Russia’s tests were advertised as a response to Eastern European missile defense, but are they?
A monograph published in Russia by A. Dyakov, Yevgeni Myasnikov, and Nikolai Sokov. [In Russian]
A detailed overview of Russia’s nonproliferation policy and initiatives.
Attempts, constraints and prospects of Russia’s policy.
New land mobility systems could require an amendment to the Start I treaty.
Nikolai Sokov February 13, 2004 View “Suitcase Nukes:” A Reassessment On February 8, a London-based Arab newspaper, Al-Hayat, reported that in 1998, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda had bought nuclear weapons from Ukraine using the services of a Ukrainian scientist, whose first name was Viktor. Multiple news sources immediately linked this story to the 1997 statement by […]
Do the World Trade Center and Pentagon bombings represent a major US intelligence failure? Reply prepared by Dr. Phillip Saunders, Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Program By definition these attacks represent an intelligence failure, because the intelligence and law enforcement communities did not provide advance warning that they were coming. That said, it is extremely difficult […]
Approaches and positions towards tactical nuclear weapons will need rethinking and reformulation.
Updates on the efforts to rescue sailors from the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk.