China and Nuclear Ambiguity

Editor-in-Chief of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists John Mecklin discusses the history of the Nuclear Notebook series and how civil society estimates of nuclear weapons help inform policymakers and the public.

Deputy Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies Elena Sokova discusses U.S.-Russian information exchanges and weapons declarations as confidence building measures and the status of reporting initiatives under the NPT review process.

Valerie Lincy, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, and CSIS’ Sharon Squassoni discuss what the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action has meant for the public’s knowledge of Iran’s nuclear program, the reporting mechanisms in the agreement, and approaches that could inc…

Hans Kristensen, Director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, joins CSIS’ Sharon Squassoni to discuss the process of uncovering and sifting through nuclear weapons-related information to create the Nuclear Notebooks.