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OP#08: After 9/11: Preventing Mass-Destruction Terrorism and Weapons Proliferation

Occasional Paper #8: A collection of papers examining the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, and analyzing U.S. and international responses to 9/11. They also propose measures to avert terrorism and to reduce mass-destruction threats to U.S. and international security.

Major Conventional Terrorist Incidents: 1980s to 2000

List of significant conventional terrorist incidents from 1980-2000 seeks to provide context for the terrorist attacks conducted on September 11, 2001.

Controversy Nuclear Testing

Renewed US-Russian Controversy over Nuclear Testing

Increased transparency measures are needed of both countries.

UN Study on Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education Presented to the General Assembly

The UN study is the latest result of more than two decades of UN efforts for promoting disarmament education.

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Bulgaria Reaffirms Plan to Destroy SS-23 Missiles

A rejection of Bulgaria’s bid to join NATO might create anti-Western sentiments.

Excerpts from Opening Statements to the NPT 2002 PrepCom

Excerpts arranged by subject.

NPT 2002 Preparatory Committee Concludes

Report on the First Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) to the 2005 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference.

Public Finance in the Closed Cities of Russia

The system of closed nuclear cities has fiscally weakened Russia’s ability to become a true federation.

2002 Workshop on Russian Nuclear Regionalism and US Policy

The research teams presented findings and recommendations on US nonproliferation programs that focus on regional facilities.

Nuclear Regionalism in the Russian Far East

The entire area has many difficulties in common but the way each deals with them varies.