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Newly Independent States (NIS) / Russia [2001]

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Bush-Putin Summit, November 2001

On November 13-15, U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a series of discussions in Washington, D.C. and Crawford, Texas, on a wide range of issues, including U.S.-Russian economic cooperation, Russia's relations with NATO, and the situation in Afghanistan. The most closely watched part of the discussions, however, was the question of strategic arms control. An issue brief by Michael Jasinski for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).

Updated: December 2001

Russian Military Capabilities in Central Asia

"Recent Russian training exercises and military reorganizations demonstrate the increased emphasis on the threat from the south."

Posted: 17 September 2001

Russian National Security at Home and Abroad

Washington D.C. Office 2001 Briefing Series, August 13, 2001.

Posted: August 2001

Nonproliferation Assistance to Russia and the New Independent States

As the political and economic situation in the Soviet Union deteriorated in the late 1980s, fears arose that the Soviet government might not be able to adequately safeguard its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) arsenals, nor the associated materials and know-how. These fears were exacerbated by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and gave rise to a number of U.S. government foreign assistance programs whose goal is ensuring the safety and security of WMD assets in the Newly Independent States (NIS). An issue brief by Michael Jasinski for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).

Posted: August 2001

The Way Forward for U.S.-Russian Nonproliferation Cooperation

This paper analyzes the U.S.-Russian nuclear nonproliferation cooperation programs and makes recommendations regarding the future of the programs.

Posted: 25 July 2001

Missing the Forest for the Trees: U.S. Non-Proliferation Programs in Russia
Leonard S. Spector
Arms Control Today, June 2001
"Despite early indications that the Bush administrations budget would deal a severe blow to nuclear threat reduction efforts in Russia, it now appears that most, if not all, U.S. non-proliferation programs in Russia will continue apace. "

Posted: 12 June 2001

The Complex Politics of Foreign Assistance: Building the Landysh in the Russian Far East [PDF format]

A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.2.
by Cristina Chuen and Tamara Troyakova.

Posted: Summer 2001

U.S.-Russian Non-proliferation Cooperation: Setting Priorities for the Future

Washington D.C. Office 2001 Briefing Series, January 24, 2001.

Posted: 2001

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CBW

The Soviet Union, Russia, and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention [PDF format]

Part of a special section for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.1.
by Michael Moodie.

Posted: Spring 2001

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Missile/Nuclear

U.S. Withdrawal from the ABM Treaty: Post-Mortem and Possible Consequences

An op-ed by Nikolai Sokov.

Posted: 14 December 2001

Confirmed Proliferation-Significant Incidents of Fissile Material Trafficking in the Newly Independent States (NIS), 1991-2001

Posted: 30 November 2001

Testimony of Leonard S. Spector

The November 14, 2001 testimony of Leonard S. Spector before the Subcommittee on International Security, Nonproliferation, and Federal Services, on improving the effectiveness of U.S. nonproliferation programs in the successor states of the former Soviet Union.

Posted: 15 November 2001

Hope for a Strategic Breakthrough at the Bush-Putin Summit

An op-ed for the International Herald Tribune William Potter and Nikolai Sokov.

Posted: 13 November 2001

Nuclear Submarine Dismantlement

The arms race left Russia with a dangerous legacy: more than 100 nuclear submarines that must be dismantled and disposed of without causing environmental damage or increasing proliferation risks. While Russia has removed from active status 200 of its 244 Cold War-era submarines, it lacks the money and equipment to scrap them, and it cannot afford to adequately protect the nuclear materials on these vessels as they await dismantlement. An issue brief by Cristina Chuen and James Clay Moltz for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).

Posted: August 2001

The Way Forward for U.S.-Russian Nonproliferation Cooperation

This paper analyzes the U.S.-Russian nuclear nonproliferation cooperation programs and makes recommendations regarding the future of the programs.

Posted: 25 July 2001

Status Report: Nuclear Weapons, Fissile Material, and Export Controls in the Former Soviet Union
This report is the most complete single source of information on Russias nuclear arsenal and stockpile, the status of fissile material at other sites in the former Soviet Union, and the progress of U.S. nonproliferation assistance programs.

Posted: 18 June 2001

Thoughts about an Integrated Strategy for Nuclear Cooperation with Russia

An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.2.
by Siegfried S. Hecker.

Posted: Summer 2001

A New Stage of the NMD Debate: A U.S. Proposal and a Russian Response

This report examines the George W. Bush administration's consideration of broad new proposals to induce Russia's acquiescence to its plan to deploy a national missile defense system (NMD). A report by Nikolai Sokov.

Posted: 31 May 2001

The Myths About Unilateral Nuclear Arms Reductions

Policy Memo No. 196, Program on New Approaches to Russian Security, Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, April 2001
by Nikolai Sokov

Report that Kursk Carried Nuclear Weapons Unlikely

Updated: 10 April 2001

Posted: 6 April 2001

Russian Missile Defense for Europe: The February 20 Proposal Is More Serious Than It Seems

"Strangely enough, the new Russian proposal for a European Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system , which Russian Minister of Defense Igor Sergeev gave to NATO Secretary General Lord George Robertson on February 20, 2001, did not draw serious attention from the media" A report by Nikolai Sokov.

Updated: 30 March 2001

Posted: 14 March 2001

Forecasting the Strategic-Military Implications of NMD Deployment

Occasional Paper No. 5, Center for Nonproliferation Studies and Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, March 2001
by James Clay Moltz

Prospects for a Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone [PDF format]

A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.1.
by Scott Parrish.

Posted: Spring 2001

Downsizing Russia's Nuclear Warhead Production Infrastructure [PDF format]

A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.1.
by Oleg Bukharin.

Posted: Spring 2001

Nuclear Perestroika: TechnoBusiness in Russia's Atomic Cities

Washington D.C. Office 2001 Briefing Series, February 23, 2001

Posted: 2001

Russia's Blue Water Blues

"If Russia continues to develop complex new weapons and ships but does not fund maintenance, safety, dismantlement, and training, more accidents will surely happen." An article by Cristina Chuen and Michael Jasinski for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2001.

Updated: 16 January 2001

Tactical Nuclear Weapons: The Nature of the Problem

"Tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) are the category of American and Russian nuclear arsenals which is the least regulated by arms control agreements." A report by William Potter and Nikolai Sokov.

Posted: 4 January 2001

The "Tactical Nuclear Weapons Scare" of 2001

"On January 3, 2001 The Washington Times reported that Russia was transferring tactical nuclear weapons to Kaliningrad Oblast, an isolated enclave of Russian territory between Poland and Lithuania." A report by Nikolai Sokov.

Posted: 3 January 2001

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