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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2025 Next Generation for Biosecurity Challenge: How Do You Define Bioweapons?
As the world marks the 50th anniversary of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), Next Gen contest participants have an opportunity to move the needle by introducing an updated way for professionals in the field to address the current and emerging threats that bioweapons pose.
From Risk to Resilience: Imagining a Sustainable Global Nuclear Order
In the long term, the only way to prevent a nuclear catastrophe is to move toward a more sustainable security architecture. NTI’s new paper, Navigating Disruption in the Global Nuclear Order: Managing Risks and Shaping a New Way Forward, dives into how we got to this critical point and what leaders should do about it.
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.
A Call to Action for Global Health Security
Each day brings alarming headlines—H5N1, measles, tuberculosis—but the quieter underlying issues of public health security rarely break through the noise. On this World Health Day 2025, as U.S. domestic and global health policies undergo a realignment, the world must recommit to address both the urgent and the underlying health challenges that shape our lives.
Where Women at NTI Build a Safer World
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.
The Next 50 Years: Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention – Explained
The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) entered into force 50 years ago, becoming the first multilateral disarmament treaty to ban the production of an entire category of weapons. As the world marks this anniversary, we reflect on the BWC’s importance and outline a path forward to strengthen its effectiveness.
Motivating Policymakers to Safeguard Modern Biology
NTI focuses on developing solutions and delivering action. Doing so requires that we clearly communicate and connect with decision makers who are not necessarily experts in the field. This is how we do that.
What is Biosecurity — Explained
Since the emergence of the term in the late 20th century, “biosecurity” has had a wide variety of meanings. While biosecurity is fundamental to the work of NTI | bio, we have not explicitly laid out our definition of biosecurity — until now.
Improving Biosecurity with A Three-legged Stool Approach
A pandemic is not a once in a century event, and the international community must prepare now for the next one. It is essential the international community strike a balance between fostering and supporting beneficial AIxBio innovation while guarding against accidental or deliberate misuse of these tools.
Get to Know NTI: Toya Jackson
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.
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