Publications: Occasional Papers

  • Occasional Paper #12
    New Challenges in Missile Proliferation, Missile Defense, and Space Security
    Occasional Paper #12 continues a collaboration between the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies at the University of Southampton.
    James Clay Moltz, ed.
    Created August 2003

  • Occasional Paper #11
    Commercial Radioactive Sources: Surveying the Security Risks
    Charles D. Ferguson, Tahseen Kazi, and Judith Perera
    This occasional paper 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.
    Updated July 2003
    Created January 2003

  • Occasional Paper #10
    Future Security in Space: Commercial, Military, and Arms Control Trade-Offs
    James Clay Moltz, ed.
    Occasional Paper #10 continues a collaboration between the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies at the University of Southampton. This publication is a series of papers identifying areas of common ground in the field of future space activity.
    Created July 2002

  • Occasional Paper #9
    The 1971 Smallpox Epidemic in Aralsk, Kazakhstan, and the Soviet Biological Warfare Program
    Jonathan B. Tucker and Raymond A. Zilinskas, eds.
    The Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) of the Monterey Institute of International Studies today released 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.
    Updated October 2002
    Created June 2002

  • Occasional Paper #8
    After 9/11: Preventing Mass-Destruction Terrorism and Weapons Proliferation
    Michael Barletta, ed.
    The papers in this collection examine the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, and analyze 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.
    Created June 2002

  • Occasional Paper #7
    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.
    Created July 2001

  • Occasional Paper #6
    WMD Threats 2001: Critical Choices for the Bush Administration
    Michael Barletta, ed.
    This collection of concise papers 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.
    Created 5 June 2001

  • Occasional Paper #5
    International Perspectives on Missile Proliferation and Defenses
    Scott Parrish, ed.
    Occasional Paper #5 is 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.
    Created 27 April 2001

  • Occasional Paper #4
    Proliferation Challenges and Nonproliferation Opportunities for New Administrations
    Michael Barletta, ed.
    Created October 2000

  • Occasional Paper #3
    Nonproliferation Regimes At Risk
    Michael Barletta and Amy Sands, eds.
    Created November 1999

  • Occasional Paper #2
    A History of Ballistic Missile Development in the DPRK
    Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr.
    Created 9 February 2000

  • Occasional Paper #1
    Former Soviet Biological Weapons Facilities in Kazakhstan: Past, Present, and Future
    by Gulbarshyn Bozheyeva, Yerlan Kunakbayev, Dastan Yeleukenov
    Updated 10 January 2000
    Created June 1999