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Publications by Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows

Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows carry out a year-long period of independent research but are also given an opportunity to be associated with RAND client-sponsored research. Within their RAND tenure, fellows are expected to produce policy-relevant studies that contribute to the general body of knowledge on nuclear security. The written product is considered for publication by RAND.

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False Alarms, True Dangers? Current and Future Risks of Inadvertent U.S.-Russian Nuclear War

Understanding how miscalculations and misperceptions can lead to the use of nuclear weapons is an important step toward reducing the probability of an inadvertent nuclear conflict between the United States and Russia.

Anthony Barrett
Overcoming Obstacles to Advanced Reactor Technologies

This perspective examines the institutional and technical obstacles to the commercialization of advanced nuclear reactors for electrical power generation in the United States.

Edward Geist
The Days After a Deal with Iran: Implications for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

One of a series of RAND Perspectives on what the Middle East and U.S. policy might look like in "the days after a deal" with Iran, this Perspective examines a deal's implications for the nuclear nonproliferation regime.

Jeffrey Kaplow, Rebecca Gibbons
The United States' European Phased Adaptive Approach Missile Defense System: Defending Against Iranian Missile Threats Without Diluting the Russian Deterrent

The reformed European Phased Adaptive Approach missile defense system remains capable of reaching Iranian missiles without diluting Russia's deterrent. This change policy should enable further U.S.-Russia nuclear arms reduction talks.

Jaganath Sankaran
Facing the Missile Challenge: U.S. Strategy and the Future of the INF Treaty

Report assesses whether the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty continues to serve America's national interests, or whether adherence unduly constrains the U.S. ability to effectively respond to emerging security threats.

David W. Kearn, Jr.
Containing Iran: Strategies for Addressing the Iranian Nuclear Challenge

This study assesses U.S. policy options on the Iranian nuclear question by addressing how to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and, failing this, how best to mitigate the negative international effects of a nuclear-armed Iran.

Robert Reardon
Characterizing the North Korean Nuclear Missile Threat

Questions the current common view of the North Korean missile program and seeks to better characterize the North Korean missile threat by comparing the available data on the North Korea missile program against several possible hypotheses.

Markus Schiller

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