Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and its unprecedented attack on an operating nuclearpower complex is causing reverberations and rethinking across the global civil nuclearsector. Russia’s actions have irreparably degraded its reputation and created theopportunity for responsible nations to dethrone Moscow as the world’s top nuclear energyexporter. In a new brief from the Global America Business…
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The Coming Collapse of Russia’s Nuclear Exports:
A Policy Framework for Next-Gen Nuclear
The results of the U.S. election have not been certified but there is a strong likelihood of a new administration in January. If so, it will need to move quickly to reestablish effectiveness on the climate agenda. An important way to demonstrate leadership is to act on an integrated strategy to advance next-generation nuclear energy…
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Responding to Nuclear Nervousness in the Middle East
New developments in the Middle East are raising concerns about whether the region will become the world’s next nuclear hot spot. While the escalating situation stokes international anxiety, it has not stimulated an effective, comprehensive nuclear security policy response. The reality is that multiple nuclear facilities will be operating in several countries in the region…
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Rebuilding Nuclear Guardrails for New Realities
The global nuclear guardrail system is being seriously challenged and steadily weakened. Built laboriously over numerous decades to manage a variety of nuclear risks, the arms control, non-proliferation, and nuclear security systems are flagging in the face of new realities, particularly intensifying geopolitical competition, emerging disruptive technologies, and evolving nuclear players. Adapting to these new…
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