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UNSCR 1540 Resource Collection
March 12, 2013The UNSCR 1540 Resource Collection examines implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, which requires all states to implement measures aimed at preventing non-state actors from acquiring NBC weapons, related materials, and their means of delivery. It details implementation efforts in all of the regions and countries of the world to-date.
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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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The EU's New Foreign Policy Chief: A Six Month Review and Analysis of Lady Ashton's Tenure
June 18, 2010 | Johan BergenäsJohan Bergenas assess the implications of Catherine Ashton's appointment as the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for Europe's nonproliferation and disarmament policies.
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The Mountaintop: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons
June 14, 2007 | Sam NunnRecognizing that we have arrived at a dangerous tipping point in the nuclear era, Senator Nunn spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations about the path that he, George Shultz, Henry Kissinger and Bill Perry have charted for advancing the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons linked to specific steps to reduce nuclear dangers.
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Prepared Testimony of Senator Nunn Regarding Biological Weapons Threat
July 23, 2001 | Sam NunnTestimony before the House Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations.
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Senator Nunn on ABC's World News Tonight
July 23, 2001 | Sam NunnJohn Yang interviews Senator Nunn about his participation in "Dark Winter" and America's readiness to withstand a bioterrorist attack.
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