MTA @BelferCenter is the primary nuclear policy research project at @Harvard @Kennedy_School. RT ≠ endorsement.
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Ariel E. Levite and Athanasios Platias challenge the assumptions behind Trump’s AI strategy, examining why technological dominance alone may not guarantee strategic advantage.
Read their analysis in The National Interest: nationalinterest.org/feature…
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China’s uranium enrichment capacity is expanding rapidly—far beyond civilian needs. Hui Zhang examines what this growth could mean for China’s nuclear arsenal and the global nonproliferation regime.
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What would it take to strengthen the U.S.-Saudi nuclear agreement? Ariel E. Levite and Matthew Sharp examine the deal’s key nonproliferation challenges and potential safeguards.
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Hui Zhang examines China’s expanding uranium enrichment infrastructure, as new centrifuge plants at Lanzhou and Hanzhong bring the country’s enrichment capacity toward a significant new milestone.
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Dr. Hui Zhang examines new satellite imagery showing the completion of China’s fourth large centrifuge enrichment plant at Emeishan—and what its expected operation could mean for China’s expanding enrichment capacity.
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What does the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict mean for regional security and U.S. strategic interests? Gary Samore examines the conflict’s trajectory, the risks of prolonged confrontation, and the challenges of finding a diplomatic resolution.
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At the 13th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, Francesca Giovannini explores how AI, quantum computing, and space technologies are reshaping arms control—and why the future may depend on regulating state behavior rather than counting weapons.
china.org.cn/2026-09/16/cont…
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MTA Visiting Scholar @HerzogSM has a new essay out in @TheNonproReview about the many overlooked & overlapping ways AI is affecting the politics of nuclear, biological & chemical weapons. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Reducing the Risk of Nuclear War: The Long View with Professor Matthew Bunn at The Foundry
More info here: longnowboston.org/events/nuc…
Eli Levite explores the prospects — and challenges — of renewed U.S. diplomacy with North Korea and whether a more limited approach to nuclear risk reduction could offer a path forward.
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Is It Strategically Useful for the U.S. To Pursue Any Norms or Treaties That May Limit Its Freedom of Action in Space?
Read contrasting viewpoints on action in space here: csps.aerospace.org/papers/it…
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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Türkiye are charting a new regional security framework -- but what will it take to turn their defense pact into a functioning alliance?
@Rabs_AA and fellow experts discuss the challenges and implications.
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Ariel Levite & Athanasios Platias take a closer look at how the U.S. and China are pursuing AI leadership - and why the broader strategic ecosystems behind the technology may ultimately matter just as much as AI itself.
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Is the Makkah Pact really an “Islamic NATO”? @Rabs_AA examines what the agreement means for regional security, deterrence, and the evolving strategic landscape: thewire.in/world/why-the-mak…
A tiny nuclear battery just flew to orbit and set a big precedent - Mallory Stewart on what BOHR means for the future of nuclear power (and trust) in space ↓
"As nuclear power becomes a more common part of commercial and governmental space missions, the safety and security frameworks established by City Labs may matter as much as the nuclear battery itself."
thebulletin.org/2026/07/how-…
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Professor Matthew Bunn on the US-Saudi nuclear deal: why enrichment technology raises the stakes — and what Congress needs to know.
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Matthew Bunn tells NPR's All Things Considered what's missing from the new U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal: no Additional Protocol inspections and no ban on enrichment or reprocessing — the technologies that make bomb material.
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It's not the reactor that worries Professor Matthew Bunn— it's what comes next. Bunn explains why enrichment and reprocessing technology, not civilian reactors, are the real "keys to the Kingdom" in the new U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal.
theworld.org/segments/2026/0…
"Unable to leverage the deal for normalization, unable to push back against Washington" - Eli Levite on why the new U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal has Israel boxed in.
newsweek.com/israel-only-mid…
Why does one country's push for nuclear security make its neighbors less secure?
@SpenserAWarren & Sumit Ganguly's new chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Warfare in Asia explains the cascading dynamics behind Asia's evolving nuclear arsenals.
doi.org/10.1093/978019896963…
