Publications and Analyses
StoryMaps: High-Explosives Testing in the DPRK and Comparative Analyses to Nuclear-Armed States
As part of the multi-year project, Open-Source Assessments of the DPRK’s Nuclear Programme, we are releasing a suite of interactive maps and deep-dive analyses into the DPRK’s high-explosive testing infrastructure. By comparing North Korean facilities with known sites in other nuclear-armed states, this research provides a new baseline for understanding the DPRK's progress toward sophisticated weaponisation
Understanding North Korean Uranium Enrichment
This ONN co-authored piece with VERTIC offers detailed analysis of the DPRK’s uranium enrichment programme based on previous project research and photographs shown by DPRK state media in 2024 and 2025. The paper includes revised estimates for the scope and potential enriched uranium output of the DPRK’s programme.
US-China Nuclear Escalation Risk
This ONN assessment maps the pathways that could drive U.S.-China nuclear escalation by 2030, finding that forward U.S. nuclear deployments in the Indo-Pacific are the most significant amplifier of risk.