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General

• The Iran Counter-Proliferation Act: Potential Implications for Russian-Iranian Relations and U.S.-Russian Nuclear Cooperation
  A review of the likely impact of the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act, in light of a recent move by the Bush Administration to tighten financial sanctions against Iran.
  CNS Feature Story of the Week by Anya Loukianova and Nikolai Sokov.
  Created: October 26, 2007

• Overcoming Impediments to U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Report of a Joint Workshop
  A joint product of the U.S. National Academies (of which Dr. William Potter is a member) and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
  March 13, 2004

• The Democratic Presidential Candidates on WMD Proliferation and International Security
  The 10 Democratic candidates have adjusted their strategy, and they have played up their foreign policy differences with the Bush administration and with each other. Foreign policy issues now look poised to play an important role in the Democratic presidential campaign.
  Research Story of the Week by Scott Parrish.
  Created: September 24, 2003

• U.S. Efforts to Halt WMD Proliferation: Past Experience, Current Programs, and Future Priorities
  Testimony by Clay Moltz
  Subcommittees on Europe and on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations of the U.S. House of Representatives
  May 14, 2003

• The Department of Homeland Security: Goals and Challenges
  On September 20, 2001, in response to the devastating 9-11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush proposed the creation of the Office of Homeland Security (OHS), which came into existence on October 8, 2001.
  An issue brief by Jennifer Mitchell and Jason Pate for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
  Created: April 2003

• Disarming Iraq by Force: WMD Stakes and Scenarios
  While a U.S.-led war to disarm Iraq appears increasingly probable, anticipating the consequences of the coming conflict is not a simple matter. The stakes in the coming clash include a wide range of possible positive and negative consequences.
  Research Story of the Week by Michael Barletta.
  Week of March 7, 2003

• High Risks, Limited Ability and Unpredictable Consequences
  "Three key issues would be involved in successful military strikes against North Korean nuclear facilities."
  An op-ed by Phillip C. Saunders for the South China Morning Post.
  Created: February 18, 2003

• Sino-U.S. Relations After Crawford
  "As Chinese President Jiang Zemin returns home from his Crawford, Texas summit with U.S. President George W. Bush, their third meeting within a year, he must be quite satisfied with what he has been able to achieve."
  An op-ed by Jing-dong Yuan for the Korea Herald, October 28, 2002.
  Created: October 29, 2002

• Islamist Terrorist Threat in the Tri-Border Region
  The tri-border region of South America received little attention as a locus of terrorist activity despite a recent history of Islamist terrorist activity. But this region, which already has a history of mass casualty Islamic terrorism, is also an area of concern.
  An issue brief by Jeffrey Fields for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
  Created: October 9, 2002

• "Bush's Hawks Circle Over Policy"
  The recently released US Department of Defence report on China's military power has focused attention on the nation's growing military capabilities and its intentions as a rising power.
  An op-ed by Jing-dong Yuan for the South China Morning Post.
  Created: July 25, 2002

• The Treaty of Moscow
  The U.S.-Russian summit held in Moscow and St. Petersburg on May 24-26, 2002 capped the process of rapprochement between the two states that began in earlier summits in Ljubljana, Genoa, Crawford, and Shanghai, with both aspiring to leave behind the logjams of the Cold War.
  An issue brief by Victor Mizin for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
  Created: July 2002

• Japan-U.S. Track II Project
  Agendas, papers, and summaries for the First and Second U.S.-Japan Track II Meeting on Arms Control, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Verification Conferences.
  Created: May 30, 2002

• 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

• Rebuilding Bilateral Consensus: Assessing U.S.-China Arms Control and Nonproliferation Achievements (PDF format)
  A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.1.
  by Evan S. Medeiros.
  Created: Spring 2001

• The Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction: A US Response (PDF format)
  A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.3.
  by Richard G. Lugar.
  Created: Spring-Summer 1999

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Country Overviews

Each Country Overview contains an overview of the country's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and missile programs, with links to other relevant web sites, and excerpts from the Nuclear and Missile Developments Database and Chemical and Biological Weapons Terrorism ListServ.

• Argentina
• Brazil
• United States of America

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Chemical/Biological (CBW)

• Chronology of Incidents Involving Ricin
  The use of ricin, a deadly toxin derived from the castor bean, marks the second case in three years where someone has sent mail containing a toxic substance to the offices of the country's most senior lawmakers.
  Created: February 3, 2004

• Bioterrorism Threat Assessment and Risk Management Workshop (PDF format)
  Final Report and Commentary presented to the U.S. Department of Energy on June 24, 2003 by Raymond A. Zilinskas (Rapporteur).
  Created: August 15, 2003

• Smallpox: Threat, Vaccine, and U.S. Policy
  On December 13, 2002 President Bush announced a multi-phase plan for the vaccination of certain subsets of the U.S. population against smallpox.
  Research Story of the Week by Richard Pilch.
  Updated: March 10, 2003
  Created: January 6, 2003

• Legislative Response to Potential Bioterrorist Threat
  On June 12, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the "Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002." The new law seeks to significantly increase America's ability to prepare for, prevent, detect and respond to bioterrorism in an efficient and coordinated manner.
  Research Story of the Week by Kristin Thompson.
  Created: July 12, 2002

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Missile

• Missile Defense and Space Policy: 2004 Presidential Candidate Positions
  President George W. Bush and the leading Democratic presidential contenders offer differing views on missile defense, the weaponization of space, and space exploration.
  CNS Research Story by Caitlin Baczuk and Rebecca Schauer.
  Created: February 16

• Moonstruck: What's Up with U.S. Space Policy?
  The announcement by President George W. Bush at NASA on January 14, 2003, of plans to establish a permanent base on the Moon has stirred the pot in a long-simmering debate over the future course of U.S. space exploration.
  CNS Research Story by James Clay Moltz.
  Created: February 2, 2004

• What's Behind U.S. Nonproliferation Sanctions Against Norinco?
  The Bush administration's decision to impose a ban on imports from the China North Industries Group (Norinco) and its subsidiaries for transfers of dual-use equipment to a company involved in Iran's ballistic missile program marks a significant shift in the Bush administration's nonproliferation policy.
  CNS Research Story by Phillip Saunders and Stephanie Lieggi.
  Created: May 30, 2003

• Russia's Approach to the U.S. Missile Defense Program
  Russia considered the ABM Treaty as the cornerstone of strategic stability and one of the most important strategic documents between Moscow and Washington.
  An issue brief by Victor Mizin for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
  Created: February 2003

• China's Space Capabilities and the Strategic Logic of Anti-Satellite Weapons
  In recent years, some U.S. politicians and analysts have claimed that China's reported efforts to develop anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons pose a direct threat to U.S. space assets (and thus U.S. space dominance).
  CNS Research Story by Phillip Saunders, Jing-dong Yuan, Stephanie Lieggi, and Angela Deters.
  Created: July 22, 2002

• Future Space Security
  Today, only the United States and Russia have tested space weapons of any sort, but a handful of other countries (including India and China) are believed to be conducting at least initial research into lasers and kinetic kill systems intended for space attack. An issue brief by Dr. Clay Moltz for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
  Updated: July 2002

• "START III": An End Or Beginning of Negotiations
  "During their meeting on May 23-25, Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin will sign a new agreement on the reduction of strategic offensive weapons, often referred to -- especially in the Russian press -- as 'START III.'"
  Research Story of the Week by Nikolai Sokov.
  Created: May 14, 2002

• Space Weapons or Space Arms Control?
  Research Story of the Week by James Clay Moltz.
  Created: April 15, 2002

• Economics vs. Nonproliferation: U.S. Launch Quota Policy Toward Russia, Ukraine, and China (PDF format)
  A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 7.3.
  by Victor Zaborsky
  Created: Fall-Winter 2000

• How a U.S. National Missile Defense will Affect South Asia
  "A US decision to deploy a limited NMD will have negative and destabilizing effects in South Asia." An article by Gaurav Kampani.
  Created: 30 May 2000

• Canada Should Shun Missile System
  "Canadians should be horrified at the prospect that our government might soon enlist as a junior partner in the U.S. National Missile Defense (NMD) project." An Op-Ed by Peter Saracino for the Toronto Star.
  Created: 1 May 2000

• Brazil's Accession to the MTCR (PDF format)
  A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 3.3.
  by Clay Bowen.
  Created: 1 March 1996

• Ballistic, Cruise Missile, and Missile Defense Systems: Trade and Significant Developments (PDF format)
  Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 3.2.
  Created: 1 January 1996

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Nuclear

• Edging Ever Closer to a Nuclear Death Row
  An op-ed by Steve Andreasen and Dennis Gormley for the Star Tribune.
  Created: April 26, 2006

• The Second Last Chance: American Power and Nuclear Nonproliferation
  An article by William C. Potter for The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  December 9, 2005

• Overcoming Impediments to U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Report of a Joint Workshop
  A joint product of the U.S. National Academies (of which Dr. William Potter is a member) and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
  March 13, 2004

• Congressional Debate on Nuclear Weapons Policy: From the Nuclear Brink to the Slippery Slope
  While this year's congressional debates touched on major issues affecting U.S. nuclear policy, members of Congress have yet to delve into a debate that really articulates what this policy should be. If such a debate occurred, it would probably not reach consensus.
  Research Story of the Week by Charles D. Ferguson.
  Week of October 27, 2003

• New Nuclear Weapons?
  Will the United States produce newly designed nuclear weapons under the Bush Administration? Over the next couple of years, the answer will likely be "no." Recent activity, however, in Congress and the Administration has raised concern that the prospect of new U.S. nuclear weapons has increased.
  Research Story of the Week by Charles D. Ferguson and Peter D. Zimmerman.
  Week of May 28, 2003

• U.S. Efforts to Halt WMD Proliferation: Past Experience, Current Programs, and Future Priorities
  Testimony by Clay Moltz
  Subcommittees on Europe and on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations of the U.S. House of Representatives
  May 14, 2003

• Study Details Steps To Reduce Dirty Bomb Threat
  The interest of al Qaeda and other terrorist groups in radiological dispersal devices (RDDs) has caused policymakers to seek new measures to ensure these materials do not fall into the wrong hands.
  Research Story of the Week by Charles D. Ferguson.
  Week of January 13, 2003

• Cuba's Accession to the NPT: A Step Toward Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
  On September 14, the Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque announced to the United Nations General Assembly that his government will accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and will ratify the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco).
  Research Story of the Week by Jean Du Preez.
  Created: September 16, 2002

• Plutonium Disposition
  The United States and Russia pledged to eliminate excess weapons-grade plutonium in order to prevent its theft or diversion for illegal nuclear programs and to prevent its reincorporation into their weapons programs. Plutonium is of the greatest concern because only 8 kilograms are needed to make a nuclear bomb. An issue brief by Elena Sokova for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
  Updated: July 2002

• Renewed U.S. - Russian Controversy Over Nuclear Testing
  The uncertainty over the nature of activities at the Novaya Zemlya nuclear test site in northern Russia has frequently been a factor in U.S. government decisions on stockpile stewardship and participation in international treaties. The lack of transparency at the two countries' test sites has contributed to mutual suspicions and calls by some parties in both countries for the resumption of testing.
  Research Story of the Week by Michael Jasinski, Cristina Chuen, and Charles Ferguson.
  Created: May 27, 2002

• "START III": An End Or Beginning of Negotiations
  "During their meeting on May 23-25, Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin will sign a new agreement on the reduction of strategic offensive weapons, often referred to -- especially in the Russian press -- as 'START III.'"
  Research Story of the Week by Nikolai Sokov.
  Created: May 14, 2002

• The So-Called Proliferator that Wasn't: The Story of Argentina's Nuclear Policy (PDF format)
  An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.4.
  by Julio C. Carasales.
  Created: Fall 1999