- How do North Korea and Iran think about and prepare for conflict with the US and its allies?
- What are the risks of nuclear tipping points and a cascade of proliferation?
- What new nuclear dangers are emerging in South Asia?
- What is the impact on regional security of climate change, energy insecurity, and bio vulnerability?
A Different Approach: Assessing the Legacy of Track 1.5 and Track 2 Engagements with India and Pakistan, CGSR, Zachary S. Davis (March 2025)
The Nuclear Future of the Middle East, CGSR, Asmeret Asghedom (January 2025)
Policy Primer: What is the Nuclear-Climate Nexus?, CGSR, Asmeret Asghedom (March 2024)
Policy Primer on Nuclear Energy: Understanding Proliferation Concerns, CGSR Research Paper, Edward Jenner, Asmeret Asghedom (October 2023)
Deterring a Nuclear-armed North Korea, CGSR Occasional Paper, Brad Roberts (May 2023)
The U.S. Strategy for Dealing with a Nuclear-armed North Korea, CGSR, Manseok Lee, Juseok Oh (November 2022)
Rethinking Nuclear Arms Control, The Washington Quarterly, Rose Gottemoeller (September 2020)
Deterrence and Détente on the Korean Peninsula, Asia Project, Council on Foreign Relations, Brad Roberts (April 2019)
U.S. Extended Deterrence and Japan's Security, Livermore Papers on Global Security, Yukio Satoh (October 2017)
US Strategy for Dealing with a Nuclear-Arming North Korea, CGSR , (November 2016)
Extended Deterrence and Japan: How Much is Enough?, CGSR Research Paper, Michael Markey (February 2016)
Extended Deterrence and Strategic Stability in Northeast Asia, NIDS Visiting Scholar Paper Series, No.1, Brad Roberts (August 2013)
U.S. China Policy: How did we get here and where are we going , Matt Turpin (April 7, 2025)
Influence Without Arms: The New Logic of Nuclear Deterrence , Matthew Fuhrmann (February 10, 2025)
A Fireside Chat on Russia , Matthew Rojansky (February 4, 2025)
China in Strategic Context , Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.) Mike Studeman (January 30, 2025)
If Iran Gets the Bomb: Shaping Weapons Choices, Force Posture, and Strategy , Michael Eisenstadt (January 21, 2025)
Past, Present, and Future of Russian Operations and Force Structure , Clint Reach (September 18, 2024)
US Energy Superpower Status and a New Energy Diplomacy , The Honorable Paul Dabbar (May 29, 2024)
Nuclear Threshold: Theory and Practice , Toby Dalton and Ariel (Eli) Levite (May 6, 2024)
Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics,and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative , Dr. Aaron Bateman (April 8, 2024)
Sponsored Nuclear Proliferation: Why States Share Nuclear Weapons Technology , Gregory D. Koblentz (March 7, 2024)
The Defense of Guam: Forcing Function for the Future of Air and Missile Defense , Dr. Tom Karako (March 16, 2023)
Strategic Drift in Southern Asia , Brig (ret.) Feroz Hassan Khan (January 26, 2023)
Nuclear Command and Control in North Korea: Assessing the Alternatives and their Implications , Dr. Shane Smith (August 16, 2022)
Seeking the Bomb: Strategies of Nuclear Proliferation , Dr. Vipin Narang (March 3, 2022)
War in Ukraine and its Deterrence Implications , Dr. Brad Roberts, Jacek Durkalec, and Mike Albertson (March 1, 2022)
North Korea: A Problem of Fading Margins , Robert Carlin (November 18, 2021)
India and US-China Competition , Tanvi Madan (November 10, 2021)
North Korea in a Nutshell: A Contemporary Overview , Dr. Kongdan (Katy) Oh (July 27, 2021)
North Korea Hinge Points: Bad Decisions Led to Bad Consequences , Dr. Siegfried S. Hecker (June 24, 2021)
Deterring Iran in the Gray Zone: Insights from Forty Years of Conflict , Michael Eisenstadt (May 11, 2021)
The Carrot or the Stick: Assessing U.S. Policy Approaches Toward the Iranian Nuclear Program , Ariel Petrovics (May 3, 2021)
The Iran Nuclear Deal: Past, Present, and Future , Corey Hinderstein (March 1, 2021)
The Iranian Nuclear Challenge: Options for the Biden Administration , Eric Brewer (February 2, 2021)
Toward a More Proliferated World? The Geopolitical Forces that Will Shape the Spread of Nuclear Weapons , Eric Brewer (September 24, 2020)
The Korea Factor in US-China Strategic Competition , Markus V. Garlauskas (August 11, 2020)
Pakistan's Perspectives on Great Power Competition , Hina Rabbani Khar (March 3, 2020)
Delaying Doomsday: The Politics of Nuclear Reversal , Rupal Mehta (February 25, 2020)
The Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific , Ashley J. Tellis (November 6, 2019)
The Iran Nuclear Archive: Impressions and Implications , William H. Tobey (May 8, 2019)
Is it Time to Think Big to Resolve the North Korea Crisis? , Siegfried S. Hecker (October 24, 2018)
The Fate of the Iran Deal , Colin H. Kahl (August 16, 2018)
Brokered Bargaining: Reconceptualizing Crisis Management in Regional Nuclear Environments , Moeed W. Yusuf (April 20, 2018)
Mythbusting the Islamic State , Craig Whiteside (November 29, 2017)
Evolving Strategic Stability in the Indian Ocean Region , Andrew C. Winner (November 6, 2017)
Preventing North Korea's Nuclear Breakout , Robert S. Litwak (April 13, 2017)
Nuclear Deterrence in Southern Asia: Is it as bad as it looks? , Ashley J. Tellis (January 11, 2017)
Asia's Complex Nuclear Geometry , Chris Twomey (September 22, 2016)
ISIS, the Middle East, and US Policy: Regional Reflections Since the Arab Spring? , Emile Nakhleh (July 6, 2016)
China's Emergence as a Defense Technological Power: How Innovative? , Tai Ming Cheung (June 8, 2016)
Can India Become a Leading Power? , Ashley J. Tellis (May 11, 2016)
New Middle East Cold War , F. Gregory Gause, III (April 11, 2016)
The Prague Agenda after the Iran Deal , Gary S. Samore (December 11, 2015)
Strategic Stability in South Asia: Recent Developments , Brigadier General Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd) and Monika Chansoria (July 14, 2015)
Extended Deterrence and the Australia-US Alliance: Beyond Abstract Reassurance? , Andrew O'Neil (July 13, 2015)
Evaluating a Nuclear Agreement with Iran , William H. Tobey (July 9, 2015)
The Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Prospects for a Deal and Implications for Proliferation in the Middle East , Robert J. Einhorn (May 18, 2015)
Nuclear Deterrence Strategies of Regional Powers , Vipin Narang (April 16, 2015)
Pakistan's Nuclear Security Architecture: Evaluation and Trajectory , Mr. Muhammad Khan and Brigadier General (ret.) Feroz Hassan Khan (March 10, 2015)
Regional Nuclear Powers: Deterrence Strategies, Escalation Pathways and Best U.S. Responses? , Jasen J. Castillo (November 20, 2014)
The US and Iran: Conciliation or Confrontation? , Karim Sadjadpour (November 6, 2014)
