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Spent Nuclear Fuel: Nuclear Fuel Cycle

A Regional Approach for Future Nuclear Fuel Cycle: A Case for Asia Pacific

Seminar with Jor-Shan Choi & Yusuke Kuno, from the University of Tokyo.

North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test

Details about the test and the response from the international community.

Winners of the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Challenge

Winners of the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Challenge Competition

Keynote Speaker Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) Chair, Strategic Forces Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee   Ward Wilson (Grand Prize) “The Myth of Nuclear Deterrence“ Nuclear deterrence is sometimes treated as a known quantity—a definite thing that keeps us safe and ensures our security. It has also often been used as a justification for possessing nuclear […]

Winners of the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest

Videos of the Keynote Speaker, Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA), and the 2008 winners.

OP#15: Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament

Occasional Paper #15: Analysis and recommendations on how to place Beijing and Moscow on “the road to zero.”

CNS article

OP#14: Nuclear Challenges and Policy Options for the Next US Administration

Occasional Paper #14: Papers by participants of the Monterey Nonproliferation Strategy Group meeting on August 20-21, 2008.

CNS article

OP#13: Trafficking Networks for Chemical Weapons Precursors: Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s

Occasional Paper #13: New information on the illicit sale of chemical-weapons materials to Iran and Iraq during the 1980s sheds light on how international trafficking networks operate and suggests some practical steps for countering them.

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan(IMU), also known as Islamic Party of Turkestan, seeks to establish Islamic governments in Central Asia.

Al-Qaida

August 17, 2008 Name: Al-Qaida, Al-Qa’idah, al Qaeda, or “the Base” Type: religious (fundamentalist) Ideology: Militant Islamist. The group seeks to overthrow Western-influenced governments and to replace them with Islamic regimes under the rule of Shariah, or Islamic law. Al-Qaida, under the leadership of Usama bin Laden, has declared holy war on the United States […]

Terrorist Attacks on America

Will terrorists try to acquire and use WMD? Studies that examined this issue in depth are revealed.