Cathy Gwin
Senior Director, Communications
NTI encourages the United States and the Russian Federation to continue to abide by New START’s limits on intercontinental-range nuclear weapons past its scheduled expiration on February 5, 2026.
Participants examined how NWFZs can be productive geopolitical tools amid mounting challenges, including great power competition, disruptive technologies, and a weakening global nonproliferation and disarmament architecture.
Rapid globalization has created unprecedented systemic vulnerabilities and the potential for nuclear use to trigger cascading failures and far-reaching economic collapse.
Students and early-career professionals from 19 countries across five continents entered the 2025 competition. The challenge called for innovative papers on how to define “biological weapons” in today’s ever evolving biothreat landscape.
A national security leader with more than 30 years of experience in defense policy, strategic planning, and international security, Secretary Wormuth brings an extensive record of leadership and service at the Department of Defense, the White House, and prominent think tanks.
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