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.
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.
Twenty-six years ago, Ted Turner watched a 60 Minutes II report that shook him. The segment highlighted a sobering reality: more than a decade after the end of the Cold War, thousands of nuclear weapons remained deployed around the world. Turner didn’t just take note—he acted.
Isabelle Williams serves as a senior director at NTI. She leads and supports projects across the organization, including understanding nuclear effects and advancing a vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. Isabelle spoke with NTI intern Siri Beck-Friis about her work, background, and lazy hobbies.
New research is beginning to reveal how nuclear use could trigger widespread environmental damage, economic disruption, societal upheaval, and global instability. A modern, evidence-based understanding of these risks is essential for decision-makers and the public to grasp what is at stake if nuclear deterrence fails.