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Nuclear Weapons, Fissile Material, and Export Controls in the Former Soviet Union

Jon Brook Wolfsthal Cristina Chuen Emily Ewell Daughtry June 18, 2001 Status Report On June 18, 2001 the sixth edition of the joint Monterey Institute-Carnegie Endowment Nuclear Status Report was released at the Carnegie Endowment’s Nonproliferation Conference in Washington, DC. This report is the most complete single source of information on Russia’s nuclear arsenal and stockpile, the […]

The “Tactical Nuclear Weapons Scare” of 2001

Approaches and positions towards tactical nuclear weapons will need rethinking and reformulation.

The Kursk Accident

Updates on the efforts to rescue sailors from the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk.

The Fate of Russian Nuclear Weapons: An Anticlimax on August 11

Chief of the General Staff Anatoliy Kvashnin proposals for a radical reduction of Russia’s land-based strategic missiles lose out to Putin’s preference for caution.

Tito’s Nuclear Legacy

March, 14, 2000 William Potter, Djuro Miljanic, Ivo Slaus Published in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, http://www.bullatomsci.org/ March/April 2000 Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 63-70 © 2000 The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Yugoslavia–at least in the eyes of the West–is regarded as a pariah state. But it is a pariah state whose predecessor, […]

Russia’s New National Security Concept: The Nuclear Angle

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs National Security Concept with new nuclear policy aspects.

Russian Reaction, Day Two: Recalling the Ambassador

Russia’s concerns about the perceived trend toward the unrestricted use of force by the United States.

Russian Reaction: What’s Behind the Opposition?

Russian remains firm on its position that the use of force in international relations requires the explicit endorsement of the Security Council, except in cases of self defense.

The Mystery of the Sunken Gyros

Many of the best-kept secrets of Saddam Hussein’s weapons programs involve Baghdad’s clandestine foreign procurement efforts since the Gulf War.

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Current Prospects For START II Ratification and START III Talks – The 1998 Moscow Summit

Nikolai Sokov analyzes the current status of the START process in his research brief.