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.
A Second Grip on the Nuclear Football: Rethinking Sole Authority in a Volatile World
At noon on January 20, 2025, thousands will gather to witness the transfer of presidential power on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol. One of the most significant elements of the transfer of power will likely go almost entirely unnoticed—the transfer of the nuclear football.
A Second Grip on the Nuclear Football: Rethinking Sole Authority in a Volatile World
At noon on January 20, 2025, thousands will gather to witness the transfer of presidential power on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol. One of the most significant elements of the transfer of power will likely go almost entirely unnoticed—the transfer of the nuclear football.
Some former government officials are proposing that the United States resume explosive nuclear weapons testing. It is exactly the wrong response to today’s escalating nuclear threats.
Young Voices in International Security: Kylie Jones
Cara Wilson, NTI’s Nuclear Materials Security intern, had the chance to speak with Kylie Jones, a researcher with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Nuclear Policy Program and a former James C. Gaither Junior Fellow.
“A Pivotal Juncture:” Ambassador Laura Holgate on the Future of Nuclear Security
Ahead of the 2024 International Conference on Nuclear Security, U.S. Ambassador to the Vienna Office of the United Nations and the IAEA Laura Holgate joined NTI Co-Chair and CEO Ernest J. Moniz and Vice President for Nuclear Materials Security Scott Roecker for a conversation on “The Future of Nuclear Security.”
Young Voices in International Security: Mackenzie Knight
Jupiter Huang, NTI’s Communications intern, had the opportunity to speak with Mackenzie Knight, the program associate for Global Risk at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), for this inaugural post of the Young Voices series.
Diverse Voices in International Security: Tiffany Blanchard-Case on Mentorship, Collaboration, and Working to Expand Opportunities in the Nuclear Field
For Black History Month, Jupiter Huang, NTI’s communications intern, had the opportunity to ask Tiffany Blanchard-Case, director of the Office of Nuclear Material Removal and Elimination at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), about the importance of mentorship and her advice for young people interested in working on nuclear issues.
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.