Thrust Areas

major rivalry

Major Power Rivalry and Deterrence

Regional Security tank

New Regional Challengers and Challenges

strategic deterrence

Toward Integrated Strategic Deterrence

competitive

The Future of Long Term Competitive Strategies

cooperative

The Future of Cooperative Measures to Reduce Nuclear Dangers

Latest Videos


Assessing Europe’s (Bad) Nuclear Options
Dr. Tobias Bunde

Europe must urgently confront a new nuclear reality. In recent years, Russia’s nuclear-backed revisionism has reintroduced nuclear coercion and the threat of nuclear escalation to the continent, underscoring the importance of credible nuclear deterrence.


Russia After the War with Ukraine
Dr. Eugene Rumer

Former Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, known for his awkward speaking style, once said: “we wanted to make it better, but it turned out as always.” Russia’s war with Ukraine is a perfect match for Chernomyrdin’s most famous quote.


Enemies in Agreement: Political Volatility and the Design of Arms Control
Dr. Jane Vaynman

Why do adversaries sometimes cooperate to restrain their military competition? Why do they design arms control agreements with intrusive verification in some cases but rely on minimal transparency in others? Amidst ongoing international competition, arms control remains rare despite potential mutual benefits, and agreements vary dramatically in their approaches to monitoring.


Bureaucracies at War
Dr. Tyler Jost

Why do states start conflicts they ultimately lose? Why do leaders possess inaccurate expectations of their prospects for victory? Bureaucracies at Warexamines how national security institutions shaped the quality of bureaucratic information upon which leaders based their choices for conflict — which institutional designs provided the best counsel, why those institutions performed better, and why many leaders failed to adopt them.

Latest Publications

On Theories of Change: Rethinking the Ban Treaty and Disarmament Strategies

On Theories of Change: Rethinking the Ban Treaty and Disarmament Strategies

Heather Williams

Occasional Paper Tech Comp

In Search of Strategic Advantage: Understanding the Landscape of Technology Competition

Kimberly Peh and Michael Albertson, editors

Between Tragedy & Catastrophe

From Stewardship to Transformation: Toward a Nuclear Enterprise for the 21st Century

Brad Roberts, editor

Between Tragedy & Catastrophe

Between Tragedy and Catastrophe: Taking Intra-War Deterrence Seriously

Brad Roberts

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