August 17, 2008 FY 1998-2001 Jump to chart: Govt-wide | USDA | DOC | DOE | EPA | FEMA | GSA | HHS | Interior | DOJ | FBI | Nat’l Security Community | NRC | DOS | Transportation | Treasury | USAID Items in italics represent total funding for combating terrorism. All other items […]
Vladimir Putin seeks more political integration in Russia through federal reforms.
Development of civilian nuclear technology is key to the Ministry of Atomic Energy’s coherent regional policy.
Elena Sokova August 17, 2008 Closed Cities vs. Nuclear Facilities The life and interests of Russia’s closed cities (ZATOs, using the Russian acronym) revolve around nuclear facilities, as the cities themselves were created for the sole purpose of supporting these facilities and the families of their employees. In the early and mid-1990s, both the facilities […]
Falling ‘victim’ to economic and democratic reform Northwest Russia, once the most militarized region, waits to be dismantled.
The regional influence on the Russian government’s ability to control, secure, and make safe nuclear weapons is multifaceted and complex.
Reports of Iraq’s missiles program face discrepancies as unilateral destruction of special warheads does not provide correct figures.
The extent of Iraq’s attempts at producing the nerve agent, VX, is the next priority.
Multiple investigations have discovered that Iraq had a centrally controlled mechanism tasked with concealing material and activity proscribed by Security Council resolutions.
UNSCOM seeks document from Iraqi side in order to have a full understanding of the way those weapons were conceived, produced and in some cases destroyed.
