Botching the Bomb
Why Nuclear Weapons Programs Often Fail on Their Own -- and Why Iran’s Might, Too April 16, 2012 Jacques E. C. Hymans Summary: Nuclear weapons are hard to build for managerial reasons, not technical...
View ArticleSanctions Are Only a Stop-Gap
Tehran is Negotiating, But That Isn't Enough May 8, 2012 Patrick Clawson Summary: Sanctions have succeeded in bringing Tehran back to the negotiating table, but they are a tactic, not a strategy. Any...
View ArticleDeterrence Lessons From Iraq
Rationality Is Not the Only Key to Containment July 1, 2012 Amatzia Baram Summary: Debates about the possibility of containing a nuclear Iran often hinge on judgments of whether the regime there is...
View ArticleArms Away
How Washington Squandered Its Monopoly on Weapons Sales August 18, 2012 Jonathan Caverley and Ethan B. Kapstein Summary: For two decades, the United States has dominated the global arms trade, reaping...
View ArticleWhy Israel Should Trade Its Nukes
Stop Iran's Centrifuges by Accepting a Nuclear-Free Middle East October 25, 2012 Uri Bar-Joseph Summary: Israel does not need its nuclear arsenal to remain the strongest power in the Middle East. It...
View ArticleHow to End the War in Gaza
What an Egypt-Brokered Cease-Fire Should Look Like November 17, 2012 Ehud Yaari Summary: With Israel and Hamas once again locked in a shooting war, it's time to think about what a more sustainable...
View ArticleTangle in the Caucasus
Iran and Israel Fight for Influence in Azerbaijan January 15, 2013 Alex Vatanka Summary: The standoff between Iran and the West has moved into the Caucasus, where both the Islamic Republic and Israel...
View ArticleBreaking Up Is Not Hard to Do
Why the U.S.-Pakistani Alliance Isn't Worth the Trouble February 11, 2013 Husain Haqqani Summary: Instead of continuing their endless battling, the United States and Pakistan should acknowledge that...
View ArticleObama's Nuclear Future
The Battle to Reduce the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile Begins March 6, 2013 Joseph Cirincione Summary: After making steady progress on nuclear weapons in the first two years of his presidency, Obama stalled...
View ArticlePyongyang Perseveres
Why Washington Should Learn to Work With North Korea June 11, 2013 John Delury A new book offers useful insights into the North Korean mindset, but it overlooks the regime's durability and the...
View ArticleA Taboo Worth Protecting
Chemical Weapons Are Indiscriminate -- And That's Why They Should be Outlawed September 9, 2013 Sohail H. Hashmi and Jon Western Summary: Some opponents of a strike in Syria contend that the norm...
View ArticleNuclear Rights and Wrongs
Why One Legal Term Stalled Negotiations With Iran November 14, 2013 Gary Samore Summary: It might seem surprising that last week's negotiations with Iran stumbled over a lawyerly question about the...
View ArticleOn the Road to Yes With Iran
How to Read the Nuclear Deal November 29, 2013 Robert Jervis Summary: The debate over the merits of the interim nuclear agreement with Iran should turn on whether enhanced sanctions could break Iran’s...
View ArticleForeign Affairs Focus: Robert Jervis on Nuclear Diplomacy
March 12, 2014Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs, interviews Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics at Columbia University. Jervis discusses ongoing nuclear talks...
View ArticleThe Real Trouble With Russia
Moscow Might Have Violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty -- Here's How to Respond April 7, 2014 Elbridge Colby Summary: Russia’s march on Crimea might top the United States’ list of...
View ArticleThe Case Against Killer Robots
Why the United States Should Ban Them May 10, 2014 Denise Garcia Summary: Robots that are programmed to kill could soon escape science fiction and become reality. Given the strategic, moral, and legal...
View ArticleBombs Away
The Case for Phasing Out U.S. Tactical Nukes in Europe May 29, 2014 Barry Blechman and Russell Rumbaugh Summary: U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe had little military value during the Cold War...
View ArticleDangerous Disarmament
Why Israel Should Stop Pushing Hamas to Give Up Its Weapons August 6, 2014 Benedetta Berti Summary: Over the past few weeks, any talk of Israel redeploying from the Gaza Strip has been met with public...
View ArticleSeventy Years After Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons August 28, 2014 Fumio Kishida Summary: Next year marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, offering a unique opportunity to...
View ArticleDon't Fear a Sneak-Out
Why Iran Can't Secretly Build the Bomb December 9, 2014 Jacques E. C. Hymans Summary: Many have warned that even if a Iran accepts a nuclear deal, it will continue to develop nuclear weapons in...
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