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Valeriia Hesse

Valeriia Hesse

Winning the Game of Chicken With Memes: Ukrainian Reactions to Russian Threats

Ali Alkis

Ali Alkis

Non-Western approach to nuclear security (2023) Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences

Ali Alkis

Ali Alkis

Türkiye in the New World Order: The Nuclear Debate (2023) Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Ali Alkis

Ali Alkis

Armed Conflict and Nuclear Security: Implications for Europe (2023) EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium

Margarita Kalinina-Pohl

Margarita Kalinina-Pohl

Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network Celebrated Women’s History Month with a Panel on Women’s Leadership

Ali Alkis, Valeriia Gergiieva

Ali Alkis, Valeriia Gergiieva

Why Russia May Control Turkey’s Nuclear Energy for the Next 80 Years, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2023

Polina Sinovets, Aderito Vicente

Polina Sinovets, Aderito Vicente

Are nuclear weapons ineffective in deterring non-nuclear weapon states? The paradox of Russia’s war on Ukraine, FRS

Tatyana Novossiolova, Goran Georgiev

Tatyana Novossiolova, Goran Georgiev

Countering Hybrid Threats in Bulgaria Enhancing Policy, Regulatory, and Institutional Resilience in Support of Weapons of Mass Destruction Nonproliferation

Tatyana Novossiolova, Goran Georgiev

Tatyana Novossiolova, Goran Georgiev

Disinformation in the Kremlin’s Toolkit of Influence Training Guidance for Scoping the Threat to the Norms and Institutions of Weapons of Mass Destruction Nonproliferation

Margarita Kalinina-Pohl

Margarita Kalinina-Pohl

CNS Celebrates a Successful First Year of the Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network

Ali Alkis

Ali Alkis

Nuclear Security During Armed Conflict (2022) Stimson Center

Ali Alkis

Ali Alkis

Nuclear Security and Nuclear Security Culture: An Overview (2022) Journal of Nuclear Sciences

Valeriia Hesse

Valeriia Hesse

A Ukrainian expert assesses the possible impact of a military attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Ali Alkis

Ali Alkis

Youth, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament: Recommendations from Early-Career Experts to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT/CONF.2020/WP.74)

Valeriia Hesse

Valeriia Hesse

UN must condemn Russia’s nuclear threat at non-proliferation conference

Polina Sinovets

Polina Sinovets

The growing role of the nuclear factor in interstate politics: The case of Russia’s war against Ukraine, EUNPDC Policy Paper

Iryna Maksymenko

Iryna Maksymenko

Security assurances: Current challenges and implications for the future. EUNPD Policy Paper

Ali Alkis

Ali Alkis

Threat of Nuclear Terrorism: The Developing Nuclear Security Regime (2022) International Journal of Nuclear Security

Sebnem Udum

Sebnem Udum

Structural Causes of the “Gender Gap” in Nuclear Security: An Overview, International Journal of Nuclear Security, Women in Nuclear Security Special Issue

Polina Sinovets

Polina Sinovets

How the “Escalation Strategy” Evolved in Russia’s Security Policy, PONARS Policy Memo

Iryna Maksymenko

Iryna Maksymenko

The Russian roulette: the Kremlin’s escalation strategy in the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review (in co-authorship with P. Sinovets and M. Skrypnyk)

Polina Sinovets

Polina Sinovets

Between the Rock and the Hard Place: will the Black Sea Avoid the Escalation Ladder?, IES Policy Papers

Sebnem Udum

Sebnem Udum

INSEN As Part and Propellant of Nuclear Security Regime: An Insider’s View, International Journal of Nuclear Security

Sebnem Udum

Sebnem Udum

The INSEN Experience, by INSEN Chairs, International Journal of Nuclear Security

Sebnem Udum, Peter Lang

Sebnem Udum, Peter Lang

Issues in Turkish-US Relations: A Politico-Psychological Analysis Through Problematic Cases, in Hüseyin Işıksal and Ozan Örmeci eds., Historical Examinations and Current Issues in Turkish-American Relations

Valeriia Gergiieva

Valeriia Gergiieva

North Korea’s Nuclear Program: From Nonproliferation Issue to Deterrence

Polina Sinovets

Polina Sinovets

Hot off the Press, Colder in Scope: Russia’s Nuclear Deterrence Fundamentals 2020, PONAR Eurasia Commentary

Valeriia Hesse

Valeriia Hesse

1540 Impact: Substantive Normative Changes after 2004?

Valeriia Hesse

Valeriia Hesse

Export Control Instruments: Duplication of Effort

Valeriia Hesse

Valeriia Hesse

Undergirding the IAEA: How Regional Safeguards Agreements Can Take the Pressure Off

Valeriia Gergiieva

Valeriia Gergiieva

Marriage for Oil Convenience: The United States and Saudi Arabia’s Case Study

Valeriia Hesse

Valeriia Hesse

“Atoms for Peace” without Atoms: Why Non-Nuclear States Join the IAEA

Polina Sinovets

Polina Sinovets

Escalation for De-Escalation? Hazy Nuclear-Weapon “Red Lines” Generate Russian Advantages, PONAR Policy Memo

Valeriia Hesse

Valeriia Hesse

Nuclear Security Culture for Users of Radioactive Sources: Model, Self-assessment, Enhancement

Nino Gvrishvili, Lia Chelidze

Nino Gvrishvili, Lia Chelidze

Some Remarks on the Newly Established Rules on Radioactive Waste Management in Georgia: International Requirements and National Implementation

Valeriia Hesse

Valeriia Hesse

The CTBT: Possible Subsequent Domino Effect Of The U. S. Ratification In The Context Of The Global Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

Sebnem Udum

Sebnem Udum

The Role of Turkey in the 2015 NPT Review Conference, EDAM Discussion Paper

Valeriia Hesse

Valeriia Hesse

Nuclear Programs of India Pakistan: “The Domino Effect” or the Transformation of Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime?