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.
Rethinking Insurance and Legal Responsibility for AI-Enabled Biology
As AI expands what is possible in biology, it’s past time the biosecurity, insurance, and legal communities came together to examine what these developments mean for preventing harm and assigning responsibility if it occurs.
Nuclear Risk: The Trillion-Dollar Blind Spot in Global Finance
The financial sector has long understood the reality that geopolitical dynamics influence markets. Conflicts and sanctions create market volatility, influence investor sentiment, and impact capital flows. Yet the sector remains dangerously blind to the greatest geopolitical threat of all: nuclear war.
From crane-adorned desks to shelves brimming with inspiration, the women of NTI have created spaces as dynamic as their work. In honor of Women’s History Month, this photo essay highlights how four of them have made their spaces their own—and how those spaces shape their contributions to a field historically dominated by men.
Toya Jackson joined NTI in 2024 as a Program Officer on the Global Nuclear Policy Program (GNPP) team, and she has had a unique journey—from studying linguistics and living abroad to working in public administration and nuclear policy.
Sixty-four former officials, military leaders, and experts call on nuclear-armed states in every region to take steps to reduce the risk of nuclear use.
Today’s storytellers have incredible power to inform and inspire audiences—to show a safer path is possible and shift the story of nuclear weapons from a fact of life to a relic of the past.
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.