Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control

The AQ Khan Revelations and Subsequent Changes to Pakistani Export Controls

Brazil's Nuclear Ambitions, Past and Present

The Bush Proposals: A Global Strategy for Combating the Spread of Nuclear Weapons Technology or a Sanctioned Nuclear Cartel?

Bush-Putin Summit, November 2001
на русском (In Russian)

China Enters the Nuclear Suppliers Group: Positive Steps in the Global Campaign against Nuclear Weapons Proliferation

Companies Reported to Have Sold or Attempted to Sell Libya Gas Centrifuge Components

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
на русском (In Russian)

DOE's Domestic Nuclear Security Initiatives

Egypt and Saudi Arabia's Policies toward Iran's Nuclear Program

The Emerging Arab Response to Iran's Unabated Nuclear Program

Going Beyond the Stir: The Strategic Realities of China's No-First-Use Policy

IAEA Board Deplores Iran's Failure to Come into Full Compliance: Is Patience with Iran Running Out?

IAEA Board Welcomes EU-Iran Agreement: Is Iran Providing Assurances or Merely Providing Amusement?

Illicit Nuclear Trafficking in the NIS
на русском (In Russian)

Implications of Proposed India-U.S. Civil Nuclear Cooperation

Indo-Pakistani Military Standoff: Why It Isn't Over Yet

The International Uranium Enrichment Center at Angarsk: A Step Towards Assured Fuel Supply?

Iran and the IAEA: A Troubling Past with a Hopeful Future?

Is Syria a Candidate for Nuclear Proliferation?

The New IAEA Resolution: A Milestone in the Iran-IAEA Saga

North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program and the Six-party Talks

Nuclear Conflict in the 21st Century: Reviewing the Chinese Nuclear Threat

Nuclear Posture Review
на русском (In Russian)

Nuclear Proliferation and South Asia: Recent Trends

Nuclear Submarine Dismantlement
на русском (In Russian)

Nuclear Trafficking Hoaxes: A Short History of Scams Involving Red Mercury and Osmium-187

Practical Steps for Improving U.S. Nonproliferation Leadership

Presidential Nuclear Initiatives: An Alternative Paradigm for Arms Control
на русском (In Russian)

Plutonium Disposition
на русском (In Russian)

Radiological Materials in Russia
на русском (In Russian)

Reykjavik Summit: The Legacy and a Lesson for the Future

Risks of Plutonium Programs

The Role of Security Assurances: Is Any Progress Possible?

Russian Spent Nuclear Fuel
на русском (In Russian)

Russia's Nuclear Doctrine
на русском (In Russian)

The Second NPT PrepCom for the 2005 Review Conference: Prospects for Progress

Seven Years After the Nuclear Tests: Appraising South Asia's Nuclear Realities

Sixty Years After the Nuclear Devastation, Japan's Role in the NPT

Submarine Dismantlement Assistance

Tactical Nuclear Weapons (TNW)
на русском (In Russian) 

Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Germany: Time for Withdrawal?

Taiwan and Nonproliferation

The Treaty of Moscow
на русском (In Russian) 

UN Disarmament Committee Forecasts Troubled Nonproliferation Future

UN General Assembly Tackles Nonproliferation and Disarmament After Disappointing Summit

U.S.-Russian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation
на русском (In Russian)

Will Saudi Arabia Acquire Nuclear Weapons?



Biological Weapons
The Anti-plague System in the Newly Independent States, 1992 and Onwards: Assessing Proliferation Risks and Potential for Enhanced Public Health in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Assessing the Threat of Mass-Casualty Bioterrorism
на русском (In Russian)
The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
на русском (In Russian)
Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Compliance Protocol
на русском (In Russian)
Developments in the Biosciences: Do Recent Scientific and Technological Advances Lower the Threshold for the Proliferation of Biological Weapons?
на русском (In Russian)
The Fifth Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC)
на русском (In Russian)
International Assistance for Anti-plague Facilities in the Former Soviet Union to Prevent Proliferation of Biological Weapons
на русском (In Russian)
Is the Avian Influenza Virus a Suitable Agent for a Biological Weapon?
Lessons from Select Public Health Events Having Relevance to Bioterrorism Preparedness
на русском (In Russian)
The Next Generation of Sensor Technology for the BioWatch Program
Security and Public Health: How and Why do Public Health Emergencies Affect the Security of a Country?


Chemical Weapons
Dusty Agents and the Iraqi Chemical Weapons Arsenal
на русском (In Russian)
First Review Conference of the CWC: Coming of Age
Global CW Assistance
Industrial Chemicals as Weapons: Chlorine
The Seventh Conference of State Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
на русском (In Russian)
Vinalon, the DPRK, and Chemical Weapons Precursors
на русском (In Russian)
What to Expect at the Eighth Conference of State Parties to the CWC


Missiles, Missile Defenses, and Delivery Vehicles
A Look at National Missile Defense and the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System
Addressing the Spread of Cruise Missiles and Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs)
Examining China's Debate on Military Space Programs: Was the ASAT Test Really a Surprise?
Future Space Security
на русском (In Russian)
Japan's Space Law Revision: the Next Step Toward Re-Militarization?
Radiological and Nuclear Detection Devices
Russia's Approach to the U.S. Missile Defense Program
на русском (In Russian)
Space Security and Bush Administration Policy: Results of the First Term
Taiwan's Response to China's Missile Buildup
Theater Missile Defense (TMD) and Northeast Asian Security
на русском (In Russian)
Unmanned Air Vehicles as Terror Weapons: Real or Imagined?


General Nonproliferation Topics
The Chechen Resistance and Radiological Terrorism
China's White Paper on Nonproliferation: Export Controls Hit the Big Time
Department of Homeland Security: Goals and Challenges
на русском (In Russian)
DP World and U.S. Port Security
The European Union and the Arms Ban on China
G8 10 Plus 10 Over 10
на русском (In Russian)
The Global Partnership 2004
Global Submarine Proliferation: Emerging Trends and Problems
Instability in Georgia: A New Proliferation Threat?
Iraq's WMD Scientists in the Crossfire
Islamist Terrorist Threat in the Tri-Border Region
на русском (In Russian)
Kazakhstan's Proposal to Initiate Commercial Imports of Radioactive Waste
на русском (In Russian)
The Mitutoyo Case: Will Japan Learn from its Mistakes or Repeat Them?
Nonproliferation Assistance to the Former Soviet Union
на русском (In Russian)
North Korea's 11th Supreme People's Assembly Elections
Nuclear Watch—Pakistan: The Sorry Affairs of the Islamic Republic
Radiological Materials in Russia
на русском (In Russian)
To Comply or Not to Comply: Outline of the UN Inspections Mechanism in Iraq
на русском (In Russian)
Unlocking the Impasse: Who Holds the Key to the Conference on Disarmament
Was Libyan WMD Disarmament a Significant Success for Nonproliferation?
Weapons of Mass Destruction in Central Asia
на русском (In Russian)
Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East
на русском (In Russian)
Will Emerging Challenges Change Japanese Security Policy?

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The Research Library contains the following resources:

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Find summary information on the nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and missile programs of selected countries. The section also includes selected links to additional resources, including official documents, related publications, selected reports and websites.

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Controlling Nuclear Warheads and Materials
Examine overviews of the global threat posed by inadequately managed nuclear weapons and materials; what is being done now to address that threat; and what should be done to prevent nuclear terrorism from ever occurring. It includes budgetary and legislative summaries and technical background; descriptions of the global threats; and detailed information on cooperative efforts underway across the entire spectrum of controlling nuclear warheads and materials. This section features an interactive budget database with complete budgets for each threat reduction program from 1992 to the present.


Sources:
The July 18, 2005 bilateral agreement between Delhi and Washington could pave the way for the transfer of U.S. civilian nuclear technology to India, breaking a decades-old prohibition on such transfers to countries that don't accept international monitoring of all nuclear facilities. (See Global Security Newswire, "Bush Looks to Ease Restrictions and Offer Nuclear Cooperation to India," July 18, 2005.) Below are links to background materials on India's nuclear and missile programs and South Asian security issues.
 
 
Issue Brief: Implications of Proposed India-U.S. Civil Nuclear Cooperation July 2005
India Country Profile July 2005
Indian Nuclear Facilities July 2005
Indian Nuclear Chronologies July 2005
Indian Nuclear Imports/Exports July 2005
Maps of Indian Nuclear and Missile Facilities July 2005
WMD411 Case Study: India and Pakistan February 2005
NPT Tutorial: Current Challenges May 2005
Issue Brief: Seven Years After the Tests: Appraising South Asia's Nuclear Realities July 2005
Issue Brief: Nuclear Watch-Pakistan: The Sorry Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan January 2004
Issue Brief: Indo-Pakistani Military Standoff: Why It Isn't Over Yet June 2002

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