Occasional Papers
Past Occasional Papers
Posted: January 7, 2009
Nuclear Challenges and Policy Options for the Next U.S. Administration [PDF]- Papers by participants of the Monterey Nonproliferation Strategy Group meeting on August 20-21, 2008.
Posted: November 5, 2008
Trafficking Networks for Chemical Weapons Precursors: Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s- New information on the illicit sale of chemical-weapons materials to Iran and Iraq during the 1980s sheds light on how international trafficking networks operate and suggests some practical steps for countering them.
Posted: August 2003
New Challenges in Missile Proliferation, Missile Defense, and Space Security- Continuing a collaboration between the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies at the University of Southampton.
Posted: January 2003
Commercial Radioactive Sources: Surveying the Security Risks- Focuses on the security of commercial radioactive sources, the sources that represent a significant
category of radioactive materials that are widely used throughout the world for beneficial applications in medicine and industry,
and—until recently—have not been considered high security risks.
Posted: July 2002
Future Security in Space: Commercial, Military, and Arms Control Trade-Offs- Identifying areas of common ground in the field of future space activity.
A collaboration between the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies at the University of Southampton.
Posted: June 2002
The 1971 Smallpox Epidemic in Aralsk, Kazakhstan, and the Soviet Biological Warfare Program- The first authoritative English translation of an official Soviet report describing a previously unknown outbreak of smallpox in 1971 in the city of Aralsk, Kazakhstan, then located on the northern shore of the Aral Sea.
Posted: June 2002
After 9/11: Preventing Mass-Destruction Terrorism and Weapons Proliferation- A collection of papers examining the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, and analyzing U.S. and international responses to 9/11. They also propose measures to avert terrorism and to reduce mass-destruction threats to U.S. and international security.
Posted: July 2001
Missile Proliferation and Defences: Problems and Prospects - This series of papers on missile proliferation and possible responses continue a collaboration between the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies at the University of Southampton. Occasional Paper #7 focuses on international and unilateral control mechanisms, regional perspectives, and implications for space.
Posted: 5 June 2001
WMD Threats 2001: Critical Choices for the Bush Administration- Offering pragmatic
guidance for the Bush administration on key nonproliferation
issues regarding U.S. foreign relations, nuclear, biological and chemical terrorism, and
organizing the U.S. government. It outlines measures to help
defend the United States and construct a safer world.
Posted: 27 April 2001
International Perspectives on Missile Proliferation and Defenses- The first of a new Occasional Paper series devoted to the topic of ballistic missile
proliferation. The focus of this series reflects the concern of both centers that the spread of ballistic
missiles constitutes one of the most serious and complex nonproliferation challenges today.
Posted: October 2000
Proliferation Challenges and Nonproliferation Opportunities for New AdministrationsPosted: November 1999
Nonproliferation Regimes At RiskPosted: 9 February 2000
A History of Ballistic Missile Development in the DPRKPosted: June 1999
Former Soviet Biological Weapons Facilities in Kazakhstan: Past, Present, and Future
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Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament
