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Proliferation Pathways to a North Korean Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Exploring how North Korea may pursue three pathways to an ICBM and the effects of each pathway on the international community. (CNS)
Russia’s Nuclear Rearmament: Policy Shift or Business as Usual?
Russia's strategic triad and the motivations of upgrades to its strategic nuclear arsenal, the likelihood of success, and implications for the US. (CNS)
Reframing the Nuclear De-alerting Debate: Towards Maximizing Presidential Decision Time
Policy options to minimize risks of accidental launch, unauthorized use or miscalculation posed by US and Russian alert nuclear forces. (CNS)
Disarming Syria of Its Chemical Weapons: Lessons Learned from Iraq and Libya
Lessons learned from dismantling Libya and Iraq's chemical weapons programs and what these two cases presage for disarmament in Syria. (CNS)
Building Mutual Security in the Euro-Atlantic Region: Report Prepared for Presidents, Prime Ministers, Parliamentarians, and Publics
Critical Questions: Urgent Decisions for the Second Obama Administration
Senior experts at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies examine eight nonproliferation decisions that the second Obama administration cannot avoid. (CNS)
U.S. Nuclear Cooperation as Nonproliferation: Reforms, or the Devil You Know?
Whether stricter preconditions for concluding nuclear cooperation agreements with the U.S. would enhance or undermine their value to nonproliferation policy.
What the Doctor Ordered: Eliminating Weapons-Grade Uranium from Medical Isotope Production
The Mo-99 market and domestic and international efforts to balance the trade-offs between security of medical isotope supply and nuclear security.
North Korea’s Procurement Network Strikes Again: Examining How Chinese Missile Hardware Ended Up in Pyongyang
Tracing the alleged transfer of missile technology from China to North Korea and implications for China's nonproliferation efforts. (CNS)