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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Tristan VolpeContent Syndicationhttps://carnegieendowment.org/rss/?fa=rss Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - All Publications https://carnegieendowment.org/rss/solr/?fa=feeds http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/174859_62935143720_1836682_n.jpg Tuesday, 14 Feb 2023 05:00:00 EST 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 The Rise of the Autocratic Nuclear Marketplace https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/86884?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The United States established itself as the dominant supplier of civil nuclear technology in the 1960s. But Moscow soon caught up, supplanting Washington after the Cold War. What led to the rise of this autocratic nuclear marketplace?]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/86884?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Sunday, 03 Apr 2022 12:47:13 EST Russia, United States, Defense and Security, Nuclear Policy Dual-use Distinguishability: How 3D-printing Shapes the Security Dilemma for Nuclear Programs https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/79910?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Additive manufacturing is being adopted by nuclear programs to improve production capabilities, yet its impact on strategic stability remains unclear. This article uses the security dilemma to assess incentives for arms racing as the emerging technology becomes integrated into nuclear supply chains.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/79910?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 22 Aug 2019 03:21:05 EST Deterrence and International Security, Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control, Nuclear Policy, Technology Abstinence or Tolerance: Managing Nuclear Ambitions in Saudi Arabia https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/77194?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Saudi Arabia took concrete steps to adopt a nuclear hedge strategy against Iran, and explore options to forestall a looming arms race in the Middle East over the buildup of nuclear latency.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/77194?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 05 Jul 2018 11:11:18 EST Americas, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, United States, Defense and Security, Deterrence and International Security, Foreign Policy, Iranian Proliferation, Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy An Internet of Nuclear Things: Emerging Technology and the Future of Supply Chain Security https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/76824?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss While new manufacturing technology could increase the efficiency and visibility of nuclear supply-chain operations, the steady trend toward digitization and interconnection could result in unacceptable cyber risks, ranging from the loss of sensitive proprietary information to the spread of compromised components throughout nuclear infrastructure.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/76824?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Saturday, 30 Jun 2018 11:21:25 EST Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy, Technology Internet of Nuclear Things: Managing the Proliferation Risks of 3-D Printing Technology https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/77205?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Over the next decade, the spread and maturation of additive manufacturing could challenge major control mechanisms for inhibiting nuclear proliferation.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/77205?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 21 Feb 2018 03:26:29 EST Deterrence and International Security, Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy Geostrategic Nuclear Exports: The Competition for Influence in Saudi Arabia https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/75472?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss A “Gold Standard” nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia may not be the best way for the United States to balance against Russia and China or restore its influence over nonproliferation policy in the Middle East.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/75472?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 07 Feb 2018 10:34:41 EST Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Nuclear Policy Threatening Proliferation: The Goldilocks Principle of Bargaining with Nuclear Latency https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/77208?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss This chapter explains how a challenger can leverage its latent capacity to produce nuclear weapons to extract coercive benefits from a stronger target such as the United States.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/77208?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 25 Jan 2018 04:41:11 EST Deterrence and International Security, Nuclear Policy Article Review 91 on “Nuclear Beliefs: A Leader-Focused Theory of Counter-Proliferation” https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/77248?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss In this article, Tristan Volpe reviews Rachel Whitlark's article, “Nuclear Beliefs: A Leader-Focused Theory of Counter-Proliferation.”]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/77248?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 18 Jan 2018 11:04:26 EST Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy Germany's Nuclear Education: Why a Few Elites Are Testing a Taboo https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/73362?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Days after the 2016 U.S. election, a small group of German experts began to publicly debate whether Berlin should pursue one of three nuclear options. Although the shallow debate was short-lived, over time this effort may turn out to be a bellwether of fundamental change in Germany's national identity.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/73362?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 11 Oct 2017 01:32:07 EST Germany, Western Europe, Nuclear Policy Keine Atombombe, Bitte: Why Germany Should Not Go Nuclear https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/71234?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Nuclear weapons will not solve Europe's current security woes, but Washington should not dismiss German nuclear yearnings, as they reflect a growing sense of uncertainty in Berlin.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/71234?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 13 Jun 2017 12:17:36 EST Germany, Western Europe, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy Atomic Leverage: Compellence with Nuclear Latency https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/69911?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss When countries employ the threat of proliferation as a bargaining chip, there is a sweet spot between having too little and too much nuclear latency to extract concessions from Washington.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/69911?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 08 May 2017 10:25:11 EST Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy The Unraveling of North Korea's Proliferation Blackmail Strategy https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/68622?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss North Korea's steady development of nuclear forces raises questions about why Pyongyang used its nuclear program to pursue coercive diplomacy in the past, and when the regime was in the strongest position to leverage this nuclear latency as an instrument of compellence against the United States.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/68622?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 10 Apr 2017 02:15:05 EST East Asia, North Korea, Deterrence and International Security, Nuclear Policy Atomic Inducements: The Case for “Buying Out” Nuclear Latency https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/68249?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss New tailored incentive packages may be needed to dissuade the development of sensitive nuclear technology by allies and partners of the United States.]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/68249?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Friday, 10 Mar 2017 04:17:15 EST Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy Saudi Arabia's Changing International Role https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/63366?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Riyadh is displaying a new foreign policy activism under the leadership of King Salman and his powerful son. | عربي | Русский]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/63366?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 18 Apr 2016 03:47:58 EST Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Oil Initiative, Oil and Geopolitics, Americas, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, United States, Climate and Energy, Defense and Security, Economy, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy 3-D Printing the Bomb? The Nuclear Nonproliferation Challenge https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/61920?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss 3-D printing could make it easier for states to build nuclear weapons and harder for the international community to detect and stop them. ]]> https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/61920?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 04 Nov 2015 04:45:51 EST Defense and Security, Global Governance, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, Nuclear Policy