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A poster of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) concerning nuclear tests of North Korea is seen on February 12, 2013 at the CTBTO headquarters in Vienna. Iran hinted Tuesday that inspection of the Parchin military site by the International Atomic Energy Agency would be possible in the context of a "comprehensive agreement" that recongnises its right to peaceful nuclear energy. AFP PHOTO / DIETER NAGL (Photo credit should read DIETER NAGL/AFP via Getty Images)

A Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) poster displaying North Korean nuclear tests on February 12, 2013, at the CTBTO headquarters in Vienna, Austria. (Dieter Nagl/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

America Needs to Rethink Its Commitments to the CTBTO

Thomas DiNanno

Former Adjunct Fellow

Thomas DiNanno

Feb 13, 2023

Reports

6 Min Read

(Screenshot via VOA Korea)

In the Media

North Korea's Nuclear Provocations Drive South Korea, Japan, and the US Closer Together

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Feb 12, 2023

In the Media

(Screenshot via CNN International)

In the Media

Why a Balloon?

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Feb 7, 2023

In the Media

(Screenshot via Arirang News/YouTube)

In the Media

North Korea Strongly Denounces US Decision to Provide Tanks to Ukraine. Why?

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Feb 1, 2023

In the Media

A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, China, October 1, 2019. (Photo by Xia Yifang/Xinhua via Getty Images)

A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, China, October 1, 2019. (Photo by Xia Yifang/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Commentary

How China’s Nuclear Ambitions Will Change Deterrence

Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

Senior Fellow

Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

Jan 31, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

The Utah National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 222nd Field Artillery participates in a recruiting and family day live-fire artillery demonstration at Camp Williams in Utah, on May 15, 2021. (US Army photo by Ileen Kennedy)

Commentary

Defense Spending in 2023: On The Chopping Block

Missile maintainers tear down an ICBM for Maintenance

Senior Airman Andrew Parrish performs maintenance on the forward section of an ICBM's reentry system on February 2, 2018, at the F. E. Warren Air Force Base missile complex in Wyoming. (Braydon Williams via DVIDS)

Commentary

Action Needed to Maintain US Nuclear Deterrence

While North Korea is threatening to launch an ICBM at a normal angle and increasing the level of provocation, the United States has deployed the world's strongest fighter jet, the F-22 stealth fighter, and the B-52 strategic bomber near the Korean Peninsula. Together with former high-ranking officials, we take a look at North Korea's escalating threat of provocation and the United States' formidable response strategy. It also analyzes the impact of Japan's revision of security documents and the resulting mi

(Screenshot via Voice of America)

In the Media

Strengthening the Deployment of US Strategic Assets to the Korean Peninsula

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Dec 24, 2022

In the Media

Chinese nuclear missiles during a military parade on September 3, 2015, in Beijing, China. (Xinhua/Pan Xu via Getty Images)

Commentary

Chinese Nuclear Deceptions

U.S. Nuclear Policy and Deterrence Strategy: Russia-Ukraine War and Its Implications for the Indo-Pacific

(Screenshot via Sasakawa Peace Foundation/YouTube)

In the Media

US Nuclear Policy and Deterrence Strategy: Russia-Ukraine War and Its Implications for the Indo-Pacific

Masashi Murano

Senior Fellow, Japan Chair

Masashi Murano

Dec 8, 2022

In the Media

Firefighters conduct search and rescue operations at a residential building hit by a kamikaze drone on October 17, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Yevhenii Zavhorodnii/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran's Drones Allow It to Export Instability