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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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What is the A/CPPNM and Why is it Important?
This week in Vienna, experts from the Nuclear Threat Initiative are joining government officials and experts from international organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia, and the nuclear industry for the first-ever review of the only legally binding treaty on nuclear security—the amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (A/CPPNM).
Blundering into a nuclear war in Ukraine: a hypothetical scenario
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a prime example of a regional conflict that could inadvertently escalate beyond any of the protagonists’ expectations. History is replete with similar instances of humanity stumbling into devastating conflict.
Watching a War Unfold on TikTok
Russia’s war in Ukraine may be playing out in far-away cities, but social media platforms like TikTok and Twitter are bringing the dangers home for people all over the world.
What happened at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and what are the implications?
Nickolas Roth, senior director for NTI’s Nuclear Materials Security program, explains what happened at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that terrifying night, what could have happened, and what the long-term implications are for nuclear security and nonproliferation efforts around the world.
NTI’s Global Enterprise Convenes Officials from Latin America, Africa, and Asia Ahead of 10th NPT RevCon
NTI's Global Enterprise to Strengthen Nonproliferation and Disarmament (GE), a Track 1.5 initiative that regularly convenes officials from more than 20 countries, along with several non-governmental experts, convened officials from Latin America, Africa, and Asia Ahead of 10th NPT RevCon.
NTI’s Lynn Rusten Discusses China’s Nuclear Expansion on Arms Control Association Panel
NTI's Lynn Rusten joined Rose Gottemoeller and Gerald Brown on a panel hosted by the Arms Control Association to discuss the ways in which the U.S. can foster an effective dialogue with China on confidence building measures and nuclear risk reduction.
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.
NTI at 20: Lynn Rusten on New Opportunities to Reduce Global Nuclear Threats and NTI’s Ability to Foster Progress
The scope of the Global Nuclear Policy Program (GNPP) at NTI is vast: Reducing reliance on nuclear weapons, preventing their use and their spread, and ultimately ending them as a threat to the world. Lynn Rusten isn’t daunted.
NTI at 20: Steve Andreasen on Non-Partisanship, Euro-Atlantic Security, and Working Toward a World Without Nuclear Weapons
We hear from Steve Andreasen, whose career has taken him from the State Department and the National Security Council to the University of Minnesota to NTI.
The Good, the Bad and the Extraterrestrial: The Decades-Long Struggle to Dispose of Nuclear Waste
Reaching agreement on what to do with left-over nuclear material has eluded many scientists and engineers, politicians and publics for decades.
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