Articles
Read articles by NTI board members, officers and staff, as well as NTI partners, including the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
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Between Publishing and Perishing? H5N1 Research Unleashes Unprecedented Dual-Use Research Controversy
May 3, 2012 | Michael TuRecently, researchers in the Netherlands and the United States identified genetic mutations that could enable H5N1 bird flu to become easily transmissible from one human to another. Controversy has emerged about whether the details of these two particularly sensitive H5N1 studies should be openly published to aid global pandemic preparedness or withheld in the interests of national security. Because similar trade-offs will emerge frequently in the field of biotechnology, the task of devising effective management strategies for so-called "dual-use research of concern" will continue to increase in both complexity and importance.
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Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Compliance Protocol
Aug. 1, 2001 | Jonathan TuckerJonathan Tucker examines the troubled history of negotiations on a compliance protocol for the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
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Botswana Receives Radiation Detection Equipment, Training from IAEA
April 24, 2012This article is part of a collection examining reported incidents of nuclear or radioactive materials trafficking in or originating from the Newly Independent States.
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Bottles with Ra-226 Discovered in Tokyo's Home
April 24, 2012This article is part of a collection examining reported incidents of nuclear or radioactive materials trafficking in or originating from the Newly Independent States.
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Brazil Challenges International Order by Backing Iran Fuel Swap
July 15, 2010 | Sarah Diehl, Eduardo FujiiSarah Diehl and Eduardo Fujii discuss Brazil's motivation for brokering a new fuel swap deal with Iran amidst multilateral efforts to impose a new round of sanctions on Tehran.
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Brazil Submarine Capabilities
Aug. 8, 2012The submarine proliferation resource collection is designed to highlight global trends in the sale and acquisition of diesel- and nuclear-powered submarines. It is structured on a country-by-country basis, with each country profile consisting of information on capabilities, imports and exports.
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Brazil Submarine Import and Export Behavior
Aug. 8, 2012The submarine proliferation resource collection is designed to highlight global trends in the sale and acquisition of diesel- and nuclear-powered submarines. It is structured on a country-by-country basis, with each country profile consisting of information on capabilities, imports and exports.
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Brazil's New National Defense Strategy Calls for Strategic Nuclear Developments
Oct. 30, 2009 | Sarah Diehl, Eduardo FujiiIn this 2009 article, Sarah Diehl and Eduardo Fuji discuss Brazil's efforts to gain capabilities in all areas of the nuclear fuel cycle and its pursuit of a nuclear submarine.
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Brazil's Nuclear Ambitions, Past and Present
Sept. 1, 2006 | Daphne MorrisonDaphne Morrison provides an analysis of the evolution of Brazil's nuclear program, including its difficult relationship with the IAEA in this 2006 article.
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Brazil: 450 kg of Uranium Ore Seized in Amapá
April 24, 2012This article is part of a collection examining reported incidents of nuclear or radioactive materials trafficking in or originating from the Newly Independent States.
