CNS Occasional Papers

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OP#09: The 1971 Smallpox Epidemic in Aralsk, Kazakhstan, and the Soviet Biological Warfare Program

Occasional Paper #9: The first authoritative English translation of an official Soviet report describing a previously unknown outbreak of smallpox in 1971 in the city of Aralsk, Kazakhstan.

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OP#08: After 9/11: Preventing Mass-Destruction Terrorism and Weapons Proliferation

Occasional Paper #8: A collection of papers examining the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, and analyzing U.S. and international responses to 9/11. They also propose measures to avert terrorism and to reduce mass-destruction threats to U.S. and international security.

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OP#07: Missile Proliferation and Defences: Problems and Prospects

Occasional Paper #7: This series of papers on missile proliferation and possible responses focuses on international and unilateral control mechanisms, regional perspectives, and implications for space.

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OP#06: WMD Threats 2001: Critical Choices for the Bush Administration

Occasional Paper #6: Offering pragmatic guidance for the Bush administration on key nonproliferation issues regarding U.S. foreign relations, nuclear, biological and chemical terrorism, and organizing the U.S. government. It outlines measures to help defend the United States and construct a safer world.

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OP#05: International Perspectives on Missile Proliferation and Defenses

Occasional Paper #5: The focus of this series reflects the concern of both centers that the spread of ballistic missiles constitutes one of the most serious and complex nonproliferation challenges today.

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OP#04: Proliferation Challenges and Nonproliferation Opportunities for New Administrations

Occasional Paper #4: Michael Barletta, ed.

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OP#03: Nonproliferation Regimes At Risk

Occasional Paper #3: Michael Barletta and Amy Sands, eds.

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OP#02: A History of Ballistic Missile Development in the DPRK

Occasional Paper #2: By Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr.

Former Soviet Biological Weapons Facilities in Kazakhstan: Forward

Jonathan Tucker’s Forward to the report on the former Soviet biological weapons facilities in Kazakhstan.

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OP#01: Former Soviet Biological Weapons Facilities in Kazakhstan: Past, Present, and Future

Occasional Paper #1: Kazakhstani facilities involved in the research and development, production, and testing of biological weapons (BW) played a key role in the former Soviet BW program.