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WMD Chronology: 2008 (November 2008)
 

A Primer on WMD: Missiles (November 2008)
 

Proliferation and Use (November 2008)
 

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (July 2008)
 

CWC Case Study  (July 2008)
 

3. Major Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) for WMD Research

Acronym Institute, http://www.acronym.org.uk/.

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, http://www.aei.org/.

• AEI Research Areas, http://www.aei.org/research/research.htm.

American Foreign Policy Council, http://www.afpc.org.

• Missile Defense Briefing Report, http://www.afpc.org/mdbr/mdbrindex.htm.

Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER), http://www.anser.org/.

• Chemical Warfare Agent Characteristics Chart, http://www.anser.org/publications/chemical/chemical.pdf.

Arms Control Association, http://www.armscontrol.org.

Brookings Institution, http://www.brookings.org.

• Missile Defense and Nuclear Weapons, http://www.brookings.org/fp/projects/nmd/nmd.htm.
• Nuclear Danger in the Post-Cold War World, http://www.brookings.org/fp/projects/russia_blair.htm.

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, http:www.cnduk.org.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, http://www.ceip.org/.

• Nonproliferation Project, http://www.ceip.org/files/projects/npp/npp_home.ASP.

Cato Institute, http://www.cato.org/.

• Defense Studies, http://www.cato.org/research/def-st.html.
• Foreign Policy Studies, http://www.cato.org/research/for-st.html.
• Policy Analysis Publications, http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/policyanalysis.html.
• Foreign Policy Briefing, http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/foreignbriefs.html.
• Cato Institute Briefing Papers, http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/briefingpapers.html.
• The Cato Journal, http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cato_journal.html.
• Cato Policy Report, http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/pr-index.html.

Center for Defense and International Security Studies (CDISS), http://www.cdiss.org/hometemp.htm.

Center for Defense Information, http://www.cdi.org/.

Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), http://cisac.stanford.edu/.

Center for International Trade and Security (CITS), http://www.uga.edu/cits/home/default.htm.

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), http://cns.miis.edu.

• Nuclear weapons, http://cns.miis.edu/research/nuclear.htm.
• Chemical and biological weapons, http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw.htm.
• Missiles, http://cns.miis.edu/research/missile.htm.
• WMD Terrorism, http://cns.miis.edu/research/terror.htm.
• Treaties and Regimes, http://cns.miis.edu/research/treaties.htm.

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), http://www.csis.org/.

• Military Balance, http://www.csis.org/burke/mb/index.htm.
• Strategic Assessment report series, http://www.csis.org/burke/sa/index.htm.
• Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Global Nuclear Balance, http://www.csis.org/burke/mb/nuclear.pdf.
• Homeland Defense reports, http://www.csis.org/burke/hd/index.htm.

Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute (CBACI), http://www.cbaci.org/main.htm.

Council on Foreign Relations, http://www.cfr.org/.

Council for a Livable World, http://www.clw.org/.

• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Website, http://www.clw.org/coalition/ctbindex.htm.

Federation of American Scientists, http://www.fas.org.

• The High Energy Weapons Archive, http://www.fas.org/nuke/hew/index.html.
• Nuclear Forces Guide, http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/index.html.
• Arms Control Agreements, http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/index.html.
• Special Weapons Primer: Introduction to Special Weapons, http://www.fas.org/nuke/intro/index.html.

Henry L. Stimson Center, http://www.stimson.org/

• Weapons of Mass Destruction, http://www.stimson.org/wmd.htm.
• Online Resources: Missile Defense Issues, http://www.stimson.org/resource/resbmd.htm.
• Online Resources: Nuclear Weapons Issues, http://www.stimson.org/resource/resnuke.htm.
• Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project, http://www.stimson.org/cwc/index.html.
• Enhancing Multilateral Export Controls for U.S. National Security, http://www.stimson.org/techsecurity/exportcontrol.html.

Heritage Foundation, http://www.heritage.org/.

• ABM/Missile Defense, http://www.heritage.org/library/keyissues/missiledefense/.
• National Security, http://www.heritage.org/library/keyissues/nationalsecurity/.

Hoover Institution, http://www.hoover.org/.

• National Security Initiative Publications, http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/research/nationalsecurity/nspublications.html.

Hudson Institute's Center for National Security Studies, http://nss.hudson.org/index.cfm.

Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (IDDS), http://www.idds.org/.

Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis (India), http://www.idsa-india.org/.

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA), http://www.ifpa.org/.

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at National Defense University (NDU), http://www.ndu.edu/inss/insshp.html.

• Center for Counterproliferation Research Publications, http://www.ndu.edu/ndu/centercounter/prolif_publications.htm.

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), http://www.isis-online.org/.

Institute on Global Cooperation and Conflict (IGCC), http://www-igcc.ucsd.edu/.

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), http://www.iiss.org/scripts/index.asp.

International Relations and Security Network (ISN), http://www.isn.ethz.ch.

Lawyers Alliance for World Security, http://www.lawscns.org/.

National Institute for Public Policy, http://www.nipp.org/.

National Resources Defense Council, http://www.nrdc.org/.

• Archive of Nuclear Data, http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/nudb/datainx.asp.
• Taking Stock: Worldwide Nuclear Deployments 1998, http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/tkstock/tssum.asp.
• The U.S. Nuclear War Plan: A Time for Change, http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/warplan/index.asp.

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, http://www.nautilus.org/.

Nixon Center, http://www.nixoncenter.org/.

• Articles, http://www.nixoncenter.org/articles.htm.
• Program Briefs & Transcripts, http://www.nixoncenter.org/progbrief.htm.
• Nixon Center Perspectives, http://www.nixoncenter.org/perspectives.htm.
• Books & Monographs, http://www.nixoncenter.org/monograp.htm.

Nuclear Threat Initiative, http://www.nti.org.

• Global Security Newswire, http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/d_index.html.
• Research Library, http://www.nti.org/e_research/e_index.html.
• WMD 411, http://www.nti.org/f_wmd411/f_index.html.

Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, http://www.pugwash.org.

RAND Corporation, http://www.rand.org/.

• National Security, http://www.rand.org/natsec_area/.
• International Policy: Foreign and Security Policy, http://www.rand.org/interpol_area/forsec/.

Reaching Critical Will, http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org.

Russian-American Nuclear Security Advisory Council (RANSAC), http://www.ransac.org/.

• Nuclear Cities Initiative (NCI), http://www.ransac.org/new-web-site/primary/transform/nci.html.
• Nuclear Material Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A), http://www.ransac.org/new-web-site/primary/secure/mpca.html.
• Plutonium Disposition, http://www.ransac.org/new-web-site/primary/dispose/pu.html.

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/.

• Search Page, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/search.htm.

Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, http://www.wisconsinproject.org.

•  Iraq Watch, http://www.iraqwatch.org.

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), http://www.sipri.se.

• Chemical and Biological Warfare Project, http://projects.sipri.se/cbw/.

Union of Concerned Scientists, http://www.ucsusa.org/index.html.

• Global Security Program, http://www.ucsusa.org/security/sec-home.html.
• Missile Defense, http://www.ucsusa.org/security/0missile.html.
• Nuclear Weapons, http://www.ucsusa.org/security/0weapons.html.
• Test Ban, http://www.ucsusa.org/security/0test.html.

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