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Posted: August 6, 2009 Interactive Map Chemical Weapon Munitions Dumped at Sea: An Interactive Map: CNS has created a 3d interactive map using Google Earth locating 127 chemical weapon disposal and human exposure sites. CNS presents this material in hopes of garnering further interest.; A CNS Feature Story.
Posted: August 5, 2009 Video | Presentation Chemical Weapon Munitions Dumped at Sea: CNS has located 127 chemical weapon disposal and human exposure sites. CNS presents this material in hopes of garnering further interest.; A CNS presentation using Google Earth.; Browse more videos on NukeTube.tv
Posted: March 5, 2009 The Smallpox Destruction Debate: Could a Grand Bargain Settle the Issue?: Creative diplomacy is needed to end debate over the last known stocks of smallpox, preserved in repositories in Russia and the U.S.; An article by Jonathan B. Tucker for Arms Control Today.
Posted: December 17, 2008 Video: Destruction of Smallpox Virus Stocks? [Additional Video: Q&A session]: Dec 5 [1 hr; Q&A 25 min]; Dr. Jonathan B. Tucker on the debate over destroying laboratory stocks of smallpox virus after the disease was eradicated over 30 years ago.
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Posted: July 22, 2009 Making the Hague Code of Conduct Relevant: The Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) against the Proliferation of Ballistic Missiles is decidedly minimalist in its objectives.; Dennis M. Gormley, an issue brief for the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Posted: June 8, 2009 Panel Discussion VIDEO | Legal and Policy Implications of Ambiguous Rocket Launches: Learning from the North Korean case, panelists explore the rights and responsibilities of launching and overflown states.; Browse more videos on NukeTube.tv
Posted: April 27, 2009 The North Korean Rocket Launch: International Reactions and Implications: In reaction to the UNSC condemnation of its rocket launch, North Korea pulled out of the six-party talks. The current crisis will be a serious challenge to regional stability.; A Feature Story.
Posted: April 8, 2009 North Korean Satellite Falls Short of Expectations: On April 5, North Korea carried out its planned launch of a satellite but the three-stage rocket used appears to have failed in the final stage.
A Feature Story by Dean Knox.
Posted: April 3, 2009 Japan's Response to the North Korean Satellite Launch: Japan has mobilizing its missile defense system for the first time in the country's history.; An article by Masako Toki for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Posted: October 2, 2009 Cold War Redux? China's Cold War Era Thinking When it Comes to Nuclear Disarmament: This new report, a follow-on from CNS's recent occasional paper, explores Chinese principles of disarmament and their compatibility with the push for nuclear zero.; Lora Saalman, a CNS Feature Story.
Posted: September 17, 2009 The Path to Deep Nuclear Reductions: Dealing with American Conventional Superiority; Dennis M. Gormley, for the French Institute of International Affairs.
Updated: September 15, 2009 Venezuela's Search for Nuclear Power — or Nuclear Prestige: It appears unlikely that Venezuela's nuclear alliances will result in nuclear proliferation.; Sarah J. Diehl wrote an issue brief for the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Posted: August 31, 2009 Video Seminar Prospects for Reducing U.S. and Russian Non Strategic Nuclear Weapons: Speaker Miles Pomper, CNS Senior Research Associate; August 25, 2009, Monterey, CA; [Additional Video: Q&A session]; Browse more videos on NukeTube.tv
Posted: July 21, 2009 Full-Scale Exercise Mocking Up Non-Nuclear State Verification of Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement Held: In June 2009, Norway and the United Kingdom held their first full-scale exercise as part of a joint initiative.; Cristina Hansell, a CNS Feature Story.

Posted: February 4, 2009 Nuclear Terrorism Threats and Responses: A paper by Cristina Hansell is part of a forthcoming publication entitled Future of the Nuclear Security Environment in 2015: Proceedings.
Posted: October 23, 2008 Beyond UNSCR 1540: the Forging of a WMD Terrorism Treaty: A number of factors, including US presidential elections, may open opportunities to negotiate a treaty combating WMD terrorism and initiate steps toward nuclear weapons disarmament.
A CNS Feature Story by Johan Bergenäs.

Posted: August 1, 2007 Testimony of Dr. Lawrence Scheinman [PDF format]: Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on S. 1138: A Bill To enhance nuclear safeguards and to provide assurances of nuclear fuel supply to countries that forgo certain fuel cycle activities, July 31, 2007.
Posted: July 16, 2007 Testimony by Jing-dong Yuan: on China's nonproliferation policies before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission, July 12, 2007.
Posted: May 23, 2007 Charting a Course for Improved U.S. Space Security [PDF format]: Testimony of James Clay Moltz before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs.

Posted: September 28, 2009 Video Interview Video Interview with the CTBTO's Tibor Tóth: Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in an interview by Kaegan McGrath, conducted at the United Nation Headquarters in New York, 25 September 2009.; Browse more videos on NukeTube.tv
Declarations, Resolutions, and Revelations: Wrap-up of an Action Packed Week at the United Nations: Summing up the September 2009 CTBTO Conference and UNSC disarmament summit; includes interview with CTBTO's Tibor Tóth.; Kaegan McGrath, a CNS Feature Story.
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Resources: Collected resources on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Posted: September 25, 2009 First Day of Article XIV Conference Shows Optimism: Reporting from CNS's Kaegan McGrath on the proceedings of the CTBTO Art XIV Conference and the special UNSC Summit.; Kaegan McGrath, a CNS Feature Story.
Posted: September 24, 2009 Twitter Real-Time CTBTO updates on Twitter: Kaegan McGrath will be writing Twitter updates (CNS_Updates) from the CTBT Conference over next 2 days.