Policy Briefs
Treaty Based Regimes as Stepping Stones to a Nuclear Weapon Free World
The Chemical Weapons Convention and the NPT demonstrated break-out frameworks for containing WMD threats.
Advancing Nuclear Disarmament: the US Role
The future of nuclear disarmament appears bleak, but a more assertive United States has the potential to make immense progress if adjustments to the nuclear force posture are adjusted.
Changing Nuclear Thinking in Pakistan
Fifteen years since the nuclear tests of 1998, changed sentiments about the atomic bomb have taken hold among the policymakers and the public in Pakistan.
Nuclear Arms Control: A Realistic Global Agenda
Gareth Evans emphasizes the need to re-energize both the nuclear nonproliferation and the nuclear disarmament agenda in a manner that could be embraced by all relevant players.
What Did India Gain Getting the Bomb?
Ramesh Thakur explores how the utility of India's nuclear weapons is questionable on many grounds.
Bringing the UN Disarmament Machinery Back to Life
John Page examines the deadlocked Conference on Disarmament (CD) and explores alternative disarmament agreements.
Improving Nuclear Security Governance in the Asia-Pacific
John Carlson discusses the shortcomings of current international nuclear security arrangements and provides recommendations on what needs to be done.
An Asia-Pacific Nuclear Energy Community
John Carlson asserts the need for an intergovernmental Asia-Pacific nuclear energy community to reduce proliferation risk from the growth of nuclear energy programs.
Nuclear Weapons: Global Governance Failing to Meet the Challenge
Ramesh Thakur examines the current architecture of nuclear weapons global governance and suggests steps to prioritize moving forward.
Why Nuclear Weapons Must Be Eliminated
Gareth Evans discusses the humanitarian, strategic, and financial arguments against nuclear weapons.