Nuclear Weapons

Analysis

    • Testimony

    Regional Nuclear Dynamics

    • George Perkovich
    • February 25, 2015
    • Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Senate Armed Services Committee

    The most immediately pressing objective of U.S. policy should be to apply vigorous, creative diplomatic and political energy to prevent another crisis between India and Pakistan, and if one cannot be prevented, to manage it with minimal escalation.

    • Op-Ed

    Turkey’s Interests and Tanideh

    Turkey has figured in a recent case where nonproliferation interests and perceived strategic interests collided.

    • Op-Ed

    Tracking India’s Imported Uranium

    If uranium supplier states are deterred from accounting for their uranium in India, that would inform all NPT parties that have pledged to renounce nuclear weapons that it doesn’t matter whether nuclear goods, sold on condition that they will be used peacefully, might be used to make deadly arms.

    • Article

    China and the Iranian Nuclear Negotiations

    As negotiations with Iran continue, many of Beijing’s strategic interests align with those of Washington, providing China a chance to contribute to an important precedent for nonproliferation.

    • Op-Ed

    Obama’s Pivot to Iran

    President Obama’s big legacy could be seen as empowering Tehran.

    • Op-Ed

    Looking Beyond the Interim Deal

    Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei continues to procrastinate because he hopes to tactically leverage U.S. President Barack Obama’s eagerness for a deal into even better terms.

    • ROK-U.S. Civil Nuclear and Nonproliferation Collaboration in Third Countries

      • Duyeon Kim, Fred McGoldrick, Robert Einhorn, James Tyson
      • January 22, 2015
      • Brookings Institution

      The projected growth in the use of nuclear power worldwide creates new opportunities for deepening and expanding existing U.S.-South Korean collaboration to promote the civil uses of nuclear energy in third countries. This expansion can build on the cooperation that is already taking place.

      • Op-Ed

      South Korea’s Search for Nuclear Sovereignty

      • Toby Dalton, Alexandra Francis
      • January 22, 2015
      • Asia Policy

      The narrow technical disagreements stalling the renegotiation of the U.S.–South Korea nuclear cooperation agreement mask a far larger and more complicated set of issues and interests that challenge both the future of bilateral nuclear cooperation and the nonproliferation regime.

      • Criteria for the Assessment of Undeclared Nuclear Weapons Development

        • Ariel (Eli) Levite
        • December 31, 2014
        • The Limits of Secure Nuclear Tolerance, Moscow, National Institute of Corporate Reform

        The realization that nuclear technology is, at its core, dual-use in nature occurred early on in the nuclear age, and it has been fundamental to every effort to harness the positive potential widely believed to be inherent in nuclear technology, while minimizing its risks.

        • Op-Ed

        Amano’s Move on Marivan

        Questions raised by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano about what he calls “possible military dimensions” of Iran’s nuclear program are standing tall between the negotiators and a comprehensive settlement of the crisis.

      Carnegie Experts on
      Nuclear Weapons

      • expert thumbnail - Acton
        James M. Acton
        Jessica T. Mathews Chair
        Co-director
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Acton holds the Jessica T. Mathews Chair and is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Adebahr
        Cornelius Adebahr
        Nonresident Fellow
        Carnegie Europe
        Adebahr is a nonresident fellow at Carnegie Europe. His research focuses on foreign and security policy, in particular regarding Iran and the Persian Gulf, on European and transatlantic affairs, and on citizens’ engagement.
      • expert thumbnail - Al-Saif
        Bader Al-Saif
        Nonresident Fellow
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Bader Mousa Al-Saif is a nonresident fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where his research focuses on the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.
      • expert thumbnail - Arbatov
        Alexey Arbatov
        Alexey Arbatov is the head of the Center for International Security at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations.
      • expert thumbnail - Blanc
        Jarrett Blanc
        Senior Fellow
        Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
        Jarrett Blanc is a senior fellow in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Dalton
        Toby Dalton
        Co-director and Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Dalton is the co-director and a senior fellow of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment. An expert on nonproliferation and nuclear energy, his work addresses regional security challenges and the evolution of the global nuclear order.
      • expert thumbnail - Dvorkin
        Vladimir Dvorkin
        Major General Dvorkin (retired) is a chief researcher at the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations.
      • expert thumbnail - Gabuev
        Alexander Gabuev
        Senior Fellow and Chair
        Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program
        Carnegie Moscow Center
        Gabuev is a senior fellow and the chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
      • expert thumbnail - Gottemoeller
        Rose Gottemoeller
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Rose Gottemoeller is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program. She also serves as the Frank E. and Arthur W. Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.
      • expert thumbnail - Hibbs
        Mark Hibbs
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Hibbs is a Germany-based nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program. His areas of expertise are nuclear verification and safeguards, multilateral nuclear trade policy, international nuclear cooperation, and nonproliferation arrangements.
      • expert thumbnail - Kassenova
        Togzhan Kassenova
        Nonresident Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Kassenova is a nonresident fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment.
      • expert thumbnail - Kozhanov
        Nikolay Kozhanov
        Former nonresident scholar
        Foreign and Security Policy Program
        Moscow Center
        Kozhanov is a former nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Center and a contributing expert to the Moscow-based Institute of the Middle East.
      • expert thumbnail - Kühn
        Ulrich Kühn
        Nonresident Scholar
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Ulrich Kühn is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the head of the arms control and emerging technologies program at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.
      • expert thumbnail - Lee
        Chung Min Lee
        Senior Fellow
        Asia Program
        Chung Min Lee is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Asia Program. He is an expert on Korean and Northeast Asian security, defense, intelligence, and crisis management.
      • expert thumbnail - Lehne
        Stefan Lehne
        Visiting Scholar
        Carnegie Europe
        Lehne is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on the post–Lisbon Treaty development of the European Union’s foreign policy, with a specific focus on relations between the EU and member states.
      • expert thumbnail - Levite
        Ariel (Eli) Levite
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Cyber Policy Initiative
        Levite was the principal deputy director general for policy at the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission from 2002 to 2007.
      • expert thumbnail - MacDonald
        Thomas MacDonald
        Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Thomas MacDonald is a fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Mathews
        Jessica Tuchman Mathews
        Distinguished Fellow
        Mathews is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She served as Carnegie’s president for 18 years.
      • expert thumbnail - Narang
        Vipin Narang
        Nonresident Scholar
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Vipin Narang is a nonresident scholar in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Panda
        Ankit Panda
        Stanton Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Ankit Panda is the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Perkovich
        George Perkovich
        Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Chair
        Vice President for Studies
        Perkovich works primarily on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation issues; cyberconflict; and new approaches to international public-private management of strategic technologies.
      • expert thumbnail - Ryu
        Rexon Y. Ryu
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Ryu is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he leads an initiative focused on the intersection of diplomacy, technology, and innovation.
      • expert thumbnail - Sadjadpour
        Karim Sadjadpour
        Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Karim Sadjadpour is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Iran and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East.
      • expert thumbnail - Schoff
        James L. Schoff
        Senior Fellow
        Asia Program
        Schoff is a senior fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program. His research focuses on U.S.-Japan relations and regional engagement, Japanese technology innovation, and regional trade and security dynamics.
      • expert thumbnail - Tellis
        Ashley J. Tellis
        Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs
        Ashley J. Tellis holds the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security and U.S. foreign and defense policy with a special focus on Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
      • expert thumbnail - Trenin
        Dmitri Trenin
        Director
        Carnegie Moscow Center
        Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, has been with the center since its inception. He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.
      • expert thumbnail - Ülgen
        Sinan Ülgen
        Visiting Scholar
        Carnegie Europe
        Ülgen is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on Turkish foreign policy, nuclear policy, cyberpolicy, and transatlantic relations.
      • expert thumbnail - Volpe
        Tristan Volpe
        Nonresident Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Tristan Volpe is a nonresident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and assistant professor of defense analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School.
      • expert thumbnail - Wehrey
        Frederic Wehrey
        Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Frederic Wehrey is a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research deals with armed conflict, security sectors, and identity politics, with a focus on Libya, North Africa, and the Gulf.
      • expert thumbnail - Yoshida
        Fumihiko Yoshida
        Nonresident Scholar
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Fumihiko Yoshida is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Zhao
        Tong Zhao
        Senior Fellow
        Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
        Tong Zhao is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program based at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.

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