Papers by CNS analysts on a wide variety of nonproliferation topics, frequently in collaboration with other organizations.

 

CNS Papers

2012

Posted: July 31, 2012

2012 Conference on a WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East: Prospects, Challenges, and Opportunities [PDF]

This CNS special roundtable report discusses the conference in Helsinki, Finland, and takes a long-term view of the future of arms control in the region in light of the Arab uprisings.

Edited by Bilal Y. Saab

Posted: July 5, 2012

U.S.-Russian Partnership for Advancing a Nuclear Security Agenda [PDF]

A new paper by CNS, VCDNP, and the Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS, Moscow, Russia).

Posted: May 17, 2012

Prospects for Nuclear Security Partnership in Southeast Asia [PDF]

A new paper by CNS, VCDNP, and the Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS, Moscow, Russia).

Updated: April 19, 2012

CNS NPT Monitoring Report - Disarmament [PDF]

As NPT state parties prepare to meet in Vienna, CNS presents a comprehensive review of implementation of the 2010 NPT Action Plan's Nuclear Disarmament section.

Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova

2010

Updated: August 17, 2010

Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: Examining the Validity of Nuclear Deterrence [PDF]

In association with the Swiss Confederation. May 2010.

Ken Berry, Patricia Lewis, Benoît Pélopidas, Nikolai Sokov and Ward Wilson

Posted: May 10, 2010

Reducing and Regulating Tactical (Nonstrategic) Nuclear Weapons in Europe: Moving Forward? [PDF]

This update to a December 2009 report examines the attitudes toward these weapons in the U.S., Western and Eastern Europe, and Russia. It also considers the possible impact of the 2010 Nuclear Nonproliferation Review Conference and NATO Strategic Concept on the issue.

Johan Bergenäs, Miles A. Pomper, William C. Potter, and Nikolai N. Sokov

See also:
A Panel Discussion on the report

Posted: January 6, 2010

Proliferation Complexity: The Intersection of Policy, Operations, Media, Intelligence, and Science [PDF]

Sponsored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Advanced Systems and Concepts Office (DTRA-ASCO) in cooperation with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

A Rapporteur Report, July 7-9, 2009, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California.

2009

Posted: December 15, 2009

Reducing and Regulating Tactical (Nonstrategic) Nuclear Weapons in Europe

The advent of the Obama administration and the president's commitment to a world free of nuclear weapons have encouraged some U.S. allies in Europe to suggest that it is time to remove U.S. nonstrategic nuclear weapons based on their territory. New military doctrines being drafted in Moscow and Washington may alter the roles that these weapons play in each country's nuclear strategy. The revitalized U.S.-Russian dialogue on reducing strategic arsenals has also led to calls for tackling the two countries' nonstrategic nuclear weapons arsenals.

Miles A. Pomper, William C. Potter, and Nikolai N. Sokov

Posted: November 13, 2009

Four Emerging Issues in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: Opportunities for German Leadership

A major study by CNS addresses four emerging issues in arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation where Germany can contribute significantly.

Dennis M. Gormley, Patricia M. Lewis, Miles A. Pomper, Lawrence Scheinman, Stephen I. Schwartz, Nikolai N. Sokov, and Leonard S. Spector

Posted: March 27, 2009

Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament

Cristina Hansell and William C. Potter, Editors

Occasional Paper #15

Analyzing the prevailing perspectives, bureaucratic players, & politics and providing recommendations on how to engage Beijing and Moscow on "the road to zero."

Image: Cover of Occasional Paper #15

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.

Occasional Paper #14 by Jean du Preez

2008

Posted: November 5, 2008 (Updated: January 21, 2011)

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.

Occasional Paper #13 by Jonathan B. Tucker

Updated: January 3, 2008

The Soviet Anti-Plague System

by Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley, Alexander Melikishvili, and Raymond A. Zilinskas

The history of the AP system, covering the period from the late 19th century onwards, including its accomplishments, organization, work programs, and responsibilities.

2007

Posted: August, 2007

Beijing on Biohazards: Chinese Experts on Bioweapons Nonproliferation Issues [PDF]

by Amy E. Smithson

Offers a first-of-its-kind collection of essays from top Chinese experts on the threat of biological weapons proliferation; new Chinese regulations on biosafety, biosecurity and oversight of genetic engineering research; the lessons that can be learned from the United Nations Special Commission's inspections in Iraq to help construct a verification protocol for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention; and China's policies and programs to hinder bioweapons proliferation.

First and foremost, this volume, edited by Amy E. Smithson, is a reflection of the readiness of Chinese experts to discuss and address these extremely important matters.

Second, these essays indicate that Chinese views on bioweapons nonproliferation policies and mechanisms are evolving.

Third, these essays provide considerable information for their colleagues in the West to contemplate, to appreciate, to agree with, and to contest.

These essays, in other words, are seeds for a dialogue between Chinese and Western policy analysts, scientists, and officials about the nature of the biological weapons threat and the tools that can be applied domestically and internationally to reduce the threat of biological weapons proliferation.

2003

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.

Occasional Paper #12, James Clay Moltz, ed.

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.

Occasional Paper #11 by Charles D. Ferguson, Tahseen Kazi, and Judith Perera

2002

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.

Occasional Paper #10, James Clay Moltz, ed.

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.

Occasional Paper #9, Jonathan B. Tucker and Raymond A. Zilinskas, eds.

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.

Occasional Paper #8, Michael Barletta, ed.

2001

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.

Occasional Paper #7

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.

Occasional Paper #6, Michael Barletta, ed.

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.

Occasional Paper #5, Scott Parrish, ed.

2000

Posted: October 2000

Proliferation Challenges and Nonproliferation Opportunities for New Administrations

Occasional Paper #4, Michael Barletta, ed.

1999

Posted: November 1999

Nonproliferation Regimes At Risk

Occasional Paper #3, Michael Barletta and Amy Sands, eds.

Posted: November 1999

A History of Ballistic Missile Development in the DPRK

Occasional Paper #2 by Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr.

Posted: June 1999

Former Soviet Biological Weapons Facilities in Kazakhstan: Past, Present, and Future

Occasional Paper #1 by Gulbarshyn Bozheyeva, Yerlan Kunakbayev, Dastan Yeleukenov.