The NPT Turns 50: A Mid-life Crisis?
- Analysis
- March 4, 2020
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The NPT Turns 50: A Mid-life Crisis?
- March 4, 2020
On March 5, the (Nuclear) Non-proliferation Treaty will turn 50-years old. Whether this will be an occasion for celebration or lamentation is an open question. The NPT’s once-in-five-year review conference will take place at UN HQ, April 27-May 22, and …
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Disarmament Diplomacy in the Age of Putin and Trump
- February 11, 2020
UN officials are not usually given to overstatement, which makes the recent assessment by the UN’s top disarmament diplomat that “the barriers to the use of nuclear weapons are lower than they’ve been since the darkest days of the Cold …
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Key Drivers in US-North Korea relations
- November 7, 2019
North Korean and US relations have oscillated between hostility and limited detente for decades. This has only grown more intense in recent years. What are the underlying drivers in US-North Korean relations in the age of Donald Trump and Kim …
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Issues in Repairing U.S.-Russian Strategic Relations
- October 24, 2019
Similar to during the Cold War, the US and Russia are once again nuclear peer competitors. However, the emergence of a range of new nuclear actors hamper traditional understandings and represent a new – more complex – era in nuclear …
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Disarmament Diplomacy in the Age of Putin and Trump
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Key Drivers in US-North Korea relations
- Analysis
- November 7, 2019
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Issues in Repairing U.S.-Russian Strategic Relations
- Analysis
- October 24, 2019