Minimizing Weapons-Usable Nuclear Material: A Nuclear Security Success Story Still in Progress
One of the most significant achievements in reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism over the past two decades is something that rarely makes headlines.
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Beyond Borders, Beyond Biases: Building a Biosecure Future with Diverse Voices
NTI | bio Senior Program Officer Dr. Aparupa Sengupta on why efforts to strengthen global biosafety and biosecurity must prioritize diversity and inclusion.
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen on Putin’s War and Putin’s World
What does the future hold for Ukraine’s survival, Putin’s grip on power, and the shape of the international order?
Get to Know NTI: Director of Operations Laura Kiefer, aka the “Mayor of NTI”
Laura Kiefer, NTI's director of operations, sat down with Mary Fulham for the latest in Atomic Pulse’s “Get to Know NTI” series.
Pedro Reyes on bringing together advocates for nuclear disarmament in “Artists Against the Bomb”
A Conversation with Lynette Moyo, Inaugural Recipient of the GCNP: Next in Nuclear Fellowship
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
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.
Dr. James Johnson on How AI is Transforming Nuclear Deterrence
On October 11, NTI hosted Dr. James Johnson for a virtual seminar moderated by Senior Advisor to the NTI President Douglas Shaw to learn more about the consequences of AI technology for the nuclear age and what governments and experts should do in response.
Nuclear Weapons and New Mexico’s Downwinders: Tina Cordova on “the legacy for us that no one ever talks about.”
NTI’s Mary Fulham and Rachel Staley Grant interviewed Tina Cordova about her advocacy work—including recent breakthroughs in Congress—and her take on the recent attention that Oppenheimer has brought to the history of nuclear weapons in New Mexico.
Identifying Outbreak Origins: How the Joint Assessment Mechanism Can Improve Pandemic Response
NTI is working with international partners to develop a new Joint Assessment Mechanism (JAM) within the office of the UN Secretary-General to rapidly identify outbreak origins. Without the ability to quickly determine the origin of an outbreak, researchers are hampered in their ability to rapidly develop vaccines and other medical countermeasures that can slow the pace of the outbreak, ultimately saving countless lives.
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