{"id":7906,"date":"2025-04-03T10:35:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/?p=7906"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:42:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T17:42:22","slug":"%f0%9f%93%98-new-report-nuclear-diplomacy-and-deterrence-by-parker-robinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/%f0%9f%93%98-new-report-nuclear-diplomacy-and-deterrence-by-parker-robinson\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcd8 New Brief: Nuclear Diplomacy and Deterrence by Parker Robinson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">We\u2019re proud to share a powerful new report from our 2024 Nuclear Research Fellow, <strong>Parker Robinson<\/strong>, titled <strong>\u201cBankrolling Bombs: Examining the Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Modernization.\u201d<\/strong> This comprehensive research paper on nuclear deterrence offers a deep dive into the scope, cost, and consequences of U.S. nuclear modernization efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-459728.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\"  title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-459728.jpeg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\"  alt=\"pexels-photo-459728 \ud83d\udcd8 New Brief: Nuclear Diplomacy and Deterrence by Parker Robinson\"  class=\"wp-image-7910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-459728.jpeg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-459728.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-459728.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-459728.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-459728.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-459728.jpeg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Pixabay on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/landscape-photography-of-factory-459728\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd0d <strong>Inside this Nuclear Deterrence Report:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Detailed breakdown of U.S. nuclear spending across air, ground, and sea systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Controversies surrounding key modernization programs like Sentinel and B61-12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The status of U.S.\u2013Russia treaties, including START, New START, and the Non-Proliferation Treaty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Critical insights on how modernization threatens diplomacy and global stability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Actionable recommendations for re-centering diplomacy over military expansion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\ud83d\udcc9 Parker\u2019s findings reveal a stark truth: nuclear \u201cdeterrence\u201d as we know it is driving unsustainable spending and undermining international arms control efforts. With billions of taxpayer dollars allocated to new weapons, the U.S. risks further entrenching a military-first economy at the expense of diplomacy and peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcc4 <strong>Read the full report <\/strong>below: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nuclear-Brief-2025.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Nuclear Brief 2025.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1dcc1e1f-d603-4727-a2fa-e4dded3736ea\" href=\"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nuclear-Brief-2025.pdf\">Nuclear Brief 2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nuclear-Brief-2025.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1dcc1e1f-d603-4727-a2fa-e4dded3736ea\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is currently engaged in an unprecedented nuclear modernization effort, investing over $1.5 trillion in new weapons systems under the banner of deterrence. Yet this modernization does not occur in a vacuum. It unfolds against a backdrop of fractured diplomacy, eroding arms control treaties, and rising global tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,196],"tags":[294,295,296,167,293],"class_list":["post-7906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pep","category-resources","tag-arms-control","tag-diplomacy","tag-nuclear-deterrence","tag-nuclear-weapons","tag-u-s-military-spending"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-2309992.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1058&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7906"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8259,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906\/revisions\/8259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}