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U.S. Policy
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Department of Defense
- [5 Aug 09] DoD Briefing with Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz from the Pentagon
- [23 June 09] Implementation of the US-International Atomic Energy Agency Integrated Safeguards Agreements
Air Force Instruction 16-605; Department of the Air Force
- [10 June 09] Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
Joint Publication 3-40
- [2 June 09] 2009 NPR Terms of Reference Fact Sheet
- [7 May 09] Nuclear Operations
Air Force Doctrine Document 2-12
- [April 09] 2009 Annual Report to Congress
Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program
- [25 March 09] The United States Army Concept Capability Plan for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction for the Future Modular Force
- [Dec 08] Report of the Secretary of Defense Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons Management - Phase II: Review of the DoD Nuclear Mission
- [Dec 08] Nuclear Weapons Inspections for the Strategic Nuclear Forces
Defense Science Board Permanent Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety
- [24 Oct 08] Reinvigorating the Air Force Nuclear Enterprise
Air Force Nuclear Task Force, Headquarters United States Air Force
- [12 Sep 08] Report of the Secretary of Defense Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons Management - Phase I: The Air Force's Nuclear Mission
- [12 Sep 08] DoD Special Briefing on the Task Force for Nuclear Weapons Management Report from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, VA
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, and James Schlesinger, Chairman, Task Force for Nuclear Weapons Management
- [11 Sep 08] Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Deterrence Skills
- [Sep 08] National Security and Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century
Report by Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy, and Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
- [5 June 08] DoD News Briefing with Secretary Gates from the Pentagon
- [Feb 08] Report on the Unauthorized Movement of Nuclear Weapons
Defense Science Board Permanent Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety
- [10 Dec 07] Joint Integrating Concept for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction - Version 1.0
- [April 07] Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program Annual Report to Congress
- [Dec 06] Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Capabilities
- [13 Feb 06] National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff TOP
Department of State
- [current] Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
Serves as a gateway to information on nonproliferation, including recent statements, a copy of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and a wide variety of additional resources
- [current] Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
- [current] Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
- [21 Oct 09] Remarks at the United States Institute of Peace
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
- [16 Oct 09] Statement in the Nuclear Disarmament Thematic Debate Segment on Other Weapons of Mass Destruction
Garold N. Larson, U.S. Alternate Representative to the First Committee
- [15 Oct 09] U.S. Statement on Nuclear Disarmament - Thematic Debate Segment of UNGA First Committee
Garold N. Larson, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., U.S. Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament
- [13 Oct 09] Statement to the Executive Council Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Fifty-seventh Session
Robert P. Mikulak, U.S. Representative to the OPCW Executive Council
- [13 Oct 09] Defining Success: The Contribution of the 2010 NPT Review Conference to a Reinvigorated Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
Remarks by Susan F. Burk, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, to the Middle Powers Initiative Event, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations
- [6 Oct 09] Statement in the General Debate of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
Ellen Tauscher, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security
- [30 Sep 09] Remarks During the Comprehensive Review of Resolution 1540
Alejandro Wolff, U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations
- [24 Sep 09] Administration Policies and Goals on Nonproliferation and Disarmament
Foreign Policy Center briefing by Ellen Tauscher, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security and Alejandro Wolff, U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations
- [24 Sep 09] Remarks at CTBT Article XIV Conference
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
- [24 Sep 09] Remarks on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament, and Other Matters, at the Security Council Stakeout
Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
- [20 Aug 09] U.S. Statement to the Conference on Disarmament
Garold N. Larson, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., U.S. Mission to the Conference on Disarmament
- [14 Aug 09] The Long Road from Prague
Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
- [12 Aug 09] Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime: A Blueprint for Progress
Remarks by Susan F. Burk, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, at the Geneva Center for Security Policy
- [30 July 09] Remarks to U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium
Ellen Tauscher, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
- [16 June 09] Enhancing International Partnerships
Remarks by C. S. Eliot Kang, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, at the 2009 Plenary Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, The Hague, Netherlands
- [14 July 09] Statement to the Executive Council Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Fifty-seventh Session
Robert P. Mikulak, Representative to the OPCW Executive Council, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
- [4 June 09] Statement to the Conference on Disarmament
Rose E. Gottemoeller, Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security
- [15 May 09] Press Statement: P-5 Non-Proliferation Treaty
- [5 May 09] Opening Statement at the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference
Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
- [4 May 09] Fact Sheet: 2009 Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
- [30 April 09] The Global Challenge of WMD Terrorism
U.S. State Department Country Reports on Terrorism - 2008
- [23 April 09] Fact Sheet: Chemical Weapons Convention States Parties and Signatories
- [21 April 09] Statement to the Executive Council Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Fifty-sixth Session
Robert P. Mikulak, Representative to the OPCW Executive Council
- [12 Jan 09] Media Note: Designation of A.Q. Khan and Associates for Nuclear Proliferation Activities
- [29 Dec 08] Fact Sheet: Chemical Weapons Convention States Parties and Signatories
- [2 Dec 08] Statement to the 13th Conference of the States Parties of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Eric M. Javits, United States Delegation
- [24 Oct 08] Fact Sheet: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004): 1540 Committee Renewal
- [14 Oct 08] Statement to the United States Delegation to the Executive Council Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Fifty-Fourth Session
Eric M. Javits, Head of the U.S. Delegation
- [8 Oct 08] Statement by Christina Rocca, Permanent Representative of the United States to the Conference on Disarmament, Delivered in the General Debate of the United Nations' First Committee
- [11 Sep 08] International Meeting on Next Generation Safeguards
Remarks by Patricia McNerney, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation
- [17 July 08] Remarks at the Conference on "Tomorrow's Proliferation Pathways: Weak States, Rogues, and Non-State Actors"
Mary Alice Hayward, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations
- [1 July 08] United States Government Nonproliferation Priorities and Asia
Remarks by Patricia A. McNerney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Security and Nonproliferation, at the Sydney Institute
- [24 June 08] Statement to the Fifty-Third Session of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Eric M. Javits, Head of the U.S. Delegation
- [24 June 08] Global Biological-Chemical Training Event
Remarks by Patricia W. McNerney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Security and Nonproliferation
- [21 June 08] Combating Nuclear Terrorism and WMD Proliferation
Remarks by John C. Rood, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, at the Twenty-fifth International Workshop on Global Security
- [10 June 08] Conference on Global Perspectives of the Proliferation Landscape: An Assessment of Tools and Policy Problems
Remarks by Patricia A. McNerney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, at the Naval Postgraduate School
- [28 May 08] Media Note: Washington Declaration for PSI 5th Anniversary Senior-Level Meeting
- [26 May 08] Fact Sheet: The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
- [22 May 08] Fact Sheet: Proliferation Security Initiative Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- [7 May 08] Remarks on Nuclear Terrorism Convention the Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, the Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, and the Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Testimony of Patricia A. McNerney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- [5 May 08] Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty's Most Serious Test
Remarks by Dr. Christopher A. Ford, United States Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, at the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- [2 May 08] Compliance and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Working Paper Submitted by the United States of America
Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- [30 April 08] The Global Challenge of WMD Terrorism
U.S. State Department Country Reports on Terrorism - 2007
- [28 April 08] Opening Remarks to the 2008 NPT Preparatory Committee
Christopher A. Ford, United States Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations
- [22 April 08] Fact Sheet on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
- [11 April 08] Media Note: U.S. Nuclear Risk Reduction Center Annual Consultations and 20th Anniversary
- [7 April 08] Statement to the Second Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention
Remarks by Amb. Eric M. Javits, Head of the United States Delegation
- [1 April 08] Fact Sheet: START Aggregate Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms
- [31 March 08] Global Initiative Workshop on Model Nuclear Detection Guidelines
Remarks by John C. Rood, Acting Under Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation
- [20 Dec 07] The 2010 NPT Review Cycle So Far: A View from the United States of America
Christopher A. Ford, United State Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation
- [6 Nov 07] Statement to the 12th Conference of States Parties of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Paul A. DeSutter, Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation [29 Sep 07] BWC Review Conference: Looking Ahead Remarks by Paula A. DeSutter, Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, at the Countering Chemical and Biological Weapons Proliferation Conference
- [9 Oct 07] Statement at the General Debate of the United Nation's First Committee
Christina Rocca, Permanent Representative of the United States to the Conference on Disarmament
- [17 Sep 07] Observance of the 20th Anniversary of the Nuclear Risk Reducation Centers
Paula A. DeSutter, Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
- [31 Aug 07] Disarmament and Non-Nuclear Stability in Tomorrow's World
Remarks by Christopher A. Ford, U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, to the Nagasaki Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation Issues
- [31 July 07] Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Challenges
Statement by Andrew Semmel, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- [27 July 07] Fact Sheet: 50th Anniversary of the International Atomic Energy Agency
- [13 July 07] Albania: First Country to Destroy all of its Chemical Weapons
Media Note
- [16 June 07] Keeping Nuclear Arms Out of Wrong Hands
Op-ed by John C. Rood, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation
- [15 June 07] Remarks at the 2007 Global Initiatve to Combat Nuclear Terroristm Law Enforcement Conference
Andrew Grant, Acting Director, Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism
- [12 June 07] Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism: Joint Statement
- [8 June 07] Deadly Chemical Weapons Still Used as Terrorist Tactic
Eric Javits, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- [16 May 07] Building International Partnerships to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction
Remarks by John C. Rood, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, at the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense University
- [2 May 07] U.S. Participates in 2007 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee Meeting in Vienna
Media Note
- [30 April 07] A Work Plan for the 2010 Review Cycle: Coping with Challenges Facing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
Christopher A. Ford, United States Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation
- [18 April 07] Nuclear Proliferation: Some Context and Consequences
Christopher A. Ford, United States Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation
- [21 March 07] Remarks to the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
Andrew Grant, Acting Office Director, Office of WMD Terrorism
- [17 March 07] Procedure and Substance in the NPT Review Cycle: The Example of Nuclear Disarmament
Christopher A. Ford, United States Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation
- [16 March 07] Ukraine Joins Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Media Note
- [15 March 07] The United States and the Republic of Malta Proliferation Security Initiatve Shipboarding Agreement
Media Note
- [13 March 07] Statement to the Forty-Eighth Session of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Eric M. Javits, Head of the U.S. Delegation
- [23 Feb 07] Statement at the Security Council Open Meeting on Implementation of Resolutions 1540 (2004) and 1673 (2006)
Jackie Sanders. U.S. Alternative Representative to the UN for Special Political Affairs
- [22 Feb 07] Laying New Diplomatic Foundations to Defeat Twenty-First Century Threats: The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Thomas D. Lehrman, Director, Office of WMD Terrorism
- [12 Feb 07] Second Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Joint Statement by Under Secretary of State Robert Joseph and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak
- [6 Feb 07] The NPT Review Process and the Future of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
Christopher A. Ford, U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation
- [23 Jan 07] Transformational Diplomacy to Protect the Maritime Supply Chain
Andrew Grant, Deputy Director, Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism
- [17 Jan 07] Black ICE Bioterrorism International Coordination Exercise
Remarks by Henry A. Crumpton, U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism
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Other Policy Sources
- [current] National Counterproliferation Center - Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [current] Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
- [14 Sep 09] Remarks at the 2009 IAEA General Conference
Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
- [Sep 09] The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordination Program
Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice
- [4 Aug 09] Remarks at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Kenneth C. Brill, Director of the National Counterproliferation Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [July 09] Report on Activities and Programs for Countering Proliferation and NBC Terrorism - Volume I: Executive Summary
Counterproliferation Program Review Committee
- [16 Dec 08] Press Release: NNSA Announces Decisions to Transform National Security Enterprise
National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy
- [5 Dec 08] Remarks Presented at a Nuclear Deterrent Summit - "Establishing an International Framework to Deter the Entry of WMD into the U.S."
William Tobey, Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy
- [20 Sep 08] Nuclear Weapons in the Coming Decade
Remarks by Thomas D'Agostino, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, at the Council on Christian Approaches to Defence and Disarmament
- [8 July 08] Nonproliferation: What You Need to Know About Treasury Restrictions
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury
- [13 May 08] Maintaining a Nuclear Deterrent
Remarks by Thomas D'Agostino, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, at the National Defense University Congressional Breakfast Series
- [24 April 08] Flexible Manufacturing of Phamaceuticals for Biological Warfare Defense
Testimony of Dr. Tony Tether, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense
- [18 April 07] Project BioShield
Statement for the Record, Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D., Acting Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, Office of Health Affairs before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science & Technology
- [29 March 07] Bioterrorism Preparedness and the Role of the DHS Chief Medical Officer
Statement by Jeffrey W. Runge, Chief Medical Officer, before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Homeland Security
- [Jan 07] Working to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
National Nuclear Security Administration Fact Sheet
- [6 Sep 06] Working to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
National Nuclear Security Administration Fact Sheet
- [16 July 06] Statement on Non-Proliferation
Group of Eight Leaders
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U.S. Congress
- [22 Sep 09] World at Risk: The Weapons of Mass Destruction Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2008 (S. 1649)
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- [28 July 09] Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives Consequence Management
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
- [15 July 09] Addressing a New Generation of Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction: Department of Energy Nonproliferation Programs and the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
- [3 June 09] A World Without Nuclear Weapons
Floor Statement by Senator John McCain
- [6 May 09] The Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
- [22 Jan 09] Preventing Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
- [11 Dec 08] World at Risk: A Report from the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- [24 July 08] Saving the NPT and the Nonproliferation Regime in an Era of Nuclear Renaissance
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
- [17 July 08] Nuclear Weapons Complex Modernization
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Strategic Forces Subcommittee
- [30 April 08] Next Steps to Strengthen the National Nuclear Security Administration's Efforts to Prevent Nuclear Proliferation
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Appropriations
- [27 Feb 08] U.S. Strategic Posture/FY 2009 Budget Request for Strategic Programs
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- [10 May 07] Every State a Superpower? Stopping the Spread of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- [11 April 07] Hearing on Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and the Proliferation Security Initiative at the Department of Defense
Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- [21 March 07] Nuclear and Strategic Policy Options
Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee
- [13 March 07] A Review of U.S. International Efforts to Secure Radiological Materials
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- [26 Sep 06] Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Nuclear Proliferation Challenges
Hearing before the House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations
- [20 July 06] Detecting Smuggled Nuclear Weapons
Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee
- [20 July 06] U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy: Policies and Technical Capabilities
Hearing before the House International Relations Committee
- [22 June 06] Reducing Nuclear and Biological Threats at the Source
House Committee on Homeland Security
- Jerry Paul, Department of Energy Principal Deputy Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration
- Jack David, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
- Igor Khripunov, University of Georgia
- David Franz, Midwest Research Institute
- [2 March 06] Assessing 'Rights' under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
Hearing before the House International Relations Committee
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Biological Weapons
- [current] Biological Weapons Update
British American Security Information Council
- [current] Biosecurity and Biodefense Resource
Federation of American Scientists An internet resource for biosecurity policy, bioterrorism information, and biodefense research, representing various perspectives on what actions individual scientists, research institutions, science journals, the public, and government can do to minimize the threat of bioterrorism while maximizing the benefits of life science research
- [current] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Emergency Preparedness and Response
Top federal website for broad range of bioterrorism-related information, including fact sheets and emergency procedures
- [current] Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy
University of Minnesota Site has bioterrorism watch page featuring timeline dating from 9/11. Each topic includes a latest news section
- [current] NIAID BiodefenseNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.
Features virtual biosafety lab tour, webcasts and news
- [current] Center for the Study of Bioterrorism
Saint Louis University School of Public Health Bioterrorism information and comprehensive list of related sites
- [current] U.S. Department of Health & Human Services ? Smallpox website
- [current] National Association of County and City Health Officials
Bioterrorism and Emergency Response Program
- [current] Center for Biosecurity
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- [current] Biodefense and Bioterrorism
Medline Plus - latest news and other information, compiled by the National Library of Medicine
- [Oct 09] President Nixon's Decision to Renounce the U.S. Offensive Biological Weapons Program
Jonathan B. Tucker and Erin R. Mahan. Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense University
- [4 Feb 09] Opportunities to Improve the Bioweapons Regime
Malcolm Dando. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [Feb 09] Biological Weapons Convention Sees Limited Progress in 2008
Richard Weitz. WMD Insights
- [Sep 08] Good Bugs, Bad Bugs: A Modern Approach for Detecting Offensive Biological Weapons Research
Michael Moodie, Cheryl Loeb, Robert Armstrong, and Helen Purkitt. Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University
- [18 July 08] Biological Threat Reduction in Central Asia
Togzhan Kassenova. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [July 08] The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) At a Glance
Arms Control Association
- [15 April 08] Federal Funding for Biological Weapons Prevention and Defense, Fiscal Years 2001 to 2009
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
- [Aug 07] Countering Bio-threats: EU Instruments for Managing Biological Materials, Technology and Knowledge
Frida Kuhlau. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- [Aug 07] Bioweapons, Proliferation, and the U.S. Anthrax Attack
Leonard A. Cole. Strategic Insights
- [Aug 07] The Biological Weapons Proliferation Threat: Past, Present, and Future Assessments and Responses
Catherine Rhodes and Malcolm Dando. Strategic Insights
- [June 07] After an Attack: Preparing Citizens for Bioterrorism
Richard J. Danzig, Rachel Kleinfeld, and Philipp C. Bleek. Center for a New American Security
- [May 07] International Biodefense Handbook: An Inventory of National and International Biodefense Practices and Policies
Sergio Bonin. Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
- [April 07] Avoiding the Plague: An Assessment of US Plans and Funding for Countering Bioterrorism
Robert Sherman. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [March 07] Biodefense Research Supporting the DoD: A New Strategic Vision
Coleen K. Martinez. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Feb 07] Regulating Access to and Control of Dangerous Pathogens: Implications for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Rita Grossman-Vermass, Brian Finlay, and Elizabeth Turpen. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [Jan/Feb 07] Weapons Lab: An Interview with Matthew S. Meselson
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [Nov 06] The 2006 Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference: Articles and Interviews on Tackling the Threats Posed by Biological Weapons
Arms Control Association Reader
- [16 Oct 06] Strategic Study on Bioterrorism
Jennifer Mackby. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [16 Oct 06] The Preeminent Threat
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Chemical Weapons
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International Atomic Energy Agency
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Research & Analysis
Congressional Research Service
- [10 Sep 09] Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
Mary Beth Nikitin
- [1 July 09] Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power
Mary Beth Nikitin, Anthony Andrews, and Mark Holt
- [3 June 09] Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Updated "Safeguards" and Net Assessments
Jonathan Medalia
- [25 March 09] The Global Nuclear Detection Architecture: Issues for Congress
Dana A. Shea
- [16 March 09] Nuclear Weapons R&D Organizations in Nine Nations
Jonathan Medalia, et al.
- [28 Jan 09] Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments
Jonathan Medalia
- [8 May 08] Extending NASA's Exemption from the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act
Carl Behrens and Mary Beth Nikitin
- [9 April 08] Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements
Amy F. Woolf, Paul K. Kerr, and Mary Beth Nikitin
- [12 March 08] Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Issues and Arguments
Jonathan Medalia
- [20 Feb 08] Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles: Status and Trends
Paul K. Kerr
- [23 Jan 08] U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Changes in Policy and Force Structure
Amy F. Woolf
- [18 Jan 08] Nuclear Arms Control: The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
Amy F. Woolf
- [11 June 07] Project BioShield: Appropriations, Acquisitions, and Policy Implementation Issues for Congress
Frank Gottron
- [15 Feb 07] The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center: Issues for Congress
Dana A. Shea
- [26 Dec 06] Proliferation Control Regimes: Background and Status
Sharon Squassoni, Steve Bowman, and Steven A. Hildreth
- [14 July 06] Banning Fissile Material Production for Nuclear Weapons: Prospects for a Treaty (FMCT)
Sharon Squassoni, et al
- [20 Jan 06] Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues
Carl E. Behrens
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Other Reports
- [3 Nov 09] Why We Don't Need to Resume Nuclear Testing: A Reply to Senator Jon Kyl's "Why We Need to Test Nuclear Weapons"
Daryl G. Kimball. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [2 Nov 09] One Year of Test Ban Commitment Cannot Erase a Decade of Dismissal: Discussing the Outcome of the CTBT 2009 Article XIV Conference
Liviu Horovitz and Luis Gain. Nuclear Threat Initiative
- [Nov 09] Beyond Optimism and Pessimism: The Differential Effects of Nuclear Proliferation
Matthew Kroenig. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- [30 Oct 09] Reducing the Role of Nuclear Weapons
Joshua Pollack. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [29-30 Oct 09] The Future of the NPT: Should It be Enhanced, Changed or Replaced?
Pierre Goldschmidt. Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais NOTE: Full-text made available by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [21 Oct 09] The Clock is Ticking: A Progress Report on America's Preparedness to Prevent Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
- [14 Oct 09] The CTBT's Importance for U.S. National Security
Deepti Choubey. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [8 Oct 09] Obama and Nuclear Disarmament: Drivers and Substance
S. Samuel C. Rajiv. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
- [Oct 09] Global Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1540 - An Enhanced UN Response is Needed
Eric Rosand. Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation
- [Oct 09] Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Paul I. Bernstein, John P. Caves, Jr., and W. Seth Carus. Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense University
- [Oct 09] Targeting Nuclear Programs in War and Peace
Matthew Fuhrmann and Sarah E. Kreps. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
- [Oct 09] Learning from the 1999 Vote on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Daryl G. Kimball. Arms Control Association
- [Oct 09] Getting to Zero Starts Here: Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Catherine M. Kelleher and Scott L. Warren. Arms Control Association
- [Oct 09] US Nuclear Forces: Meeting the Challenge of a Proliferated World
Andrew F. Krepinevich. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [Oct 09] Unconventional Partners: Australia-India Cooperation in Reducing Nuclear Dangers
Rory Medcalf and Amandeep Gill. Lowy Institute for International Policy NOTE: Follow the instructions on the screen to access the full text
- [29 Sep 09] Rethinking U.S. Nuclear Posture
Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event
- [25 Sep 09] Accelerating the Entry into Force of the CTBT: Now is the Time
Statement by Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations to the Article XIV Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT
- [24 Sep 09] Historic Summit of Security Council Pledges Support for Progress on Stalled Efforts to End Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: Resolution 1887 (2009) Adopted with 14 Heads of State, Government Present
United Nations Security Council NOTE: Contains the full text on Resolution 1887 (2009), as well as statements on the Resolution from Heads of State, Government
- [15 Sep 09] Assessing the Obama Administration's Draft U.N. Security Council Resolution on Nonproliferation and Disarmament
Christopher A. Ford. Hudson Institute
- [3 Sep 09] Criminalise WMD
Marlies Glasius. openDemocracy
- [1 Sep 09] NATO's Comprehensive, Strategic-Level Policy for Preventing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and Defending against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Threats
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- [1 Sep 09] The Terrible Allure of Nuclear Weapons
Bernard F. W. Loo. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
- [Sep 09] The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Chapter 8 of Global Strategic Assessment 2009: America's Security in a Changing World Patrick M. Cronin, ed. Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
- [Sep 09] Breakthrough and Breakdown at the Conference on Disarmament: Assessing the Prospects for an FM(C)T
Paul Meyer. Arms Control Association
- [Sep 09] Building Up the Regime for Verifying the CTBT
Tibor Tóth. Arms Control Association
- [Sep 09] Nuclear Disarmament, Nonproliferation, and the "Credibility Thesis"
Christopher Ford. Hudson Institute
- [Sep 09] Unblocking the Road to Zero: Perspectives of Advanced Nuclear Nations - Brazil, Japan, and Turkey
Barry M. Blechman, ed. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [Sep 09] Bridging the Security/Development Divide with UN Security Council Resolution 1540: A Case Study Approach
Brian D. Finlay. Stanley Foundation
- [Sep 09] Eliminating the Nuclear Threat: Forging a New East-West Consensus on Weapons of Mass Destruction
EastWest Institute
- [Sep 09] Requirements for Deterrence: Two Challenging Scenarios
Elbridge A. Colby. Strategic Insights
- [Sep 09] Alliance Requirements for Deterrence: Capabilities and Options for the Next Decade
Paul Schulte. Strategic Insights
- [Sep 09] Nonproliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament, and Extended Deterrence in the New Security Environment
Joseph F. Pilat. Strategic Insights
- [Sep 09] NATO's Future Nuclear Dimension: Managing Expectations for the Strategic Concept Debate
Michael Rühle. Strategic Insights
- [Sep 09] NATO and Tailored Deterrence: Key Workshop Findings in 2007-2008
David S. Yost. Strategic Insights
- [Sep 09] Escalation and Intrawar Deterrence During Limited Wars in the Middle East
W. Andrew Terrill. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Sep 09] Deterring Safeguards Violations
James M. Acton. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [Fall 09] Numerology in the Second Nuclear Age
Michael Krepon. French Institute of International Relations
- [Fall 09] Curbing Illict Brokering in WMD-Related Items: Solutions in the Making
Anne-Charlotte Merrell Wetterwik. Disarmament Forum
- [Fall 09] The Path to Deep Nuclear Reductions: Dealing with American Conventional Superiority
Dennis M. Gormley. French Institute of International Relations
- [10 Aug 09] Dismantling the Global Nuclear Infrastructure
Mary Kaldor. openDemocracy
- [5 Aug 09] The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism: Progress to Date
Conrad Olson. Nuclear Threat Initiative
- [Aug 09] From Bomb to the Base Camp: Global Nuclear Disarmament and the Ensuing Debate - Interview with Dr. Scott Sagan
Rekha Chakravarthi and Yogesh Joshi. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
- [Aug 09] The Armageddon Test
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
- [Aug 09] A Tighter Net: Strengthening the Proliferation Security Initiative
Emma Belcher. Lowy Institute for International Policy NOTE: Follow the instructions on the screen to access the full-text
- [30 July 09] Nuclear Weapons: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century
Frankie Sturm. Truman National Security Project
- [21 July 09] A Guide to the Challenges Facing President Obama's Nuclear Abolition Agenda
Burgess Laird. Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
- [21 July 09] Missile Defense: A Sphere of Competition or an Instrument for Jointly Combating the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Pavel S. Zolotarev. Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
- [15 July 09] Rebutting the Standard Arguments Against Disarmament
George Perkovich and James M. Acton. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [8 July 09] Battle Lines Being Drawn in the CTBT Debate: An Analysis of the Strategic Posture Commission's Arguments against U.S. Ratification
Keegan McGrath. Nuclear Threat Initiative
- [7 July 09] Defending U.S. Leadership on Disarmament
James M. Acton, Pierre Goldschmidt, and George Perkovich. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [July 09] Unblocking the Road to Zero: Perspectives of Advanced Nuclear Nations - Russia and the United States
Barry M. Blechman, ed. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [July 09] The NPT: Assessing the Past, Building the Future
Lewis A. Dunn. Nonproliferation Review NOTE: Full-text made available by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
- [July 09] The Road to 2010: Addressing the Nuclear Question in the Twenty First Century
Presented to the United Kingdom Parliament by the Prime Minister, by Command of Her Majesty
- [July 09] Four Emerging Issues in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: Opportunities for German Leadership
Dennis M. Gormley, et al. Monterey Institute of International Studies and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
- [July 09] U.S. Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: Getting it Right
Center for Security Policy
- [July 09] Understanding the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy Debate
Christopher F. Chyba and J. D. Crouch. Washington Quarterly
- [June/July 09] Avoiding a Nuclear Crowd: How to Resist the Weapon's Spread
Henry Sokolski. Policy Review
- [29 June 09] Worst-Case Scenario: Dealing with WMD Must be Part of Providing for Common Defense
James Jay Carafano. Heritage Foundation
- [25 June 09] Obama's Nuclear Posture Review: Putting Flesh on the Bone of His Nuclear Diplomacy
Martin Butcher. British American Security Information Council
- [17 June 09] Locking Down the NPT
Henry Sokolski and Victor Gilinsky. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [10 June 09] Using the Reagan Arms Control Legacy Correctly
Todd Fine. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [9 June 09] Grabbing Victory from the Jaws of Defeat? A Recap of the CTBT in 1999
Elizabeth Turpen. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [4 June 09] Nuclear Promises
Zia Mian. Foreign Policy in Focus
- [4 June 09] The Nuclear-Weapons Prospect
Paul Rogers. openDemocracy
- [3 June 09] Global Security: Non-Proliferation - Fourth Report of Session 2008-09
House of Commons, Foreign Affairs Committee, United Kingdom
- [June 09] Funding for U.S. Efforts to Improve Controls over Nuclear Weapons, Materials, and Expertise Overseas: A 2009 Update
Andrew Newman and Matthew Bunn. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Nuclear Threat Initiatve
- [June 09] Are We Prepared? Four WMD Crises that Could Transform U.S. Security
Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense University
- [June 09] Achieving Nonproliferation Goals: Moving from Denial to Technology Governance
Elizabeth Turpen. Stanley Foundation
- [Summer 09] Finding Multilateral Solutions: Global Cooperation in Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Rudd Lubbers, Minister of State of the Netherlands. Harvard International Review
- [Summer 09] Spreading Temptation: Proliferation and Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Agreements
Matthew Fuhrmann. International Security
- [Summer 09] Dangerous Weapons in Dangerous Hands: Responding to the Challenges of Chemical and Biological Terrorism
Michael Moodie. French Institute of International Relations
- [26 May 09] Report from the NPT Preparatory Committee 2009
Miles A. Pomper. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
- [14 May 09] Strategic Posture Commission's Report Provides Necessary Guidance to Congress
Baker Spring. Heritage Foundation
- [4 May 09] America's New Nuclear Disarmament Policy and the Transatlantic Relationship
Gilles Andréani. German Marshall Fund of the United States
- [May 09] Unblocking the Road to Zero: Perspectives of Advanced Nuclear Nations - North Korea and Iran
Barry M. Blechman, ed. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [May 09] A Nuclear Energy Renaissance and the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime
East Asian Strategic Review 2009. National Institute for Defense Studies
- [May 09] Grading Progress on 13 Steps Toward Disarmament
Sharon Squassoni. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [May 09] The Taming of the Great Nuclear Powers
Godfried van Benthem van den Bergh. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [May 09] U.S. Combat Commands' Participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative: A Training Manual
Charles Wolf, Jr., Brian G. Chow, and Gregory S. Jones. RAND Corporation
- [May 09] America's Strategic Posture: The Final Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States
United States Institute of Peace Press
- [30 April 09] Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: A Global Intelligence Imperative
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- [20 April 09] Incompatible Pronouncements on the Future of the U.S. Nuclear Force
Baker Spring. Heritage Foundation
- [6-7 April 09] The Nuclear Order - Build or Break
Transcripts from the 2009 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference
- [1 April 09] Reexamining Disarmament Obligations
George Perkovich. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [April 09] Unblocking the Road to Zero: Perspectives of Advanced Nulcear Nations - Pakistan and Israel
Barry M. Blechman, ed. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [April 09] Nuclear Terrorism: Assessing the Threat, Developing a Response
Evan Braden Montgomery. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [April 09] The Future of Nuclear Arms: A World United and Divided by Zero
Randy Rydell. Arms Control Today
- [April 09] Arms Control in the Obama Administration: Coming in From the Cold
Jeffrey A. Larsen. Strategic Insights
- [April 09] A Joint Enterprise: Diplomacy to Achieve a World Without Nuclear Weapons
Steve Andreasen. Arms Control Today
- [April 09] Breakouts, Evasive Manuevers: Managing the Proliferation Intentions of Determined States
Carol Kessler and Amy Seward. Strategic Insights
- [April 09] U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
Council on Foreign Relations NOTE: Link to the full-text is available above the overview
- [April 09] NATO Nuclear Burden Sharing and NPT Obligations
Laura Spagnuolog. British American Security Information Council
- [April 09] Good and Bad Nuclear Weapons: Berlin's Part in Shaping Nuclear Reality
Michael Rühle. Körber Foundation International Affairs
- [April 09] Concrete Steps to Improve the Nonproliferation Regime
Pierre Goldschmidt. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [April 09] Transforming the U.S. Strategic Posture and Weapons Complex for Transition to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
Robert L. Civiak, et al. Nuclear Weapons Complex Consolidation Policy Network
- [April 09] From Counterforce to Minimal Deterrence: A New Nuclear Policy on the Path Toward Eliminating Nuclear Weapons
Hans M. Kristensen, Robert S. Norris, and Ivan Oelrich. Federation of American Scientists and the Natural Resources Defense Council
- [April 09] Renew the Drive for CTBT Ratification
Jofi Joseph. Washington Quarterly
- [30 March 09] "Insuring" against WMD Terrorism: How the Insurance Industry Could Become a Key Ally in Preventing a Nuclear 9/11
Brian D. Finlay. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [March 09] Tailored Deterrence: The 'New Triad' and the Tailoring of Nuclear Superiority
David S. McDonough. Canadian International Council
- [March 09] Unblocking the Road to Zero: Perspectives of Advanced Nuclear Nations - China and India
Barry Blechman, ed. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [March 09] Building Partner Capacity to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction
Jennifer D. P. Moroney, et al. RAND Corporation
- [Spring 09] US Nuclear Policy: The Open Window for Transformation
Joseph Cirincione. Harvard International Review
- [Spring 09] Not Saved by "Zero"
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Journal of International Security Affairs
- [Spring 09] The World After: Proliferation, Deterrence and Disarmament if the Nuclear Taboo is Broken
Mark Fitzpatrick. French Institute of International Relations
- [Spring 09] On Nuclear Deterrence and Assurance
Keith B. Payne. Strategic Studies Quarterly
- [Spring 09] Toward a New Deterrent: Analysis and Recommendations for the Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States
New Deterrent Working Group. Air and Space Power Journal
- [5 Feb 09] Concerns on Proposed Reduction of U.S. Nuclear Stockpile to 1,000 Weapons
Baker Spring. Heritage Foundation
- [Feb 09] Unblocking the Road to Zero: Perspectives of Advanced Nuclear Nations - France and the United Kingdom
Barry Blechman, ed. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [Feb 09] Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: A Debate
George Perkovich and James M. Acton, eds. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [Feb 09] Updating U.S. Deterrence Concepts and Operational Planning: Reassuring Allies, Deterring Legacy Threats, and Dissuading Nuclear "Wannabes"
Jacquelyn K. Davis, et al. Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
- [Feb 09] Minding Our Business: The Role of the Private Sector in Managing the WMD Supply Chain
Brian D. Finlay. WMD Insights
- [Feb 09] The Next 100 Project: Leveraging National Security Assistance to Meet Developing World Needs
Brian Finlay and Elizabeth Turpen. Stanley Foundation
- [Feb 09] Countering Transnational Threats: Terrorism, Narco-Trafficking, and WMD Proliferation
Matthew Levitt and Michael Jacobson, eds. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- [Jan/Feb 09] Reassessing the Role of Nuclear Weapons
Daryl G. Kimball. Arms Control Today
- [27 Jan 09] A Call to Resist the Nuclear Revival
Victor Gilinsky. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [12 Jan 09] From Asset to Liability: Developing a Message Strategy on Nuclear Weapons
Topos Partnership for the Union of Concerned Scientists
- [Jan 09] The Vantage Point
George Perkovich and Patricia Lewis. International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
- [Jan 09] Toward a Diplomatic Action Plan on Nuclear Issues
Chester A. Crocker. Hoover Institution
- [Jan 09] The New Disarmament Discussion
Sharon Squassoni. Current History NOTE: Full-text available through the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [Jan 09] Predicting Proliferation: The History of the Future of Nuclear Weapons
Moeed Yusuf. Brookings Institution
- [Jan 09] Nuclear Security Spending: Assessing Costs, Examining Priorities
Stephen I. Schwartz and Deepti Choubey. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [Winter 09] Heading for the Fourth Nuclear Age
Ariel E. Levite. French Institute of International Relations
- [Winter 09] President-elect Obama and Nuclear Disarmament: Between Elimination and Restraint
William Walker. French Institute of International Relations
- [09] Unfinished Business: The Negotiation of the CTBT and the End of Nuclear Testing
Rebecca Johnson. United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
- [09] Weapons of Mass Destruction
International Peace Institute
- [09] NATO and Extended Deterrence in a Multinuclear World
Michael Rühle. Comparative Strategy NOTE: Full-text available from the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
- [Winter 08/09] Legal Instruments to Prevent Nuclear WMD Use by Non-State Actors
Friedrich Steinhäusler. Strategic Insights
- [Winter 08/09] Preparing for the 2009 Nuclear Posture Review: Post-Cold War Nuclear Deterrence and the 2001 NPR Debate
Maj. Scott Weston, USAF. Strategic Insights
- [Dec 08/Jan 09] Nuclear Disarmament and the Nonproliferation Treaty
Harald Müller. WMD Insights
- [Dec 08] A Different Kind of Complex: The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons and the Nuclear Weapons Enterprise
Richard L. Garwin. Arms Control Today
- [Dec 08] Enhancement by Enlargement: The Proliferation Security Initiative
Charles Wolf, Jr., Brian G. Chow, and Gregory S. Jones. RAND Corporation
- [Dec 08] Time for a Systematic Analysis: U.S. Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Proliferation
Christopher F. Chyba. Arms Control Today
- [Dec 08] Looking Back: The 1978 Nuclear Nonproliferation Act
Sharon Squassoni. Arms Control Today
- [Dec 08] Nuclear Challenges and Policy Options for the Next U.S. Administration
Jean du Preez. ed. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
- [Dec 08] Nuclear Weapons in 21st Century U.S. National Security
American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [Dec 08] Combating WMD Collaboratively
Paul I. Bernstein. Joint Force Quarterly
- [Dec 08] The New Threat of Unconventional Warfare
Albert J. Mauroni. Joint Force Quarterly
- [Dec 08] World at Risk
The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
- [Nov/Dec 08] The Logic of Zero: Toward a World Without Nuclear Weapons
Ivo Daalder and Jan Lodal. Foreign Affairs
- [Nov 08] Orienting the 2009 Nuclear Posture Review: A Roadmap
Andrew Grotto and Joe Cirincione. Center for American Progress
- [Nov 08] The Myth of Nuclear Deterrence
Ward Wilson. Nonproliferation Review
- [Nov 08] Building Political Will: Branding the Nuclear-Free-World Movement
Nathan Pyles. Nonproliferation Review
- [Nov 08] The Good Faith Assumption: Different Paradigmatic Approaches to Nonproliferation Issues
Russell Leslie. Nonproliferation Review
- [Nov 08] Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: An Agenda for the Next President
Matthew Bunn and Andrew Newman. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
- [Nov 08] Strategic Collapse: The Failure of the Bush Nuclear Doctrine
Joseph Cirincione. Arms Control Today
- [Nov 08] Securing the Bomb 2008
Matthew Bunn. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Nuclear Threat Initiative
- [23 Oct 08] Beyond UNSCR 1540: The Forging of a WMD Terrorism Treaty
Johan Bergenäs. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
- [Oct 08] Toward an Integrated US Nuclear Weapons Policy: Address US Security in an Interconnected World - Final Report of the US Nuclear Policy Review Project, 2008
Stanley Foundation
- [Oct 08] Against All Odds: Preventing Terrorists from Getting Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons
Brian Finlay and Elizabeth Turpen. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [Oct 08] Congressional Oversight of U.S. Nuclear Weapons
Stephen I. Schwartz. Nuclear Threat Initiative
- [Oct 08] The Costs of U.S. Nuclear Weapons
Stephen I. Schwartz. Nuclear Threat Initiative
- [Oct 08] Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Why the United States Should Lead
George Perkovich. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [Oct 08] Are New Nuclear Bargains Attainable?
Deepti Choubey. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [22 Sep 08] Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event
- [Sep 08] Nuclear Proliferation: Avoiding a Pandemic
Barry M. Blechman. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [Sep 08] Restraining Nuclear Arms in the Asian Century: An Agenda for Australia
Rory Medcalf. Lowy Institute for International Policy NOTE: Follow the instructions on the screen to proceed to the full-text
- [Sep 08] Nuclear Security: What Else Can Australia Do?
Rory Medcalf. Lowy Institute for International Policy NOTE: Follow the instructions on the screen to proceed to the full-text
- [Sep 08] WMD Report Card: Evaluating U.S. Policies to Prevent Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Terrorism Since 2005
Partnership for a Secure America
- [Fall 08] Principles for Reforming the Nuclear Order
George Perkovich. French Institute of International Relations
- [18 Aug 08] All Eyes on the Nuclear Suppliers Group: Will the Nonproliferation Mainstream Shift?
Sharon Squassoni. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [7 Aug 08] Time to Strengthen the IAEA
Ernesto Zedillo. YaleGlobal
- [Aug 08] US Nuclear Security Strategy After the 2008 Presidential Elections
Calin Trenkov-Wermuth. European Union Institute for Security Studies
- [Aug 08] Information Warfare: Relevance to Nuclear Weapons Security
Eric Hundman. Center for Defense Information
- [Aug 08] Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism: Steady, but Slow Progress
Richard Weitz. WMD Insights
- [Aug 08] UN Security Council Resolution 1540 - Part I: Resolution 1810: Progress since 1540
Aaron Arnold. WMD Insights
- [July/Aug 08] Looking Back: The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Then and Now
George Bunn and John B. Rhinelander. Arms Control Today
- [15 July 08] Taking Responsibility: What Can NPT States Realistically do to Build on Today's Momentum Behind Nuclear Disarmament?
Paul Ingram. British American Security Information Council
- [15 July 08] Sarkozy and French Nuclear Deterrence
Jean-Marie Collin. British American Security Information Council
- [12 July 08] IAEA Safeguards: Dealing Preventively with Non-Compliance
P. Goldschmidt. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [1-2 July 08] Political Significance of the CTBT and Perspectives of Entry into Force
Transcript of an Arms Control Association event
- [16 June 08] Swiss Smugglers had Advanced Nuclear Weapons Designs
David Albright. Institute for Science and International Security
- [10 June 08] Prospects for U.S. Ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Daryl G. Kimball. Arms Control Association
- [June 08] Unraveling the New Nuclear Disarmament Agenda: Between Vision and Reality
Emily B. Landau and Noam Ophir. Institute for National Security Studies
- [June 08] 100 Grams (and Counting...): Notes from the Nuclear Underground
Michael Bronner. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
- [June 08] Scary Things that Don't Exist: Separating Myth from Reality in Future WMD
Sharon Weinberger. Stanley Foundation
- [Summer 08] Why Nuclear Smuggling Matters
Rens Lee. Foreign Policy Research Institute
- [Summer 08] The Reality: A Goal of a World without Nuclear Weapons is Essential
Sidney Drell and James Goodby. Washington Quarterly
- [22 May 08] Reinventing Nunn Lugar
Bruno Dupré. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [21 May 08] Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: Our Highest Priority - Isn't
Remarks by Charles B. Curtis, President, Nuclear Threat Initiative, at the National Defense University Foundation
- [5 May 08] Advice for the Nuclear Abolitionists
Gary J. Schmitt and Henry Sokolski. American Enterprise Institute
- [May 08] International Partnerships to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction
Paul I. Bernstein. Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense University
- [30 April 08] France and Nuclear Disarmament: The Meaning of the Sarkozy Speech
Bruno Tertrais. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [4 April 08] A New Look at No First Use
Stanley Foundation
- [April 08] Manufacturing Possibility: Expanding Resources to Meet Global Challenges, Promote Economic Development, Support Innovation, and Prevent Proliferation
Brian D. Finlay, Elizabeth Turpen, and Frederick Kellett. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [April 08] The Challenge of Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries
David Ochmanek and Lowell H. Schwartz. RAND Corporation
- [19 March 08] Time to Bury a Dangerous Legacy - Part III
Jonathan Schell. YaleGlobal
- [17 March 08] Time to Bury a Dangerous Legacy - Part II
Alan Robock. YaleGlobal
- [14 March 08] Time to Bury a Dangerous Legacy - Part I
Graham Allison. YaleGlobal
- [7 March 08] The Future of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Keegan McGrath, Stephanie Bobiak, and Jean du Preez. Center for Nonproliferation Studies
- [March 08] Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- [March 08] Legalizing Nuclear Abandonment: The Determinants of Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty Ratification
Matthew Fuhrmann and Xiaojun Li. Harvard Kennedy School
- [March 08] The Department of Defense and the Nuclear Mission of the 21st Century: A Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase 4 Report
Clark A. Murdock. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [March 08] A World Free of Nuclear Weapons: An Interview With Nuclear Threat Intiative Co-Chairman Sam Nunn
Arms Control Today
- [March 08] Detecting Nuclear and Radiological Materials
The Royal Society
- [March 08] Multilateralism as a Dual-Use Technique: Encouraging Nuclear Energy and Avoiding Proliferation
John Thomson and Geoffrey Forden. Stanley Foundation
- [Spring 08] The Future of Nuclear Weapons in an Interdependent World
Harald Muller. Washington Quarterly
- [Feb/March 08] Resurrecting the Test-Ban Treaty
Michael O'Hanlon. Survival
- [19 Feb 08] Nuclear Renaissance and Non-Proliferation
Pierre Goldschmidt. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [Feb 08] Global Threat Reduction Programme: Fifth Annual Report 2007
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and the Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
- [Feb 08] Nuclear Forensics: Role, State of the Art, Program Needs
Joint Working Group of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- [Feb 08] Falling Behind: International Scrutiny of the Peaceful Atom
Henry D. Sokolski (ed.). Strategic Studies Institute
- [Feb 08] Toward True Security: Ten Steps the Next President Should Take to Transform U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
Federation of American Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Union of Concerned Scientists
- [08] Chemical and Biological Threats: Surveillance as the First Line of Defense
J. Michael Barrett and Daniel Goure. Lexington Institute
- [08] Nuclear Weapons after the Cold War
Alexei Arbatov and Vladimir Dvorkin, eds. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [08] Dealing with the Treat Posed by Non-State Armed Groups Aspiring to Weapons of Mass Destruction
Musfafa Kibaroglu. United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
- [Winter 07/08] Disarming Rogues: Deterring First-Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction
David Szabo. Parameters
- [Winter 07/08] New Nuclear Realities
Harold Brown. Washington Quarterly
- [Dec 07] The P-5 and Nuclear Nonproliferation: Working Group Report
Yury Belobrov, Jeremy Greenstock, Li Chang-he, Thomas R. Pickering, Guillaume Schlumberger, and Robert J. Einhorn. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [15 Nov 07] Nuclear Games: A Tool for Examining Nuclear Stability in a Proliferated Setting
Baker Spring. Heritage Foundation
- [9 Nov 07] Americans and Russians on Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Disarmament
Steven Kull, John Steinbruner, Nancy Gallagher, Clay Ramsay, and Evan Lewis. WorldPublicOpinion.org
- [Nov 07] Reducing the Global Nuclear Danger: International Cooperation - the Indispensable Security Imperative
Charles B. Curtis. Nuclear Threat Initiative
- [Nov 07] Overcoming Nuclear Dangers
David Cortright. Stanley Foundation
- [Nov 07] Keeping WMD From Terrorists: An Interview with 1540 Committee Chairman Ambassador Peter Burian
Arms Control Today
- [Sep 07] Securing the Bomb 2007
Matthew Bunn. Nuclear Threat Initiative
- [Fall 07] New Wine in Old Bottles? The New Salience of Nuclear Weapons
Yury E. Fedorov. French Institute of International Relations, in collaboration with the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
- [Aug 07] Top Ten Results from the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference
- [25 June 07] A World Free of Nuclear Weapons?
Keynote Address by Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom, to the Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference
- [14 June 07] The Mountaintop: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Sam Nunn. Nuclear Threat Initiative
- [June 07] Responding in the Homeland: A Snapshot of NATO's Readiness for CBRN Attacks
Michael Moodie, Robert E. Armstrong, and Tyler Merkeley. Defense Horizons
- [June 07] Nuclear World Order and Nonproliferation, II
Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema. Strategic Insights
- [June 07] Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540: A Division of Labor Strategy
Monika Heupel. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [June 07] Universal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security
George Perkovich, Jessica T. Mathews, Joseph Cirincione, Rose Gottemoeller, and Jon B. Wolfsthal. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [June 07] Nuclear Nonproliferation in the Post-9/11 World
Charles V. Peña. Independent Institute
- [Summer 07] A New Era in Combating WMD
James A. Tegnelia. Joint Force Quarterly
- [8 May 07] Role of Regional and Sub-Organizations in Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540: A Preliminary Assessment of the African Continent
John Nergenas. Center for Nonproliferation Studies
- [28 April 06] Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime: Searching for Common Ground: Ways and Means to Eliminate the Threat of Fissile Material
Transcript of a Center for Nonproliferation Studies Event
- [25 April 07] Nuclear Terrorism: A U.S. Perspective
Steven Monblatt. British American Security Information Council
- [19 April 07] The Blix Commission's Wake-up Call: Meeting the Nuclear Challenge
Gareth Evans. International Crisis Group
- [April 07] The Future Nuclear Landscape
Paul I. Bernstein, John P. Caves, Jr., and John F. Reichart. Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense University
- [April 07] A Full-Court Press Against Nuclear Anarchy
Steve E. Biegun and Jon B. Wolfsthal. Stanley Foundation
- [April 07] Looking Back: The Missile Technology Control Regime
Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu. Arms Control Today
- [March/April 07] Make It or Break It
Charles D. Ferguson and Lisa Obrentz. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [13 March 07] Nuclear Proliferation: 2016
Center for Nonproliferation Studies
- [13 March 07] A Review of U.S. International Efforts to Secure Radiological Materials
Charles Ferguson. Council on Foreign Relations
- [March 07] UN Disarmament Committee Forecasts Troubled Nonproliferation Future
Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Georgia Adams and Jean du Preez. Nuclear Threat Initiative
- [Spring 07] Deterring a Nuclear 9/11
Caitlin Talmadge. Washington Quarterly
- [26 Feb 07] Into the Breach: The Drive for a New Global Nuclear Strategy
Transcripts from a Century Foundation event
- [26 Feb 07] Weapons Threats and International Security: Rebuilding an Unraveled Consensus
Century Foundation
- [23 Feb 07] Security Council Affirms Determination to Strengthen Cooperation Aimed at Countering Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Weapons Proliferation
United Nations Security Council
- [14 Feb 07] The Audacity of of Rearmament: Complex 2030
Travis Sharp. Foreign Policy in Focus
- [11 Feb 07] When is Nuclear Proliferation Dangerous? Brinksmanship, Bright Lines, and the Risk of Escalation
Robert Powell. Harvard International Review
- [11 Feb 07] Does Nuclear Nonproliferation Have a Future?
Henry Sokolski. Harvard International Review
- [Feb 07] Funding for U.S. Efforts to Improve Controls Over Nuclear, Materials, and Expertise Overseas Recent Developments and Trends
Anthony Wier and Matthew Bunn. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
- [Feb 07] The CBRN System: Assessing the Threat of Terrorist Use of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Weapons in the United Kingdom
Paul Cornish. Royal Institute of International Affairs
- [Feb 07] Present at the Creation: U.S. Perspectives on the Origins and the Future Direction of the Proliferation Security Initiative
Ian Davis, David Isenberg and Katherine Miller. British American Security Information Council
- [Feb 07] Priority Steps to Strengthen the Nonproliferation Regime
Pierre Goldschmidt. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [Jan/Feb 07] Enforcing International Standards: Protecting Nuclear Materials from Terrorists Post 9/11
George Bunn. Arms Control Association
- [Jan/Feb 07] A Crisis of Confidence
Jefferey Lewis. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [Jan/Feb 07] Enforcing International Standards: Protecting Nuclear Materials from Terrorists Post 9/11
George Bunn. Arms Control Association
- [Jan 07] The UK Contribution to the G8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, 2002-06
Paul Cornish. Royal Institute of International Affairs
- [Jan 07] The Proliferation Security Initiative: Targeting Iran and North Korea?
Richard Bond. British American Security Information Council
- [Jan 07] 25 Steps to Prevent Nuclear Terror: A Guide for Policymakers
Brian D. Finlay and Elizabeth Turpen. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [Winter 07] Beyond the NRA Doctrine
Charles D. Ferguson. Council on Foreign Relations
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Web Gateways
- [current] Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction
National Defense University
- [current] Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Monterey Institute of International Studies Information and analysis to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction
- [current] Chemical and Biological Weapons Resource Page
Monterey Institute of international studies
- [Sep 03] Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Terrorism/Warfare: a Bibliography
Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School
- [current] Directory of Reports on Weapons of Mass Destruction
Compiled by the Nuclear Threat Initiative
- [current] Institute for Science and International Security
Nuclear nonproliferation Non-Governmental Organization
- [current] Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF)
The Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF) supplements U.S. diplomatic efforts to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), limit the spread of advanced conventional weapons, their delivery systems, and related technology, and enable the dismantling of existing weapons and their means of delivery. The NDF is part of the Bureau of Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State
- [current] Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
- [current] Non-proliferation Project, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Joseph Cirincione. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [current] United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
- [current] United States Air Force Counterproliferation Center
- [current] Weapons of Mass Destruction
Department of Homeland Security
- [current] Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
Sponsored by the Government of Sweden to investigate ways of reducing the dangers from nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological weapons
- [Jan 02] Biological and Chemical Weapons, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) Hot Topic
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