Center for Asian Security Studies

The Nuclear Asia initiative addresses emerging nuclear developments and proliferation concerns in Asia and assesses the implications for regional security and U.S. policy. This initiative specifically focuses on:

Nuclear break-out – tracking the emergence, spread, and development of nuclear weapons capabilities in Asian states and evaluating their impact on regional security

Nuclear proliferation – assessing the implications of the proliferation of nuclear materials, related technologies, and expertise in Asia on non-proliferation regimes, with a particular focus on export control laws and global norms and conventions

Nuclear non-proliferation regimes – evaluating international and U.S. non-proliferation regimes and policies and considering plausible alternatives

Nuclear supplier competition – assessing the influence of nuclear supplier-state competition on regional stability and enforcement of international norms

Program News

North Korea and Iran: Nuclear Futures and Regional Responses
In this report, experts evaluate the plausible technical nature of the nuclear programs in North Korea and Iran in 2015, and address conceivable regional responses to the more challenging security environments that nuclear weapons would create in Northeast and Southwest Asia.

Asian Proliferation 2015 Workshop
On December 14, NBR hosted a private workshop in Washington, DC that explored the implications for regional security, the global non-proliferation regime, and U.S. non-proliferation policy assuming both North Korea and Iran demonstrate nuclear weapons capabilities by 2015. The audience was composed of senior U.S. policymakers and leaders from business and academe. Click here for a summary of the workshop findings.

Program Staff

Michael Wills
Director

Tim Cook
Next Generation Fellow

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