Chronology of Aum Shinrikyo’s CBW Activities

On March 20, 1995, five members of the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth) boarded subway trains in Tokyo, Japan, and released the deadly chemical nerve agent sarin.

The G-8 Global Partnership and the Gleneagles Summit

June 30, 2005 Testimony of Leonard S. Spector Deputy Director Center for Nonproliferation Studies Monterey Institute of International Studies US House of Representatives Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation It is a great privilege to testify before the Subcommittee this afternoon. My colleagues at the Monterey Institute Center for Nonproliferation Studies […]

Previewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Conference

Addressing compliance, outdated safeguards and other key issues will meet the core challenges from the treaty’s inherent deficiencies.

Kyrgyzstan Government Ousted

An announcement on national television was made stating the Prime Minister & the entire government resigned.

CNS Alumni Photos: 2001

CNS Alumni CNS Alumni | 2007 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 1999 May 2001 Graduates                                                                 December 2001 […]

Art or Bioterrorism? The Implications of the Kurtz Case

Margaret E. Kosal, PhD July 27, 2004 One spring morning, Professor Steven Kurtz of the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo campus, woke to the horrid discovery that his wife of 20 years had died overnight from a cardiac arrest. He called 9-1-1. Paramedics arriving at the Kurtz home noticed technical equipment that would […]

The Global Partnership and Submarine Dismantlement

The state of dismantlement efforts and recommendations.

Military Exercises in Russia

Naval deterrence failures are compensated by strategic rocket success.

“Suitcase Nukes:” Permanently Lost Luggage

Nikolai Sokov February 13, 2004 View “Suitcase Nukes:” A Reassessment On February 8, a London-based Arab newspaper, Al-Hayat, reported that in 1998, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda had bought nuclear weapons from Ukraine using the services of a Ukrainian scientist, whose first name was Viktor. Multiple news sources immediately linked this story to the 1997 statement by […]

Russian Submarine Dismantlement Issues

Assistance needs to be coordinated to avoid duplicating, delaying or missing tasks.