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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 Simple Step to Close a Dangerous Biosecurity Gap
Three Strikes: Why Giving Up on the NPT Is Not an Option
AIxBio Horizon Scan Finds Accelerating Capabilities Require Urgent Oversight
The Legacy of Ted Turner: “We all have a stake.”
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Leave Nuclear Testing in the Past
August 29 is the International Day Against Nuclear Tests—a time to recognize the devastating toll of nuclear weapons tests and to recommit to a future without them.
Living Memories Honor Hiroshima’s Legacy
Three of NTI’s staff members have spent significant time in Japan, where their experiences have influenced their engagement in the nuclear field, often in unexpected ways. In this post, they share their deeply personal reflections on what the commemoration of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki means to them.
Hope Lingers: A Conversation with Artist Kei Ito on his Artwork Honoring Victims of the U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima
Kei Ito is the grandson of a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, and his interdisciplinary art explores the legacy of that trauma through themes of memory, identity, and the invisible impacts of nuclear war. NTI’s Grace Wankelman connected with Ito to discuss a powerful new piece of art he created for this year’s #CranesForOurFuture campaign.
Young Voices in International Security: Naina Singh
Despite still being in high school, Naina Singh has created impactful educational content on nuclear politics and served as a co-instructor for Soka University’s Nuclear Politics Program, teaching both undergraduate and graduate students.
Safeguarding a Nuclear Expansion with Dr. Trevor Findlay
Dr. Trevor Findlay, a principal fellow at the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, joined NTI’s Logan Mintz to discuss the role of safeguards in a nuclear energy expansion.
Trinity’s Legacy Still Shapes Our World—But We Can Change That
80 years after the start of the Atomic Age, Cristina Panaguta explains the lasting impact of the Trinity Test and how we can build a safer future.
Unpacking the 76th NATO Summit
With force modernization as a topline issue, it was clear that the changing security landscape is reshaping the NATO members’ vision of the nuclear alliance.
What can we learn from South Asia’s most under-appreciated nuclear safeguard?
Nuclear resilience cannot be treated as a purely technical issue. It is deeply political. And nowhere is this clearer than in South Asia.
Get to Know NTI: Ross Matzkin-Bridger on Pursuing Responsible and Secure Nuclear Energy
"Far from being a burden to new nuclear energy projects, following common-sense security norms can actually help catalyze new growth."
Nonproliferation Task Force Experts Talk Risks in an Era of Uncertainty
Representatives of the Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation and U.S. National Security addressed questions about nuclear risks and more on a panel during the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s 2025 International Nuclear Policy Conference.
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