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March 3, 2014 
International Nuclear Safeguards Policy
One-Week Tuition-Free Intensive Course and Paid Summer Internships
Deadline to apply: March 7, 2014
Course dates: June 2-6, 2014

 

The Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), in support of the U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration's Next Generation Safeguards Initiative, are pleased to announce a one-week, tuition-free, intensive course on international nuclear safeguards policy in Monterey, CA, and up to six paid summer internships at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA.

 

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Public Policy & Nuclear Threats Boot Camp
IGCC Still Accepting Applications
July 6-16, 2014
UC San Diego

The Public Policy & Nuclear Threats Boot Camp is a multidisciplinary approach to bridging science and public policy. Join professionals, graduate and PhD students, and postdocs for 10 days of lectures, discussion, and simulation exercises with nuclear science and policy experts from academia, national labs, government, and international organizations. 

 

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Pakistani Leaders to Retain Nuclear-Arms Authority in Crises: Senior Official 

Elaine M. Grossman, Global Security Newswire

February 27, 2014


Pakistan's top leaders would not delegate advance authority over nuclear arms to unit commanders, even in the event of crisis with India, a senior official says.  

 
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U.N. Nuclear Agency Opted Against Sensitive Iran 
Report - Sources
Fredrik Dahl and Louis Charbonneau, Reuters
February 27, 2014

 

The U.N. nuclear watchdog planned a major report onIran that might have revealed more of its suspected atomic bomb research, but held off as Tehran's relations with the outside world thawed, sources familiar with the matter said. 

 

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The Dangerous Degradation of the US Nuclear Arsenal
Michael Auslin, Forbes
February 27, 2014

Nuclear war seems so passe. The Soviet Union collapsed nearly a quarter-century ago. The war in the shadows of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism has defined a generation of combat. Yet earlier this month, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel convened the nation's senior military leaders for an emergency meeting on America's nuclear force. Firings, cheating and drug scandals, and continued inspection failures have resulted in a crisis for what once was the symbol of U.S. strength. 

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Iran Seen Resuming Work at Suspect Military Base
Diane Barnes, Global Security Newswire
February 26, 2014

Iran has resumed activities at an installation believed by some specialists to have housed nuclear-arms studies, says a Washington analytical group.
 
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