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Young Voices in International Security: Thokozani Nyasulu-Liwewe

Risky Business Jun 3, 2025

Young Voices in International Security: Thokozani Nyasulu-Liwewe

NTI’s “Young Voices” series highlights early-career professionals making their mark as part of the community of experts tackling today’s existential threats. Thokozani Nyasulu-Liwewe's remarkable career path has focused on improving health outcomes and strengthening health systems. Currently, Thokozani serves as the Clinical Lead for the District Health Office under the Ministry of Health in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. She is also a 2024 Game Changers Fellow with the Brown University Pandemic Center and Pandemic Action Network.

What can we learn from South Asia’s most under-appreciated nuclear safeguard?

Risky Business May 13, 2025

What can we learn from South Asia’s most under-appreciated nuclear safeguard?

Get to Know NTI: Ross Matzkin-Bridger on Pursuing Responsible and Secure Nuclear Energy

Risky Business May 7, 2025

Get to Know NTI: Ross Matzkin-Bridger on Pursuing Responsible and Secure Nuclear Energy

Nonproliferation Task Force Experts Talk Risks in an Era of Uncertainty

Risky Business May 5, 2025

Nonproliferation Task Force Experts Talk Risks in an Era of Uncertainty

2025 Next Generation for Biosecurity Challenge: How Do You Define Bioweapons?

Risky Business Apr 17, 2025

2025 Next Generation for Biosecurity Challenge: How Do You Define Bioweapons?

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NTI’s Lynn Rusten on the Costly and Potentially Destabilizing Recommendations in the 2023 Strategic Posture Commission Report

Risky Business Nov 20, 2023

NTI’s Lynn Rusten on the Costly and Potentially Destabilizing Recommendations in the 2023 Strategic Posture Commission Report

Lynn Rusten, vice president of NTI’s Global Nuclear Policy Program, shares her reaction to the 2023 Strategic Posture Report during a panel event at the Atlantic Council.

Mushroom Clouds That Never Vanished: The Fight to Secure Compensation for Nuclear Test Victims

Risky Business Nov 9, 2023

Mushroom Clouds That Never Vanished: The Fight to Secure Compensation for Nuclear Test Victims

There is no noise at first, only a flash so bright that the soldiers see their own bones and blood vessels through their skin, as if they have x-ray vision.

Whither New START: Implications of Russia’s Suspension of the Last Remaining U.S.-Russia Arms Control Treaty

Risky Business Mar 16, 2023

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.

NTI Seminar: Susan Eisenhower on “How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower’s Biggest Decisions”

Risky Business Sep 27, 2021

NTI Seminar: Susan Eisenhower on “How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower’s Biggest Decisions”

From D-Day to Little Rock, from the Korean War to Cold War crises, from the Red Scare to the Missile Gap controversies, few people have made decisions as momentous as Dwight D. Eisenhower.

‘Downwind’ of Trinity: Remembering the First Victims of the Atomic Bomb

Risky Business Jul 15, 2021

‘Downwind’ of Trinity: Remembering the First Victims of the Atomic Bomb

'Downwind' of Trinity: Remembering the First Victims of the Atomic Bomb

The Biden-Putin Summit: What is “Strategic Stability” and Why Is It Important to U.S.-Russia Relations?

Risky Business Jun 7, 2021

The Biden-Putin Summit: What is “Strategic Stability” and Why Is It Important to U.S.-Russia Relations?

NTI Seminar: Rose Gottemoeller on her new book, Negotiating the New START Treaty

Risky Business Apr 22, 2021

NTI Seminar: Rose Gottemoeller on her new book, Negotiating the New START Treaty

Carnegie Endowment Webinar: New Approaches for Nuclear Cooperation Between Washington and Beijing

Risky Business Jan 28, 2021

Carnegie Endowment Webinar: New Approaches for Nuclear Cooperation Between Washington and Beijing

New START: Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue on Nuclear Disarmament

Risky Business Oct 28, 2020

New START: Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue on Nuclear Disarmament

NTI’s Rusten, Other Experts Say Allowing New START to Expire would Jeopardize US Security Interests

Risky Business Oct 20, 2020

NTI’s Rusten, Other Experts Say Allowing New START to Expire would Jeopardize US Security Interests

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Welcome to the blog

Young Voices in International Security: Thokozani Nyasulu-Liwewe

What can we learn from South Asia’s most under-appreciated nuclear safeguard?

Get to Know NTI: Ross Matzkin-Bridger on Pursuing Responsible and Secure Nuclear Energy

Nonproliferation Task Force Experts Talk Risks in an Era of Uncertainty

2025 Next Generation for Biosecurity Challenge: How Do You Define Bioweapons?

Stay Informed

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NTI’s Lynn Rusten on the Costly and Potentially Destabilizing Recommendations in the 2023 Strategic Posture Commission Report

Mushroom Clouds That Never Vanished: The Fight to Secure Compensation for Nuclear Test Victims

Whither New START: Implications of Russia’s Suspension of the Last Remaining U.S.-Russia Arms Control Treaty

NTI Seminar: Susan Eisenhower on “How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower’s Biggest Decisions”

‘Downwind’ of Trinity: Remembering the First Victims of the Atomic Bomb

The Biden-Putin Summit: What is “Strategic Stability” and Why Is It Important to U.S.-Russia Relations?

NTI Seminar: Rose Gottemoeller on her new book, Negotiating the New START Treaty

Carnegie Endowment Webinar: New Approaches for Nuclear Cooperation Between Washington and Beijing

New START: Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue on Nuclear Disarmament

NTI’s Rusten, Other Experts Say Allowing New START to Expire would Jeopardize US Security Interests

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Mary Olney Fulham

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