Meeting Today's Security Challenges
About
This speech, delivered at the Brookings Institution's Seminar on U.S. National Security Policy Issues, presents the work of NTI, our vision of global security and the programs we fund and the policies we promote to advance that vision.
Understanding
the Terrorism Threat
WMD terrorism is a threat to global security. In 2010 testimony, the U.S. director of national intelligence said that dozens of identified domestic and international terrorists and terrorist groups have expressed intent to obtain and use WMD in future acts of terrorism.
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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Pentagon Might Shift Command Responsibility for Combating WMD Spread
Feb. 12, 2010
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Defense Department has just launched a high-level assessment of how its military forces might more effectively help combat the global proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, according to officials (see GSN, Feb. 1).
