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Nuclear Status Report in the Former Soviet Union

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

CNS article

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.

CNS article

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.

Ballistic Missile Defense and Northeast Asian Security

Views from Washington, Beijing and Tokyo.

2000 NPT Review Conference

A collection of papers discussing the 2000 NPT Review Conference.

The “Tactical Nuclear Weapons Scare” of 2001

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

CNS article

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

Occasional Paper #4: Michael Barletta, ed.

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.

Komsomolets: A Disaster Waiting to Happen?

The sinking of the Komsomolets is only one in a series of accidents involving the Soviet fleet of nuclear-powered submarines and ships.