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5 Ways to Participate in #CranesForOurFuture

#CranesForOurFuture: Ukrainian Artist Eugenia Zoloto on Finding Hope during War

“At the Brink” Podcast Launches Second Season with Fallout from Oppenheimer’s Trinity Test

The 2023 NPT PrepCom: An Opportunity to Capitalize on Common Ground
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The 2023 NPT PrepCom: An Opportunity to Capitalize on Common Ground
As officials prepare to meet in Vienna for the 2023 PrepCom, they should consider some of the key themes that have emerged from NTI’s Global Enterprise to Strengthen Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.

Oppenheimer and Advocacy: You’ve Seen the Film, Now What?

The NTI Essentials: 10 things you should read (or watch) on reducing nuclear risks
If you want to learn more about Oppenheimer’s bomb and what we must do to protect the world today and for future generations, NTI’s online library is the perfect place to go.

China’s Nuclear Expansion and Implications for U.S. and Global Security
Amid uncertainty around China’s expanding nuclear program and silence from Beijing about the intent behind the build-up, a new report offers details about China’s nuclear program that suggest significant implications for U.S. and global security.

Reflections on My First Visit to Hiroshima
"Visiting Hiroshima imparted to me a deep sense of responsibility as well as a renewed energy to work towards a world without nuclear weapons," writes Program Officer Ananya Agustin Malhotra.

South Korea’s National Security Debate Goes Nuclear
When it comes to nuclear weapons and the Korean Peninsula, nearly all the attention goes to North Korea, but a public debate is heating up south of the demilitarized zone, with some officials in South Korea asking: Should Seoul pursue a nuclear weapons program, too?

Whither New START: Implications of Russia’s Suspension of the Last Remaining U.S.-Russia Arms Control Treaty
Putin’s announcement is a significant blow to the last remaining strategic arms control agreement between the world’s two largest nuclear powers and to the fraying Euro-Atlantic security architecture more broadly.

Horizon 2045: Nuclear Weapons and Systems Thinking
Learn about systems thinking, a powerful tool that the Horizon 2045 team is using to untangle the threads of the nuclear web and pinpoint areas where efforts to change the status quo system will be most effective.

Ask the Experts: The 60th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Now that we’re facing present day nuclear dangers, what can we learn from the near miss of the Cuban Missile Crisis? NTI asked a diverse group of security experts to share their take.

NTI Seminar: Dr. Rebecca Davis Gibbons on the Hegemon’s Tool Kit
In an NTI seminar, author and nuclear expert Dr. Rebecca Davis Gibbons shared insights from her new book, the Hegemon’s Tool Kit: U.S. Leadership and the Politics of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime, in which she explores the creation of the nuclear non-proliferation regime and steps taken to ensure that as many countries as possible continue to adhere to it.
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Mimi Hall
Vice President, Communications