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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Nuclear Policy Content Syndicationhttps://carnegieendowment.org/rss/ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace https://carnegieendowment.org/rss/ http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/174859_62935143720_1836682_n.jpg Monday, 10 Jul 2023 11:01:38 EST How Climate Change Challenges the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/90130?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Climate change stands to impact each leg of the U.S. nuclear triad in different and increasingly serious ways. Given the high-stakes nature of the nuclear enterprise, the Department of Defense and other key stakeholders must better prepare for, mitigate, and adapt to these climate challenges.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/90130?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 10 Jul 2023 11:01:38 EST Defense and Security, Nuclear Policy How to Solve the AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Deal's Nuclear Fuel Problem https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89958?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Canberra should push to alleviate itself of the burden of managing spent fuel while enhancing commitments to nonproliferation.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89958?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 13 Jun 2023 05:42:57 EST Americas, United Kingdom, United States, Western Europe, Defense and Security, Military, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy Rattling the Nuclear Saber: What Russia's Nuclear Threats Really Mean https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89689?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss It is precisely because of, and not in spite of, the fact that Moscow and Pyongyang have repeatedly held their nuclear arsenals over Western heads that leaders should take these threats seriously.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89689?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 04 May 2023 05:10:45 EST East Asia, North Korea, Russia, Deterrence and International Security, Nuclear Policy The Washington Declaration Is a Software Upgrade for the U.S.-South Korea Alliance https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89648?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss It's a sign that Washington and Seoul are adapting to internal and external stressors.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89648?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 01 May 2023 03:56:30 EST Americas, East Asia, North Korea, South Korea, United States, Deterrence and International Security, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy Would the U.S. Sanction Allies Seeking the Bomb? https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89587?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Almost all of the non-nuclear-weapon states that are friends of the United States participate fully in the international nuclear nonproliferation regime, which entails rigorous multilateral legal obligations.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89587?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 20 Apr 2023 03:21:06 EST Americas, United States, Defense and Security, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Policy How Some U.S. Satellite Data Could Aid Japan and South Korea Against North Korea https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89264?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Information from SBIRS satellites would meaningfully increase security for the two Northeast Asian allies against Pyongyang's growing missile threat.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89264?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 14 Mar 2023 02:09:18 EST Americas, East Asia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, United States, Deterrence and International Security, Nuclear Policy The Ukraine War's Lingering Nuclear Power Danger https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89080?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The most acute threats to Zaporizhzhia have passed, at least for now, but the West should make greater efforts to wean itself off Russian nuclear exports.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89080?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 21 Feb 2023 03:31:32 EST Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Ukraine’s Long Shadow, Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Policy Leveraging Latency: How the Weak Compel the Strong with Nuclear Technology https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89358?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Over the last seven decades, some states successfully leveraged the threat of acquiring atomic weapons to compel concessions from superpowers. For many others, however, this coercive gambit failed to work. When does nuclear latency-the technical capacity to build the bomb-enable states to pursue effective coercion?]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89358?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 14 Feb 2023 05:00:00 EST Deterrence and International Security, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy South Korea's Nuclear Flirtations Highlight the Growing Risks of Allied Proliferation https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89015?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Yoon's comments have fueled a debate in Washington over how to handle a problem that policymakers cannot wish away.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/89015?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 13 Feb 2023 05:00:00 EST Americas, East Asia, South Korea, United States, Deterrence and International Security, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy The Dueling Nuclear Nightmares Behind the South Korean President's Alarming Comments https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88879?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Yoon Suk-yeol's call to develop nuclear weapons is fundamentally a call for South Korea to know it can protect itself in a changing security environment.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88879?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 25 Jan 2023 03:15:10 EST Americas, East Asia, North Korea, South Korea, United States, Deterrence and International Security, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy U.S. Policy Should Reflect Its Own Quiet Acceptance of a Nuclear North Korea https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88399?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss It wouldn't be an altruistic giveaway to Pyongyang; it would help the United States and its Northeast Asian allies improve their own security.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88399?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 15 Nov 2022 09:14:14 EST Americas, East Asia, North Korea, United States, Deterrence and International Security, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy Can Russia's War in Ukraine End Without Nuclear Weapons? https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88321?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss “For Putin, this war is a game of a chicken.”]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88321?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 03 Nov 2022 02:59:41 EST Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Ukraine’s Long Shadow, Americas, Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, United States, Defense and Security, Deterrence and International Security, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy Engaging China on Strategic Stability and Mutual Vulnerability https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88142?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The U.S. and Chinese governments, for the foreseeable future, will have the resources to keep each other's society vulnerable to nuclear mass destruction. ]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/88142?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 12 Oct 2022 04:19:25 EST Technology and International Affairs, U.S.-China Tech Relations, China, East Asia, United States, Defense and Security, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Policy Assessing U.S. Options for the Future of the ICBM Force https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87808?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss One of the most salient issues that surfaced in this study is the projected medium-term increase in the vulnerability of silo-based ICBMs to attack by precision conventional weapons.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87808?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 07 Sep 2022 05:40:04 EST Defense and Security, Nuclear Policy South Korea's “Decapitation” Strategy Against North Korea Has More Risks Than Benefits https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87672?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Seoul's renewed emphasis on targeting Pyongyang leadership is especially dangerous given recent developments in North Korean nuclear capability and strategy. ]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87672?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 15 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EST North Korea, South Korea, United States, Defense and Security, Deterrence and International Security, Military, Nuclear Policy Remembering Michael Krepon https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87545?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss An innovative thinker, convenor, and mentor in the nuclear policy community, Krepon possessed an unwavering commitment to humanity that earned him respect around the world. ]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87545?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 20 Jul 2022 09:00:50 EST India, Pakistan, United States, Nuclear Policy Taxpayers Should Question the Pitch to Fund Another Naval Nuclear Weapon https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87120?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The nuclear-armed SLCMs would not be buildable until the early 2030s, so there is time for serious debate.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87120?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 12 May 2022 01:16:56 EST Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, United States, Economy, Nuclear Policy Civil Nuclear Energy Risks From Russia's Invasion of Ukraine https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87064?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Following from Russia's invasion of and ongoing war against Ukraine, Ukraine's civil nuclear energy power infrastructure poses risks that exceed those normally associated with nuclear installations and nuclear and radiological materials.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/87064?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 27 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EST Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Defense and Security, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Policy The U.S. Moratorium on Anti-Satellite Missile Tests Is a Welcome Shift in Space Policy https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/86943?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Washington's decision to voluntarily refrain from destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite weapons tests opens new pathways to promoting norms of responsible behavior in space.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/86943?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 20 Apr 2022 03:31:28 EST Americas, China, East Asia, India, Russia, South Asia, United States, Defense and Security, Military Averting a Nuclear Dystopia https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/86714?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The world needs to work together urgently to reduce the risks of a nuclear catastrophe.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/86714?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 23 Mar 2022 03:41:55 EST Americas, China, East Asia, Russia, United States, Defense and Security, Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy