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NPR Breakfast Briefing with:

David A. Cooper
        Professor and Chair of the National Security Affairs Department,
        US Naval War College and
        Nonproliferation Review author

Nikolai Sokov
        VCDNP Senior Fellow]]> http://youtu.be/6ttv4O4Ca2w 4BC4267D-9047-4A02-9804-C7008B0896AB Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:34:41 -0700 Federation of American Scientists' Q&A on North Korea

        Yousaf Butt and Masako Toki interviewed in Strategic Security Blog.
]]> http://blogs.fas.org/security/2013/04/better-understanding-north-korea-part-2/ FE272953-9B95-4183-966C-89CA34B50875 Wed, 6 Feb 2013 12:04:38 -0800 VIDEO: 3D Model of Sohae Satellite Launching Station - North Korea

3D model of North Korea's newest ballistic missile and space vehicle launch site created for the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Video credits: Melissa Hanham, Eduardo Fujii and Jessica Varnum.

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3D model of North Korea's newest ballistic missile and space vehicle launch site created for the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Video credits: Melissa Hanham, Eduardo Fujii and Jessica Varnum.

]]> http://www.nti.org/facilities/769/ 3C61D362-157E-4DE0-AA92-87FB607CF0C6 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:45:23 -0700 Implementation of the 2010 NPT Action Plan: Disarmament, 2013 Monitoring Report

Author: Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova

]]> http://cns.miis.edu/stories/130405_2013_cns_npt_monitoring_report.htm 665E76A7-EAA7-4AB5-AB2D-BC311B951BC9 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:36:16 -0800 Saddam Hussein and Other Insiders on Iraq's Covert Bioweapons Program

Author: Amy Smithson

]]> http://cns.miis.edu/opapers/pdfs/130403_op17_ugly_truths.pdf 3CE0CC94-B085-4058-A4EC-4EDF466BDA6A Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:08:01 -0800 Rethinking Spent Fuel Management in South Korea

Authors:  Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, Miles Pomper, Stephanie Lieggi, Charles McCombie, and Neil Chapman.

]]> http://cns.miis.edu/opapers/pdfs/130301_korean_alternatives_report.pdf F9E0BA44-6FAA-4AA1-90AD-AD6B29F7D5D4 Tue, 8 Jan 2013 12:39:53 -0800 <a href="http://cns.miis.edu/stories/130319_us_russia_missile_defense_arms_control.htm">The New US Plans for Missile Defense: Enough to Reinvigorate US-Russian Arms Control?</a><br /> <br /> A decision to cancel a controversial interceptor is unlikely to overcome the missile defense obstacles that have stalled US-Russian arms control. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://cns.miis.edu/stories/130319_us_russia_missile_defense_arms_control.htm"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://cns.miis.edu/stories/images/130319_us_russia_missile_defense_arms_control_300x300.jpg"></a> http://cns.miis.edu/stories/130319_us_russia_missile_defense_arms_control.htm 7CAD5D89-9324-407B-89EC-7E9BEA437260 Tue, 8 Jan 2013 12:39:19 -0800 Helping Iran Safeguard Its Nuclear Stockpile

        Yousaf Butt and Peter Jenkens op-ed for Reuters.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/04/04/helping-iran-safeguard-its-nuclear-stockpile/ E2111AF4-979A-4A45-AB6B-1BD5A75FB178 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:27:36 -0800 <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/03/the_map_of_death?page=0,1">The Map of Death: What North Korea's Missile Are Really Aimed At</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://cns.miis.edu/staff/lewis_jeffrey.htm">Jeffrey Lewis</a> for <i>Foreign Policy</i>.<br /> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/03/the_map_of_death?page=0,1 68A0BACF-F6AC-4A5E-92E4-3FCF078BE460 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:26:27 -0800 <a href="http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C515C3E388CC84/#.UVxHUhycf9l">Iran's Legal Challenge to Sanctions: Another Hurdle for Talks?</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://cns.miis.edu/staff/serrat_javier.htm">Javier Serrat</a> for Royal United Services Institute, <i>RUSI.org</i>. http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C515C3E388CC84/#.UVxHUhycf9l 2BDE4176-3CA9-42AC-8E9C-5A5E04FA9A20 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:21:53 -0800 <a href="http://cns.miis.edu/stories/130319_us_russia_missile_defense_arms_control.htm">The New US Plans for Missile Defense: Enough to Reinvigorate US-Russian Arms Control?</a><br /> <br /> A decision to cancel a controversial interceptor is unlikely to overcome the missile defense obstacles that have stalled US-Russian arms control. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://cns.miis.edu/stories/130319_us_russia_missile_defense_arms_control.htm"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://cns.miis.edu/stories/images/130319_us_russia_missile_defense_arms_control_300x300.jpg"></a> http://cns.miis.edu/stories/130319_us_russia_missile_defense_arms_control.htm 71B501A3-7601-4EB9-8582-22836E88BAEA Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:23:45 -0800 Hecker Responds to North Korea's Intent to Expand Nuclear Arsenal

Dr. Siegfried Hecker, VCDNP Visiting Distinguished Scientist and frequent visitor to North Korean nuclear facilities, discusses with CISAC the gravity and reality of the DPRK's announcement to restart nuclear facilities.

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    VIDEO: Dr. Siegfried Hecker on North Korean Nuclear Facilities
    Dr. Siegfried Hecker speaks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour

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