William Potter’s Articles

Central Asian States Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone Despite US Opposition

An analysis of the development of the CANWFZ treaty, the opposition to it, and the implications of the newly established zone.

First Soviet Nuclear Test, Joe 1, Semipalatinsk Test Site, 1949, WikiMedia Commons

Central Asian States Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone Despite US Opposition

Analysis of the treaty: development, opposition, and it’s implications.

The Oslo Symposium: On the Road to HEU Minimization

In efforts to combat nuclear terrorism countries seek to limit the civilian use of HEU.

Kim Jong Il and officials

North Korea’s Withdrawal From the NPT: A Reality Check

April 8, 2003 Jean du Preez and William Potter April 10 marks a significant event in the history of the 32-year-old nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Since its entry into force in 1970, the NPT has grown to 188 members and become the most widely subscribed to international treaty in history. That number will decline by […]

Challenges in US-Russian Cooperation

The United States and Russia have to adjust old patterns of thinking to new political realities in order to further cooperation on nuclear terrorism and weapons proliferation.

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, […]

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.

A US NGO Perspective on US – Russian MPC&A Cooperation

While MPC&A has been successful problems still remain and efforts are needed to enhance international efforts.

The Case Russia Forgot

Russia continues to fail in its enforcement of its regulations against missile exports.

Next Steps in Nuclear Disarmament: The Challenge of Tactical Nuclear Weapons

Countries may seek to deploy more and have a greater reliance upon tactical nuclear weapons unless actions are taken to prevent this from happening.