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General

Management, Abolition and Nullification: Nuclear Nonproliferation Strategies in the 21st Century (PDF format)
An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.3.
by Robert Ayson
Strengthening Nuclear Security Against Terrorists and Thieves Through Better Training (PDF format)
A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.3.
by George Bunn, Fritz Steinhausler, and Lyudmila Zaitseva
2000 WMD Terrorism Chronology: Incidents Involving Sub-National Actors and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear Materials
This chronology covers incidents worldwide involving criminal or ideological motivations, including hoaxes and pranks.
Jason Pate, Gary Ackerman, and Kimberly McCloud
Nuclear Safeguards at Risk
This is the fourth in a series of seminars on multilateral and regional institutions as they relate to arms control and security regimes and treaties pursuant to a CNS-MIIS project under the direction of Professor Lawrence Scheinman.
Washington D.C. Office 2001 Briefing Series, June 26, 2001.
WMD Threats 2001: Critical Choices for the Bush Administration
Occasional Paper #6 offers 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.
Michael Barletta, ed.
Economic and Technological Trends Affecting Nuclear Nonproliferation (PDF format)
An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.2.
by Stanley A. Erickson.
Ending the Production of Highly Enriched Uranium for Naval Reactors (PDF format)
A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.1.
by Chunyan Ma and Frank von Hippel.
Tamper Detection for Safeguards and Treaty Monitoring: Fantasies, Realities, and Potentials (PDF format)
A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.1.
by Roger G. Johnston.
Future Prospects for the HEU Deal
Washington D.C. Office 2001 Briefing Series, May 3, 2001.
Roundtable on Plutonium Disposition
Washington D.C. Office 2001 Briefing Series, March 14, 2001.
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Middle East/Africa

The Iraqi Maze: Searching for a Way Out
An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.3.
by David Albright and Kevin O'Neill
Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East
This page includes WMD profiles of 11 countries, regional overviews, and reference tables of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and combat aircraft deployed in this volatile region.
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NIS

Confirmed Proliferation-Significant Incidents of Fissile Material Trafficking in the Newly Independent States (NIS), 1991-2001
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.
U.S. Debate on Nonproliferation Assistance to Russia
A special section on the debate over the Bush administration's reduction of funding for U.S. nonproliferation assistance programs in Russia and the other newly independent states (NIS).
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).
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.
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.
Report that Kursk Carried Nuclear Weapons Unlikely
Downsizing Russia's Nuclear Warhead Production Infrastructure (PDF format)
A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.1.
by Oleg Bukharin.
Nuclear Perestroika: TechnoBusiness in Russia's Atomic Cities
Washington D.C. Office 2001 Briefing Series, February 23, 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.
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.
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.
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East Asia

The Costs and Benefits of Japan's Nuclearization: An Insight into the 1968/70 Internal Report (PDF format)
An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.2.
by Yuri Kase.
South Korea's Shifting and Controversial Interest in Spent Fuel Reprocessing (PDF format)
A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.1.
by Jungmin Kang and H.A. Feiveson.
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South Asia

Limited War and Nuclear Escalation in South Asia (PDF format)
An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.3.
by V.R. Raghavan
Safety of Pakistani Nuclear Arsenal & Installations
by Gaurav Kampani
Living With India's Bomb: In Praise Of Indifference
"In the aftermath of India's May 1998 nuclear tests, two major policy challenges confront the US government and the global nonproliferation community."
An updated version of this article appears in the Spring 2001 issue of Orbis
by Gaurav Kampani

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