CSIS releases new joint report on the role of nuclear weapons in the 21st Century

CSIS recently released a joint report with APS and AAAS discussing the role of nuclear weapons in United States policy in the 21st century. Authored in part by PONI member Jessica Yeats, the report identifies the range of threats facing the United States and highlights the most pressing issues for the upcoming administration. The report also outlines a centrist package of initiatives that, taken together can help simultaneously achieve the two overriding, albeit not always consistent, goals for the United States:

The United States must re-establish its global leadership in nuclear nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament matters. AND IN PARALLEL The United States must ensure a credible nuclear deterrent for as long as is needed through steps that include continuing to refurbish and update its nuclear stockpile and infrastructure as necessary without creating any new nuclear weapon capabilities.