Critical Questions: Urgent Decisions for the Second Obama Administration

In this issue brief, senior experts at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies examine eight nonproliferation decisions that the second Obama administration cannot avoid.

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U.S. Nuclear Cooperation as Nonproliferation: Reforms, or the Devil You Know?

Several U.S. bilateral nuclear cooperation agreements are set to expire in the next four years, and a long list of nuclear newcomers are interested in concluding new agreements with the United States. Jessica C. Varnum examines the debate over whether stricter nonproliferation preconditions for concluding these new and renewal "123" nuclear cooperation agreements with the United States would enhance or undermine their value as instruments of U.S. nonproliferation policy.

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Non-Paper 1: The Need for a Strengthened Global Nuclear Security System

This is the first in a series of four non-papers from the Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security Priorities, where leading government officials, international experts and nuclear security practitioners are engaging in a collaborative process to build consensus about the need for a strengthened global nuclear security system, how it would look and what actions would be needed at the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit and beyond.

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Non-Paper 2: Practical Proposals for Providing International Assurances

This is the second in a series of four non-papers from the Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security Priorities, where leading government officials, international experts and nuclear security practitioners are engaging in a collaborative process to build consensus about the need for a strengthened global nuclear security system, how it would look and what actions would be needed at the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit and beyond.

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Non-Paper 3: Comprehensiveness - Understanding Non-Civilian Nuclear Materials

This is the third in a series of four non-papers from the Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security Priorities, where leading government officials, international experts and nuclear security practitioners are engaging in a collaborative process to build consensus about the need for a strengthened global nuclear security system, how it would look and what actions would be needed at the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit and beyond.

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Non-Paper 4: The Strategic Value of Best Practices for Nuclear Security

This is the fourth in a series of four non-papers from the Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security Priorities, where leading government officials, international experts and nuclear security practitioners are engaging in a collaborative process to build consensus about the need for a strengthened global nuclear security system, how it would look and what actions would be needed at the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit and beyond.

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Civilian HEU: South Africa

The article is part of a collection examining civilian HEU reduction and elimination efforts. It details current South African HEU policies, progress reducing and eliminating the civil use of HEU in South Africa, and remaining challenges.

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Civilian HEU: Canada

The article is part of a collection of articles examining civilian HEU reduction and elimination efforts. It details current Canadian HEU policies, progress reducing and eliminating the civil use of HEU in Canada, and remaining challenges.

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Civilian HEU: China

The article is part of a collection examining civilian HEU reduction and elimination efforts. It details current Chinese HEU policies, progress reducing and eliminating the civil use of HEU in China, and remaining challenges.

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Civilian HEU: Germany

The article is part of a collection examining civilian HEU reduction and elimination efforts. It details current German HEU policies, progress reducing and eliminating the civil use of HEU in Germany, and remaining challenges.

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Civilian HEU: United States

The article is part of a collection examining civilian HEU reduction and elimination efforts. It details current U.S. HEU policies, progress reducing and eliminating the civil use of HEU in the United States, and remaining challenges.

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2nd Global Dialogue Rapporteur’s Report

This rapporteur's report reflects the discussion of 31 government officials, experts, nuclear security practitioners, and other stakeholders at the second meeting of the Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security Priorities in October 2012.

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