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Unilateral Destruction

Iraq’s unilateral destruction creates problems for Special Commission’s verification process.

Pilot Course on International Nuclear Safeguards Policy in Monterey

Focuses on the following topics:

Preconditions for a NWFZ in the Middle East

Meeting report with agenda and discussion of possible future sessions.

Promoting Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education

Seminar promoting disarmament and nonproliferation education held for the first time as a side event to the NPT PrepCom.

Al-Jihad al-Islami

While all of al-Jihad’s armed operations occurred in Egypt, the group placed operatives in the throughout the Middle East and Western Europe.

CNS Researcher Speaks on Nuclear Terrorism at Russian Duma

Overview of the international seminar on Countering Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism.

An Alleged “Nuclear Device” in Western Kazakhstan Is a Non-Nuclear Installation

A Kazakh parliamentarian announced Kazakhstan still possessed a nuclear explosive device. However, the device is actually a research installation for high-pressure physics experiments.

Space Weapons: Then and Now

Commentary based on the article Theresa Hitchens of the Center for Defense Information and Michael Katz-Hyman of The Henry L. Stimson Center.

The Promise and Potential Risks of Synthetic Biology

Luncheon briefing on synthetic biology featuring Dr. Raymond Zilinskas with Amy E. Smithson offering feedback and commentary.

CNS article

[RUSSIAN] The Process of Nuclear Arms Reduction and Arms Control in US-Russian Relations

A monograph published in Russia by A. Dyakov, Yevgeni Myasnikov, and Nikolai Sokov. [In Russian]