Nuclear Issues

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall appears on "Wolf" to talk about the latest sanctions on Iran.

Elizabeth Sherwood Randall talks about measuring North Korea's denuclearization progress with Wolf Blitzer on CNN.

Belfer Center experts offer insight and analysis of the Trump-Kim summit through statements and interviews.

Gary Samore, former White House Coordinator for Arms Control & WMD, is a skeptic-turned-believer in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. He speaks with Christiane Amanpour.

Staffing gaps and significant personnel changes at the State Department have raised concerns about the direction of U.S. foreign policy, especially amid public statements by President Donald Trump concerning American alliances and positions on issues around the world. Ambassador Cameron Munter invites Ambassador Nicholas Burns to share his insights and ideas, including on timely topics such as the U.S.-Russia relationship following the re-election of Vladimir Putin, Transatlantic relations and changing perceptions about the future role of NATO, and a possible meeting between President Trump and his North Korean counterpart on nuclear nonproliferation and security.

Ambassador Burns was Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President George W. Bush. Prior to that assignment, he was also U.S. Ambassador to NATO. Currently, Burns is the Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and also director of The Future of Diplomacy Project.

"There’s no track record here. Kim Jong Un hasn’t met with the Chinese leadership."

A look at North Korea's latest rounds of missile tests with David Ignatius of the Washington Post, David Sanger of The New York Times, Lionel Barber of the Financial Times, and Nicholas Burns of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Nick Burns tells CNBC that Trump should stick with sanctions and avoid military conflict with North Korea. "Right now there are no good military options beyond defense," he says. Burns also says the Trump administration could begin to impose secondary sanctions.

Professor Burns joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the new U.N. economic sanctions against North Korea and China's role in the process.

This week, I was joined by Professor Matthew Bunn, professor of practice at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and co-principal investigator of the Belfer Center for International Affairs’ Project on Managing the Atom. We discuss insider threats in both the private and national security sectors, the topic of Professor Bunn’s recent book, Insider Threats (co-edited with Scott Sagan). Bunn also shares insights from his invaluable dissertation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Guardians at the Gates of Hell: Estimating the Risk of Nuclear Theft and Terrorism—and Identifying the Highest-Priority Risks of Nuclear Theft, and talks about how nuclear security has evolved over the past quarter-century.