On October 2nd, the British Defense Ministry awarded $4.9B to provide nuclear submarines to Australia by the late 2030s. This news comes after Richard Marles, Australia’s defense minister, stared down grass-roots Labor opposition to the project. The opposition asked how sustainable is the nuclear submarine […]
Recent reports of Elon Musk’s refusal to allow Ukraine to use his satellites to help it mount strikes against Russian military targets in Crimea pose a basic question: Just how sustainable might military use of commercial satellites be? So far, the United States and other […]
After Russia’s military assaults against Ukraine’s power reactors, many fear the precedent has been set for future military attacks against power reactors, not only in Europe, but in the Middle and Far East as well as South Asia. Over 170 nations have ratified Protocol 1 […]
Late last month, the head of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party, Chung Jin Suk, warned that Seoul would “need to seriously consider” developing its own nuclear weapons force. His announcement came on the heels of a similar statement by President Yoon Suk Yeol in […]
On March 7, 2023, The National Interest published this occasional paper in “Pyongyang Goes Nuclear—This Time in Space.” Click here to read the full article. Last week, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol catalyzed a once forbidden public debate over whether or not South Korea […]
Even as the war in Ukraine rages on, tensions on the Korean Peninsula are heating up. North Korea is testing missiles at a faster rate than ever, reportedly to refine its tactical nuclear weapon capability. There’s also talk about an imminent seventh North Korean nuclear […]
As the dust settles on the inconclusive Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, which ended last week in New York, it’s worth noting that it produced something that was quite significant. Biden, in his signed opening conference statement, closed ranks with Trump Administration officials on […]
As President Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia fades from memory, one neglected matter that’s almost certain to make news later is Riyadh’s renewed interest in nuclear energy. As I note in the attached piece “Will Seoul and Washington make Riyadh nuclear-weapons ready?” Riyadh is still […]
On June 16, 2022, NPEC held a virtual meeting on “China and Article VI: Death Threats to the NPT” with Sharon Squassoni and Thomas Grant. The topic covered China’s unwillingness to negotiate “in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms […]
Sunday, in Singapore, Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida lamented China’s unwillingness to clarify its nuclear weapons holdings. His comments came not more than two weeks after Secretary of State Antony Blinken invited Beijing to collaborate on nuclear nonproliferation. Neither referenced the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). […]
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