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Lulling and Stifling
Michael Krepon, Arms Control Wonk
October 20, 2014
A standard hawkish critique of the practice of arms control and the pursuit of nuclear disarmament is that treaties pave the way to perdition. It's senseless, in this view, to seek to override divergent national interests and political cultures. Arms control and reduction initiatives are not only doomed to fail, but also weaken America's ability to respond once failure is evident, lulling the nation into weakness, a false sense of security and unpreparedness.
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Hitting the Sweet Spot: How Many Iranian Centrifuges?
Ariane Tabatabai, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
October 27, 2014
With the deadline for a comprehensive nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, and Germany) right around the corner, the negotiating parties are starting to reveal more of their cards in hopes of striking a deal. Along with the creative solutions that the West has put on the table, there are now reports about it showing more flexibility on what remains the talks' key sticking point: enrichment.
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Human Rights Abuses in North Korea's Nuclear Program
Shin Chang-Hoon, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
The contents of this issue brief are taken directly without modification from the transcript of testimony by SHIN Chang-Hoon before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on 18 June 2014.
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Announcing: The Council for Foreign Relations Fellowships
The Council on Foreign Relations' (CFR) Fellowship Program offers unique opportunities for mid-career professionals focusing on international relations. The program affords fellows the opportunity to broaden their perspective of foreign affairs and to pursue proposed research, with a placement at either CFR or another institution in New York City or Washington, DC.
Fellows are recruited year-round. The duration of each fellowship is generally twelve months. The program awards a stipend, which varies with each fellowship. Fellows are considered independent contractors rather than employees of CFR.
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Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering WMD (PASCC) Semiannual Conference to Present new PASCC Research
This half-day workshop will highlight PASCC research on nuclear, chemical, and biological threats as well as on new challenges in strategic relations with China and Russia. Workshop speakers will present their findings from ongoing and recently completed research projects and international workshops.
Date: Friday, December 5, 2014
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
Please email pascc@nps.edu to RSVP.
For a complete agenda, list of speakers, and information about their research, please visit our event website at by clicking here.
PASCC is sponsored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and directed by the Center on Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School. This conference is hosted in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). This is a U.S. Government-hosted event. There is no charge to attend.
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Update on the Site of the Alleged Explosion at the Parchin Military Complex
David Albright, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
Institute for Science at International Security
October 21, 2014
On October 8, 2014, ISIS published an Imagery Brief showing the possible location of an alleged explosion or fire that took place at the Parchin military complex on Sunday, October 5, 2014. Since then, ISIS has purchased and analyzed new commercial satellite imagery in order to better assess the correctness of the location of the incident and the extent of the damage.
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Nuclear Weapons:
Some Actions Have Been Taken to Address Challenges with the Uranium Processing Facility Design
David C. Trimble, US Government Accountability Office
October 10, 2014
In January 2013, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) completed a review to identify the factors that contributed to the space/fit issue with the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF), and identified a number of factors within both NNSA and the contractor managing the UPF design at that time. NNSA's review identified shortcomings in 1) federal oversight of the project, 2) design integration, 3) communications, and 4) the UPF contractor's management processes and procedures. For example, NNSA determined that it did not have adequate federal staff to perform effective oversight of the project, and that the design inputs for the computer model the contractor used to allocate and track space utilization within the facility were not well integrated. NNSA also found that communications shortcomings occurred because the contractor did not always provide timely notification to the NNSA project office of emerging concerns, and that the contractor's management processes and procedures did not formally identify, evaluate, or act on technical concerns in a timely manner.
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Presentation: The Evolution of Safety
Peter S. Winokur, Ph.D., Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
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North Korea Closer to Building Nuclear Missile, Pentagon Says
Felicia Schwartz, The Wall Street Journal
October 2014
North Korea probably has the capability to produce a nuclear warhead that could be mounted on a rocket, a top U.S. commander said Friday, moving it closer to building a nuclear missile.
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