Global Dialogue Non-Paper Series
Global Dialogue participants discuss characteristics of a strengthened global nuclear security system.
Kaveh Sardari
This resource collection includes four Non-Papers developed through the Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security Prioriities, 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.
These Non-Papers are the result of two Global Dialogue meetings - in July and October 2012 - and cover the following topics:
- The Need for a Strengthened Global Nuclear Security System
- Practical Proposals for Providing International Assurances
- Comprehensiveness - Understanding Non-Civilian Nuclear Materials
- The Strategic Value of Best Practices for Nuclear Security
See the table of contents above to access the Non-Papers.
Learn more about the Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security Priorities.
About
Four non-papers are the collaborative output of the Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security Priorities to date. Convened by NTI, the Global Dialogue is an international, cross-sector dialogue among leading officials, experts, and practitioners on priorities and actions needed to strengthen the global nuclear security system to prevent nuclear materials from getting into the wrong hands.
Understanding
the Nuclear Threat
Reducing the risk of nuclear use by terrorists and nation-states requires a broad set of complementary strategies targeted at reducing state reliance on nuclear weapons, stemming the demand for nuclear weapons and denying organizations or states access to the essential nuclear materials, technologies and know-how.
In Depth
Global Security Newswire
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Danger of Trafficked Nuclear, Radiological Materials Lingers: Experts
Nov. 16, 2011
WASHINGTON -- Two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, the threat of a terrorist or criminal organization acquiring and smuggling nuclear or radioactive materials out of Russia or its former states persists, nonproliferation experts familiar with the issue say (see GSN, Sept. 29).
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Obama Presses Japan on Atomic Security Efforts
Sept. 15, 2011
President Obama last month pressed then-Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan to make a committed effort to advance initiatives aimed at improving the protection and tracking of atomic material, Japanese officials told Kyodo News on Wednesday (see GSN, Sept. 14).
