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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.

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.

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.

Assessing Chinese Nonproliferation Policy: Progress, Problems and Issues for the United States

China has made gradual progress in its nonproliferation policy over the last decade.

Fissile Material Trafficking in the Newly Independent States (NIS) 1991-2001

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there have been frequent reports of illicit trafficking in fissile materials from the Newly Independent States (NIS).

Terrorist Attacks on America: Questions and Answers from CNS Specialists

Do the World Trade Center and Pentagon bombings represent a major US intelligence failure? Reply prepared by Dr. Phillip Saunders, Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Program By definition these attacks represent an intelligence failure, because the intelligence and law enforcement communities did not provide advance warning that they were coming. That said, it is extremely difficult […]