Rusten summarizes the decision of the United States to withdraw from the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty.
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Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons
Nikitin and Kerr offer a review of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, its history with proliferation, and the regional implications of its weapons.
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Perspectives on the Evolving Nuclear Order
This publication examines the thoughts of the so-called “middle” states in the international nuclear order: India, Pakistan, Brazil, Argentina, and China. Each state posses advanced nuclear technology, and three of them have nuclear weapons, but they occupy the uncomfortable middle ground between the less advanced non-nuclear-weapons-states and the advanced nuclear weapons states of the US, UK, Russia, and France.
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PONI Debate Series
The Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) and Ploughshares Fund held a debate series on a range of nuclear challenges and policy decisions the Trump administration will face in 2017. The debate series aimed to provide a forum for in-depth exploration of arguments on both sides of key nuclear policy issues.
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Proliferation Security Initiative
This Congressional Research Service report examines the Proliferation Security Initiative, which is designed to provide increased strength to already-existing mechanisms of WMD interdiction.
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Resolution 1540: Universalizing Export Control Standards?
Jones debates UN Security Council Resolution 1540 and its additions to the global nonproliferation regime. In doing so, he outlines existing groups and organizations for nonproliferation and offers next steps for the regime.
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The “Consensual Straitjacket”: Four Decades of Women in Nuclear Security
This study tells the stories of nearly two dozen women with decades of experience in nuclear, arms control, and non-proliferation policy. They have much to teach us, not just about the history of the field but about its future—how to keep it thriving, fill it with vital and innovative talent, and connect it with the best thinking about security, from which it has been too often cut off.
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The Causes of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
Sagan’s article examines the existing political science literature related to the spread of nuclear weapons and suggests future areas for research.
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The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Impact on U.S. Nuclear Policy from 1958 to 2000
In this work, Dr. Paul Brown focuses on arms control issues starting with the Eisenhower administration through the signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty by President Clinton and the failed ratification of the Treaty. In particular, the book explores the issues related to the need for nuclear testing and the efforts that would eventually Read More
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The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism
A report from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, this piece examines the threat posed by substandard facility security at sites in Russia, Pakistan, and other states, as well as the potential for the use of these materials by terrorist groups.