Amy J. Nelson

Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) stands in the closing ceremony of the 20th Party Congress, where he affirmed China's commitment to AI development and "intelligent warfare." (Koki Kataoka/The Yomiuri Shimbun).

The PLA’s Strategic Support Force and AI Innovation

Amy J. Nelson and Gerald L. Epstein

Friday, December 23, 2022

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides on the spot the underwater test-fire of strategic submarine ballistic missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 24, 2016. KCNA/via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. SOUTH KOREA OUT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Missile technology: Accelerating challenges

December 2022

The 2022 National Defense Strategy: A conversation with Colin Kahl

12:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

Terminator on the battlefield: Emerging and evolving tech in the Russia-Ukraine war

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Handout photo shows a Dassault Rafale jet fighter carrying a ASMPA (medium-range air to surface missile) French nuclear air-launched cruise missile. Emmanuel Macron’s recent comments on the French response in case of a Russian nuclear attack on Ukraine have drawn fire from observers and political opponents at home. During an interview with French TV channel France 2, the French president said on Wednesday that Paris would “evidently” not use nuclear weapons in response to a Russian nuclear attack on Ukraine. Photo by MBDA via ABACAPRESS.COM

How not to estimate the likelihood of nuclear war

Amy J. Nelson and Alexander H. Montgomery

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

United States President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 03 October 2022. President Biden and the first lady are traveling to Puerto Rico to receive a briefing, meet with families and community leaders and participate in a service project following the island wide damage from Hurricane Fiona.Featuring: President Joe BidenWhere: Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesWhen: 03 Oct 2022Credit: Shawn Thew/POOL/CNP/startraksphoto.com/Cover Images

Around the Halls: Assessing the 2022 National Security Strategy

Shadi Hamid, Daniel S. Hamilton, Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones, Patricia M. Kim, Suzanne Maloney, Amy J. Nelson, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Natan Sachs, Bruce Riedel, Melanie W. Sisson, Mireya Solís, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Andrew Yeo

Friday, October 14, 2022

Russian service members during a parade on Victory Day, which marks the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2022. President Vladimir Putin told Russian soldiers in his speech that they are fighting for the same thing their fathers and grandfathers did as he used his Victory Day speech to justify his invasion of Ukraine.

A Victory Day update on the Russia-Ukraine war

Angela Stent, Steven Pifer, Amy J. Nelson, and James Goldgeier

Monday, May 16, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Polish Air Force MiG-29 pilot Adrian Rojek performs during the Radom Air Show at an airport in Radom, Poland August 23, 2015. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

Escalation aversion in Ukraine: Nuclear and conventional risks

Amy J. Nelson, Alexander H. Montgomery, and Raman Preet Kaur

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

A US Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron performs dynamic hoist training with an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter in Romania on Wednesday March 9, 2022 during joint training missions with the Romanian air force in support of the NATO alliance. The U.S. military ordered the deployment of 500 additional troops to Europe, pushing the total number of American forces on the continent to about 100,000 as it seeks to deter Russia from broadening its unprovoked war in Ukraine, Pentagon officials said Monday. (US DOD/EYEPRESS)

Mind the escalation aversion: Managing risk without losing the initiative in the Russia-Ukraine war

Amy J. Nelson and Alexander H. Montgomery

Friday, March 11, 2022

An unarmed AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missile is released from a B-52H Stratofortress over the Utah Test and Training Range during a Nuclear Weapons System Evaluation Program sortie, 80miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., September 22, 2014. Picture taken September 22, 2014. To Match Special Report USA-NUCLEAR/MODERNIZE Air Force/Staff Sgt. Roidan Carlson/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Innovation acceleration, digitization, and the crisis of nonproliferation systems

The Nonproliferation Review Tuesday, March 1, 2022