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Newly Independent States (NIS) / Russia [2000]

All CNS nonproliferation content related to Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union.

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General

Prospects of U.S.-Russian Dialogue on NMD and START III
An online discussion between Pavel Podvig and Nikolai Sokov. In Russian only.
The Next Steps in Arms Control: A Russian Perspective
Washington D.C. Office 2000 Briefing Series, May 9, 2000.
Posted: 2000
Special Report: Assessing US Nonproliferation Assistance to the NIS
The Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 7.1, Spring 2000

Introduction
by James Clay Moltz

Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination and Weapons Protection, Control, and Accounting [PDF format]


by John W.R. Lepingwell and Nikolai Sokov

Russian Nuclear Submarine Dismantlement and the Naval Fuel Cycle [PDF format]
by James Clay Moltz

Cooperative Efforts to Secure Fissile Material in the NIS [PDF format]
by Emily Ewell Daughtry and Fred L. Wehling

Efforts to Strengthen Export Controls and Combat Illicit Trafficking and Brain Drain [PDF format]
by Scott Parrish and Tamara Robinson

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CBW

Russian Chemical and Biological Disarmament: A View from Moscow
Washington D.C. Office 2000 Briefing Series, December 6, 2000.
Posted: 2000
Preventing the Proliferation of Chemical and Biological Weapon Materials and Know-How [PDF format]
The Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Spring 2000
by Jonathan B. Tucker and Kathleen M. Vogel
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Missile/Nuclear

  • Russia Risks Another Chernobyl
    A December 22, 2000 Op-Ed by Cristina Chuen and Elena Sokova for the International Herald Tribune.
    Russian Nuclear Regionalism: Emerging Local Influences Over Far Eastern Facilities
    National Bureau for Asian Research Analysis, December 2000
    by James Clay Moltz
    Kosovo Syndrome and the Great Nuclear Debate of 2000
    Policy Memo No. 181, Program on New Approaches to Russian Security, Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, November 2000
    by Nikolai Sokov
    The Impact of National Missile Defense on Nonproliferation Regimes [PDF format]
    The Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Fall-Winter 2000
    by James Clay Moltz
    Economics vs. Nonproliferation: US Launch Quota Policy Toward Russia, Ukraine, and China [PDF format]
    The Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Fall-Winter 2000
    by Victor Zaborsky
    Russia and Nonproliferation in the New Century
    Occasional Paper No. 4, CNS, September 2000
    by Serguei Batsanov
    Russian Nonproliferation Policy
    Occasional Paper No. 4, CNS, September 2000
    by Vladimir Orlov
    A Nonproliferation Agenda for the Putin Administration
    Occasional Paper No. 4, CNS, September 2000
    by Alexander Pikayev
    The Dangerous Temptation of Unilateralism
    Occasional Paper No. 4, CNS, September 2000
    by Nikolai Sokov

  • A New Old Direction in Russia's Nuclear Policy
    Disarmament Diplomacy, No. 50, September 2000
    by Nikolai Sokov
    The Kursk Was In Dangerous Company
    An August 29, 2000 Op-Ed by James Clay Moltz for the New York Times.
    Posted: 30 August 2000
    A Tragic, 118-Count Indictment of the Russian Nuclear Navy
    An August 17, 2000 Op-Ed by James Clay Moltz for the Los Angeles Times.
    Updated: 30 August 2000
    The Kursk Accident
    "On Saturday, 12 August during Northern Fleet training exercises in the Barents Sea the Russian nuclear-powered guided missile (SSGN) submarine Kursk sank in approximately 100 meters of water with over 100 crew members aboard."
    Updated: 22 August 2000
    • Posted: 14 August 2000
    Komsomolets: A Disaster Waiting to Happen?
    "On April 7, 1989, ... the nuclear-powered submarine Komsomolets ... sank to a depth of 5,600 feet, ... and forty-two out of a crew of sixty-nine perished." An article by Wendy Wallace published in CIS Environmental Watch, Spring 1992.
    Posted: 15 August 2000
    The Fate of Russian Nuclear Weapons: An Anticlimax on August 11
    by Nikolai Sokov
    Posted: 14 August 2000
    "Denuclearization" of Russia’s Defense Policy?
    "Many established assumptions about the future of the country’s nuclear policy warrant a second look, it seems."
    by Nikolai Sokov
    Updated: 17 July 2000
    Posted: 13 July 2000
    A Grand NMD Game: The Challenge Of New Russian Initiatives
    "Instead of a 'grand bargain,' we might be entering a period of a 'grand NMD game.'"
    by Nikolai Sokov
    Posted: 15 June 2000
    Damage Control on Arms Control
    "At their summit next month, President Bill Clinton and Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to reach a "grand bargain" on nuclear arms control." A May 22, 2000 Op-Ed for The Boston Globe by Nikolai Sokov.
    Posted: 8 June 2000
    Nuclear Weapons That People Forget
    "...it is increasingly urgent to reinvigorate the process of eliminating tactical nuclear weapons." A March 31, 2000 Op-Ed for the International Herald Tribune by William C. Potter and Nikolai Sokov.
    Posted: 7 June 2000

  • The Reality and Myths of Nuclear Regionalism in Russia
    Policy Memo No. 133, Program on New Approaches to Russian Security, Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, May 2000
    by Nikolai Sokov
    START II Ratification: More Than Meets the Eye
    "The central importance about START II ratification is that it opens the gates for negotiations on START III, a new treaty which would entail even deeper reductions."
    by Nikolai Sokov
    Updated: 17 April 2000
    Posted: 14 April 2000

    Russian Public Opinion on Nuclear Weapons and Security
    Washington D.C. Office 2000 Briefing Series, March 15, 2000.

    Posted: 2000
    Tito's Nuclear Legacy
    Not much of Tito's legacy remains, but part of that legacy is a pile of bomb-grade material at Vinca and a handful of nuclear-savvy scientists. An article by William C. Potter, Djuro Miljanic and Ivo Slaus for The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2000.
    Posted: 14 March 2000
    The History of Yugoslavia's Covert Nuclear Weapons Program
    Washington D.C. Office 2000 Briefing Series, March 13, 2000.
    Posted: 2000
    Special Report: Assessing US Nonproliferation Assistance to the NIS
    The Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Spring 2000

    Introduction
    by James Clay Moltz

    Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination and Weapons Protection, Control, and Accounting [PDF format]


    by John W.R. Lepingwell and Nikolai Sokov

    Russian Nuclear Submarine Dismantlement and the Naval Fuel Cycle [PDF format]
    by James Clay Moltz

    Cooperative Efforts to Secure Fissile Material in the NIS [PDF format]
    by Emily Ewell Daughtry and Fred L. Wehling

    Efforts to Strengthen Export Controls and Combat Illicit Trafficking and Brain Drain [PDF format]
    by Scott Parrish and Tamara Robinson

    • Sustainability: A Vital Component of Nuclear Material Security in Russia
    A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 7.1.
    by William C. Potter and Fred L. Wehling
    Posted: Spring 2000
    Foreign Policy Under Putin: Pro-Western Pragmatism Might be a Greater Challenge to the West
    Policy Memo No. 101, Program on New Approaches to Russian Security, Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, January 2000
    by Nikolai Sokov
    Russia's New Concept of National Security
    East European Constitutional Review, Winter-Spring 2000, Russian version
    by Nikolai Sokov

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