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A New Foundation for the Nuclear Enterprise
Report of the Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise
November 2014
The Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise was tasked by the U.S. Congress to examine the mission, organization, and management of this enterprise and consider alternative governance models. The panel notes from the outset that there is no question as to the efficacy of the nuclear deterrent for the foreseeable future. The nuclear stockpile is safe, secure, and reliable, and the quality of science and research is undiminished. However, the panel finds that the existing governance structures and many of the practices of the enterprise are inefficient and ineffective, thereby putting the entire enterprise at risk over the long term. These problems have not occurred overnight; they are the result of decades of neglect. This is in spite of the efforts of many capable and dedicated people who must nonetheless function within the confines of a dysfunctional system.
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Make Disarmament a 'Global Enterprise'
Daryl G. Kimball, Arms Control Association
December 2014
The global nuclear disarmament and risk reduction enterprise is at yet another important crossroads. Nearly five years after the successful 2010 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, follow-through on the consensus action plan, particularly the 22 interrelated disarmament steps, has been very disappointing.
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Dianne Feinstein: America's Nuclear Arsenal is Unnecessarily and Unsustainably Large
Dianne Feinstein, The Washington Post
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were mired in an arms race. The antagonism led each side to stockpile more than 30,000 nuclear weapons to prevent the other from gaining an advantage.
Today, however, nuclear weapons are seen as a financial burden and a threat to global security...
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Why Nuclear Superiority Matters for Compellence
Matthew Kroenig, Miriam Krieger, and Hans Noel, The Washington Post
December 3, 2014
As diplomats work on a comprehensive nuclear deal to keep Iran from the bomb, Russia's nuclear saber rattles in ways not seen since the 1980s, and North Korea, China, India and Pakistan expand and modernize their nuclear arsenals, the role of nuclear weapons is returning to the center of both foreign policy and scholarly debates. Some of the most basic questions both groups would like to answer include: Do nuclear weapons matter? More specifically, can countries use nuclear weapons to deter and compel adversaries short of launching a nuclear attack? And, finally, does nuclear superiority, an advantage in the size and sophistication of a nuclear arsenal relative to that of an opponent, provide a coercive edge?
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New Nuclear Detection Technology Set to Thwart Development of 'Dirty Bombs'
Phil Rood, The Engineer
December 12, 2014
A new nuclear detection technology is set to provide ports and customs authorities with a cheaper and more efficient method of countering terrorists seeking to smuggle materials such as uranium, plutonium or radiological components for 'dirty bombs.'
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