US Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation: Is There a Link?
Matthew Kroenig, Journal of Peace Research
March 2016
In his latest research article, Matthew Kroenig challenges the idea that the US nuclear posture has a significant bearing on the proliferation and nonproliferation behavior of other states. Kroenig is an associate professor in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a senior fellow in the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at The Atlantic Council. He was a member of the first cohort of IGCC's Public Policy and Nuclear Threats fellows in 2003.
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Why Analysts Aren't Laughing at These Silly North Korean Photos
March 23, 2016
Over the past few months, the experts have pretty much stopped laughing. That's because North Korea has undertaken an unusual number of tests in the first quarter of 2016, everything from detonating a nuclear bomb underground to launching a satellite on a rocket that could be converted to a ballistic missile.
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Doctored Strangelove: Staged Photographs Are Combed for Clues
March 19, 2016
North Korea puts out more propaganda imagery than ever.
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Nukes They Can Use? The Danger of North Korea Going Tactical
March 15, 2016
On March 2, 2016, Kim Jong Un gave direction to the military to "get the nuclear warheads deployed for national defense always on standby so as to be fired at any moment."
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North Korea Claims to Have Nuclear Warheads That Can Fit on Missiles
March 10, 2016
The report comes after the country reported a successful test of what it said was a hydrogen bomb in February and as tensions on the peninsula remain high as joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises take place.
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New Siberian Nuclear Fuel Production Unit Is World's First of Its Kind
Henry Kennett, Russia Beyond The Headlines
March 21, 2016
An intergovernmental agreement between Russia and the U.S. to convert weapons-grade plutonium into mixed-oxide nuclear fuel has resulted in the construction of a new production unit in Siberia.
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The Urals Smithery that Became a Forge for Russia's Nuclear Shield
Alexander Vershinin, Russia Beyond The Headlines
The Votkinsk Plant, located deep in Russia's Ural Mountains, has been producing arms since the 18th century. In just under 250 years it has grown from a blacksmith and foundry into the producer of the whole range of Russia's intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Tehran, Vienna and Israel's Nuclear Strategy
Louis René Beres, The Hill
March 17, 2016
Agreements will not save Israel from Iranian progress on nuclear weapons.
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New Report: Mitigating the Strategic Consequences of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
March 2016
Iran is quickly becoming a growing threat under nuclear deal, according to the Iran Strategy Council.
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China's Plant to Recycle Nuclear Fuel Raise Concerns
Brian Spegele, The Wall Street Journal
March 17, 2016
U.S. energy secretary airs worries about proliferation risks ahead of nuclear-security summit
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ARMS CONTROL AND DETERRENCE
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Change the Incentives: Stigmatize Nuclear Weapons
Kjolv Egeland, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
March 15, 2016
According to mainstream international relations theory, states build nuclear weapons because they need them for security, particularly to counter the capabilities of beefy adversaries.
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Opinion:
Multilateral Nuclear Nonproliferation Efforts
Shermineh Esmati, IndraStra
March 19, 2016
Today the greatest challenges to the multilateral efforts against nuclear warfare is with North Korea and a volatile Middle East.
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Carter Open to DoD-wide Nuclear Weapons Fund
Aaron Mehta, Defense News
March 18, 2016
For the first time, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has shown public support for the idea of a national nuclear modernization fund, one which would cover all three legs of the nuclear triad.
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The March 2016 Nuclear Security Summit
Mary Beth D. Nikitin, Congressional Research Service Insight
The goal of the NSS was to focus global attention at the highest level of government on the threat of nuclear terrorism.
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A Race Between Cooperation and Catastrophe: The Need to Sustain Momentum on Nuclear Security
Sam Nunn, Nuclear Threat Initiative Nuclear Security Index
March 10, 2016
Six years ago, President Obama hosted the first Nuclear Security Summit for world leaders to begin to collectively to address the threat posed by vulnerable weapons-usable nuclear materials. Today, as they prepare for their fourth and likely final summit, leaders have good reason to be proud of their achievements, both in practical steps taken and in raising greater awareness about the risk.
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Report from the Project on Managing the Atom: Preventing Nuclear Terrorism Continuous Improvement or Dangerous Decline
Matthew Bunn, Martin B. Malin, Nickolas Roth, and William H. Tobey; Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
March 2016
The risk of nuclear terrorism remains very real. Measures to secure nuclear weapons and the materials needed to make them are the most effective tools for reducing this risk.
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Leonard Hyman and William Tilles, USA Today
March 15, 2016
Five years after a devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident at Fukushima that killed thousands and displaced many more, the Japanese are still cleaning up, people still cannot return to their homes and, possibly the least important statistic, Tokyo Electric Power's shares sell at one quarter of the pre-accident price.
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Researchers Crack 50-Year-Old Nuclear Waste Problem
Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica
March 17, 2016
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have cracked a 50-year-old nuclear waste problem that will make nuclear storage much safer moving forward.
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