Analysis

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.

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

Project Strait Talk: Security and Stability in the Taiwan Strait

In July 2000, CNS hosted a unique seminar with participants from mainland China, Taiwan, and the US. A retired senior military officer and two academics from each side met to identify and discuss trends that might destabilize the security environment in the Taiwan Strait.

Combating Terrorism

Congressional Testimony by John Parachini, July 26, 2000

Egypt and the Middle East Resolution at the NPT 2000 Review Conference

Many states think not enough attention is given to the Resolution on the Middle East, the focus for some Arab states in the upcoming Review Conference.

Politics and Pragmatism: The Challenges for NPT 2000

States party to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will convene April 24 for the treaty’s sixth review conference.

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, […]

Russia’s New National Security Concept: The Nuclear Angle

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs National Security Concept with new nuclear policy aspects.

CNS article

OP#03: Nonproliferation Regimes At Risk

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

CNS article

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

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

CNS article

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.