TOPICS – NPEC

Inside the IC Interviews Henry Sokolski on “The over-classification problem in government”

May 31, 2023

May 31, 2023 Inside the IC interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “The over-classification problem in government.” What drove NPEC to focus on over-classification as a public policy problem? http://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/5.31.23-fed-podcast-1.mp3 What are some examples of how over-classification is harming America’s national security future? http://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/5.31.23-fed-podcast-2.mp3 ...

“Over-classification: How Bad Is It, What’s the Fix?” an NPEC and ABA-sponsored Hill Event

May 11, 2023

Earlier this month, NPEC and the American Bar Association cohosted an event on Capitol Hill featuring Senator Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mike Rounds who also is a member of the committee and sits on the Senate Armed...

The Outer Space Treaty and Prohibited Military Space Activities (Occasional Paper 2304)

May 2, 2023

This week, commercial imagery revealed more on China’s extensive high-altitude military balloon and blimp program. Experts believe that the purpose of this program is to complement or substitute for Chinese military satellites if they should be disabled in future space combat. Is overflying other states...

“To Keep Top Secrets Secret, We Need Fewer of Them,” The National Interest

Apr 25, 2023

Although government investigations are still underway, several things are clear following the recent, massive social media leak of top secrets. The Pentagon must tighten its reigns on who has access to sensitive intelligence. Our government must also review how it screens which officials should see...

“Biden is letting America help fund Russia’s nuclear-weapon complex,” New York Post

Apr 6, 2023

Once again, Putin is rattling Russia’s nuclear sabers. This time, it’s by threatening Poland and Ukraine with the deployment of nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. In response, there’s been plenty of hand ringing. What has yet to happen, however, is any serious effort to unplug...

Over-classification: How Bad Is It, What’s the Fix? (Occasional Paper 2303)

Mar 28, 2023

Today, The Wall Street Journal’s, “Too Much U.S. Government Information Is Classified, Report Finds,” spotlighted a problem NPEC has been focused on for more than two years – the over-classification of national security information. The headaches over-classification creates are severe. Those in the Washington “know”...

NPEC’s Public Policy Fellowship Research Retreat 2023

Feb 8, 2023

NPEC Public Policy Fellowship Research Retreat February 8 and 9, 2023 Wednesday, February 8th China’s Compliance with the NPT Thomas Grant, Senior Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge and former Senior Advisor for Strategic Planning, Bureau of InternationalSecurity and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State...

Pyongyang Goes Nuclear in Space: An After-Action Report (Occasional Paper 2301)

Jan 17, 2023

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...

“Nuclear Non-Proliferation … If You Can Keep It,” American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Law and National Security

Jan 6, 2023

Sixteen years ago, George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, William Perry, and Sam Nunn urged the world’s leaders to re-embrace the nuclear control and disarmament goals of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Reading today’s headlines, it appears their message was lost. Russia’s Defense Minister just announced Moscow...

“An UNsafety Zone for the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant?,” The National Interest

Dec 27, 2022

As the year comes to an end, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director Rafael Grossi is working to secure Ukraine’s nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia against further military assaults. His aim in shuttling between Kyiv and Moscow is to get Putin and Zelenskyy to agree to...