Click here to access a PDF of this report. Mar 27, 2019 AUTHOR: Henry Sokolski Improving the Role of Intelligence in Counterproliferation Policymaking: Report of the “Speaking Truth to Nonproliferation Project,” 2018 By Henry Sokolski March 2019 This report is the culmination of a two-year project sponsored...
As the Trump Administration prepares to negotiate with North Korea, a question has arisen as to what model Washington should follow. National Security Advisor John Bolton has suggested that the Libyan nuclear case represents the best example to emulate. Given the violence Libya suffered after...
Catch up on the history, law, and most recent developments regarding Saudi Arabia’s civilian nuclear program and a possible US nuclear cooperative agreement. May 25, 2018 Saudi Nuclear Reader I. Overviews 1. May 24, 2018: Letter to Congress on Nuclear Cooperation with Saudi Arabia 2....
With the Trump Administration’s announcement last fall that it intended to negotiate a civil nuclear cooperative agreement with Saudi Arabia, a debate has ensued over how restrictive any such agreement should be over the enrichment of uranium and the reprocessing of plutonium. These nuclear activities...
Dr. Gilinsky — a Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner during the Ford, Carter and Reagan Administrations — co-authored this report with Marvin Miller and Harmon Hubbard in October 2004. The report’s larger argument was recently cited in Bret Stephen’s column, “Giving Iran the Bomb” (Wall Street Journal, October 31,...
NPEC Working Paper 1602, “The Nuclear Terrorism Threat: How Real Is It?” presents two opposed views on the threat of nuclear terrorism. Brian M. Jenkins, a Rand analyst and a leading expert on nuclear terrorism, argues that the threat is overblown. John Lauder, former director...
NPEC Working Paper 1601, “How Dark Might East Asia’s Nuclear Future Be?” contains detailed projections of what the future holds for a more nuclear-armed China, Japan, North Korea and South Korea. None are predictions. The volume’s purpose is to encourage deeper debate about the security...
National Defense University’s Shane Smith gives the big picture on North Korea’s nuclear ambitions in a piece commissioned by the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. Jan 06, 2016AUTHOR: Shane Smith Alternative North Korean Nuclear Futures Shane SmithCenter for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense...
Recently, NPEC commissioned a series of major studies to explore how technologically feasible and quick nuclear weapons proliferation in East Asia might be. The studies on Japan and South Korea are showcased below. May 05, 2015AUTHOR: Ian Easton & Charles Ferguson America’s security alliances with...
As the November negotiating deadline to reach a final agreement over Iranian uranium enrichment and plutonium production approaches, it’s not too soon to consider just how well the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can safeguard any agreement that might be reached. The question is even...
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