Hard National Security Choices
Support Thursday, August 13, 2020
Menu
Tags

Nonproliferation

See All Tags

Latest in Nonproliferation

Foreign Policy Essay

North Korea and the Problem of Managing Emerging Nuclear Powers

Nicholas L. Miller   Sun, Mar 25, 2018, 10:00 AM

Editor’s Note: As the world watches North Korea with a mix of alarm and nausea, officials can agree that no one wants new nuclear powers—especially ones led by erratic and bellicose leaders. But at times prevention fails, and policy options for dealing with such powers are scant. Nicholas Miller at Dartmouth takes on this question, arguing that the current approach, especially the non-proliferation treaty, can often do more harm than good.

***

Autonomous Weapon Systems

Why the Prohibition on Permanently Blinding Lasers is Poor Precedent for a Ban on Autonomous Weapon Systems

Rebecca Crootof   Tue, Nov 24, 2015, 7:00 AM

Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School have released their latest report regarding autonomous weapon systems: Precedent for Preemption: The Ban on Blinding Lasers as a Model for a Killer Robots Prohibition. While new regulation is needed, the report fails to address crucial distinctions between the successful ban on permanently blinding lasers and the proposed prohibition on autonomous weapon systems.

Iran

For the U.S. and Iran, A Nuclear Accord Upends Old Assumptions

Suzanne Maloney   Thu, Jul 16, 2015, 7:00 AM

In a solemn speech on state television, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani described the achievement of a comprehensive accord between Tehran and six world powers on Iran's nuclear program as "an end and a beginning." Like so many other assertions about the deal, Rouhani’s platitude is only partially true.

Iran

Text of the Iran Deal

Wells Bennett   Tue, Jul 14, 2015, 8:12 AM

Below you'll find the text of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action---the much-anticipated nuclear deal which Iran and six other nations apparently concluded earlier this morning.

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Annex I Nuclear Related Commitments

Subscribe to Lawfare

Email • RSS • Kindle