The Hiroshima Report serves as a comprehensive annual benchmark assessment of the international security environment. Today, the world finds itself at a tipping point – it is one false step, mistake or miscalculation away from Armageddon. The report reminds us of the truly existential threat that nuclear weapons pose to the planet, the catastrophic human consequences associated with any use of these weapons and the moral imperative to ensure their total elimination, once and for all.

Izumi Nakamitsu

United Nations Under-Secretary-General

High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

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This sobering account of the nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and nuclear security landscape in 2023 shows a disturbing increase in the importance that countries are placing on nuclear weapons in the wake of growing geostrategic competition. Some bright spots are out there, such as the continuing decrease worldwide in highly enriched uranium stocks and widespread global attention to nuclear safety and security. Because the Hiroshima Report paints such a comprehensive picture, it is an indispensable source for nuclear policy-makers all over the world.

Rose Gottemoeller

Lecturer and Research Fellow, Stanford University

Former Deputy Secretary General of NATO

Former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security