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Nuclear Weapons
Trump’s Missile Defense Review Will Be Read Closely in China
By Ankit Panda
The 2019 U.S. Missile Defense Review will vindicate longstanding anxieties in China and Russia.
Reforming the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty for New Realities
By Saurabh Todi
It’s time to amend the NPT to bring India and Pakistan into the fold as nuclear weapons states.
Russia Conducts Successful Flight-Test of Avangard Hypersonic Glide Vehicle
By Ankit Panda
The test brings the Avangard one step closer to becoming the first deployed HGV system anywhere.
China Conducts First Test of New JL-3 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
By Ankit Panda
China’s nuclear modernization continues with the first known test of its next-generation SLBM.
Hypersonic Boost-Glide Weapons and Challenges to International Security
By Ankit Panda
Hypersonic boost-glide vehicles present new iterations of old challenges to strategic stability.
Pakistan Conducts Test of Ghauri Medium-Range Ballistic Missile
By Ankit Panda
The test is the first involving the Ghauri since 2015.
The New Nuclear Normal in North Korea?
By Ankit Panda
North Korea is beginning to lower the profile of nuclear weapons in its external signaling.
The Linkages Between China's Global Military Ambitions and the Belt and Road Initiative
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
A new U.S. Department of Defense report describes trends in Chinese military modernization.
Exclusive: Revealing Kangson, North Korea's First Covert Uranium Enrichment Site
By Ankit Panda
For more than a decade, North Korea has operated a uranium enrichment site just outside Pyongyang.
Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un Sign Joint Declaration at Singapore Summit
By Ankit Panda
The core of the summit agreement is an exchange of U.S. security guarantees in exchange for a North Korean commitment to "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
Looking Back: The 1998 Nuclear Wake Up Call for US-India Ties
By Raymond E. Vickery Jr.
India's 1998 nuclear tests were a moment of reckoning for the United States.
20 Years After Pokhran-II: Have Nuclear Weapons Made India More Secure?
By Travis Wheeler and Heather Byrne
20 years later, what are the effects of India's nuclear weapons on South Asia's security environment?