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Nuclear Modernization under Competing Pressures

The Biden administration will face early decision points regarding the modernization of critical elements of the U.S. nuclear weapons enterprise in an environment buffeted by competing forces and pressures.

Critical Questions by Joseph Rodgers and Rebecca Hersman — February 12, 2021

Arms Control Strategies for a New Administration

While the extension of the New START treaty between the United States and Russia is a critical step to promoting arms control strategies, the international environment is changing enough that new ideas and strategies are going to be necessary to ensure a secure future.

Critical Questions by Suzanne Claeys and Rebecca Hersman — February 4, 2021

Continuity Is Not Consensus: The Future Nuclear Posture Review

In the months since the somewhat anti-climactic release of the “real” report, the Nuclear Posture Review has been enjoying a honeymoon of sorts, as Rebecca Hersman, CSIS director of the Project on Nuclear Issues, writes in her commentary.

Commentary by Rebecca Hersman — October 19, 2018

The Gathering Health Storm Inside North Korea

There are proactive high-level diplomatic steps that the United States and others can and should initiate today to improve the immediate health and humanitarian situation inside North Korea, while planning for the future.

Commentary by J. Stephen Morrison, Victor Cha, Rebecca Hersman, Kee B. Park , Mark Dybul, Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg, Ambassador Jimmy Kolker , Nancy Lindborg , and Christine Wormuth — May 7, 2018

U.S. Response to the Reported Chemical Attack in Douma, Syria

Though military action may be an important part of the international response to the crime, it will come to little avail if not embedded in a broader set of sustained efforts to address this problem economically, diplomatically and legally as well.

Critical Questions by Melissa Dalton and Rebecca Hersman — April 11, 2018

The Evolving U.S. Nuclear Narrative

This study tracks the historical narrative for U.S. nuclear weapons as it has changed over the years. Additionally, it articulates a simple and clear rationale for the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

Commentary by Rebecca Hersman and Clark A. Murdock — November 1, 2016

Unpacking Syria’s Chemical Weapons Problem

A series of three chemical weapons attacks in Syria within a two-week span in August 2016 occurred amidst increased scrutiny and criticism from the international community, which has sought to identify and hold accountable those state and/or nonstate actors perpetrating, organizing, or sponsoring these chemical weapons attacks.

Critical Questions by Rebecca Hersman — August 25, 2016

North Korea's Nuclear Provocation

Today North Korea claimed to have successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb. Though experts have not verified this claim, it corresponds to a 5.1 magnitude seismic event recorded on Tuesday. The purported test, which would signify a significant increase in North Korea’s nuclear capability, has been widely condemned by world leaders.

Critical Questions by Rebecca Hersman — January 6, 2016