Participants examined how NWFZs can be productive geopolitical tools amid mounting challenges, including great power competition, disruptive technologies, and a weakening global nonproliferation and disarmament architecture.
Rapid globalization has created unprecedented systemic vulnerabilities and the potential for nuclear use to trigger cascading failures and far-reaching economic collapse.
Students and early-career professionals from 19 countries across five continents entered the 2025 competition. The challenge called for innovative papers on how to define “biological weapons” in today’s ever evolving biothreat landscape.
A national security leader with more than 30 years of experience in defense policy, strategic planning, and international security, Secretary Wormuth brings an extensive record of leadership and service at the Department of Defense, the White House, and prominent think tanks.
The two-day meeting brought together more than 20 senior experts and scholars to exchange views on the evolving global nuclear security landscape and explore opportunities for continued cooperation.
In response to the evolving threat environment, NTI convened former senior U.S. government officials and leading U.S. and international experts to examine major aspects of U.S. nuclear posture and policy.
"Testing nuclear weapons is unnecessary for U.S. national security, unwise because it will invite our adversaries to do the same, and unwelcome in communities close to the test site," said Moniz.
A new paper from NTI, “Global Nuclear Effects: Economic and Financial Fallout of Nuclear Use,” calls for an urgent reassessment of the economic consequences of nuclear conflict amid rising nuclear risks and deep global interdependencies.
Christine E. Wormuth, a defense and national security leader who recently served as Secretary of the Army, is joining NTI as its new President and Chief Executive Officer.
At a time of rising global tensions and rapid technological change, NTI continues to deepen its international partnerships and promote productive dialogue on nuclear risk reduction efforts.
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