly; to educate and mobilize them around nuclear issues.
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Younger generations understand nuclear weapons through digital screens rather than personal experience. The future of nuclear risk reduction hinges on the ability to communicate with and engage young people directly; to educate and mobilize them around nuclear issues.
Jake Jordan, PhD serves as the Vice President of Global Biological Policy and Programs (NTI | bio). He rejoined NTI in March 2026, having previously served as a senior director from 2018 to 2020. Jake spoke with NTI | bio intern Alex Kyabarongo about his role and past experiences.
Most of us think of cognitive biases as quirks of everyday decision-making, but a recent Texas National Security Review study shows they are deeply embedded in people’s attitudes toward nuclear weapons and war.
NTI’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemoration activities this year centered on the theme of passing the torch to the next generation. The result was an intergenerational connection reflected in two artists: 88-year-old Hiroshima survivor Toshiko Tanaka, and 13-year-old painter Kotone.
As protein design tools and other biological AI models become more capable of designing novel biological components and systems, the mechanisms to prevent misuse have not kept pace.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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