Eurasia/Russia

Fissile Material Trafficking in the Newly Independent States (NIS) 1991-2001

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there have been frequent reports of illicit trafficking in fissile materials from the Newly Independent States (NIS).

Russian Policy Toward Afghanistan

Due to its instability and shared borders with neighboring states, developments in Afghanistan have long been Russia’s concern.

NISNP Core Group: Meetings and Training

An informal network of nonproliferation specialists who have participated in training programs and maintain contact with CNS.

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 […]

Nuclear Status Report in the Former Soviet Union

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

2001 Workshop on Russian Nuclear Regionalism and US Policy

Policymakers, non-governmental analysts, and journalists met for the workshop in Washington, DC.

The Kursk Was in Dangerous Company

Amidst the inherent costs and risks of nuclear submarines more and more countries want them.

The Kursk Accident

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

A Tragic, 118-Count Indictment of the Russian Nuclear Navy

Inability to save 118 sailors from the Kursk highlights multiple problems facing Russia’s nuclear fleet.

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, […]