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International Trade Flows: Understanding the Details

Monday, October 19, 2009

Regulation and monitoring of transnational commerce is a tough business, particularly as the global market becomes ever more interconnected. The nonproliferation regime depends on strict regulations, while economic growth (and competitiveness) requires relative lenience. Two recent studies are described below as examples of the attention currently being given to transnational commerce. Each presents a unique [...]

biotechnology, international trade, nonproliferation

A Tactical Nuclear Primer

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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Introduction There is never much attention directed at one of the elusive beasts of the nuclear policy debate: nonstrategic (tactical) nuclear weapons. Eventually, policy-makers and diplomats will need to officially bring this ‘class’ of nuclear weaponry into the arms control fold. Crafting a comprehensive understanding and practical methodology for doing so will be an unprecedented challenge.

disarmament, nonproliferation, nonstrategic nuclear weapons

India and Pakistan in the Limelight, and the Lesson of ElBaradei’s Support for the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Partnership

Friday, August 28, 2009

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Over the past couple of weeks, India and Pakistan have come into the nuclear limelight. Iran and North Korea have become staples to be expected almost daily. The U.S. and Russia are veteran role players that come as no surprise when featured in nuclear media. China seems to get involved regularly on the nuclear media [...]

ElBaradei, nonproliferation, nuclear cooperation

Vulnerabilities in the Disarmament Agenda

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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Balancing Short-term and Long-term Thinking on the Road to Global Zero In the eyes of many, an ultimate goal of “global zero” seems to be a premature pipe dream that ignores the geopolitical realities of the world. Talk is cheap and easy to come by in reaction to the goal of global zero, and the ease [...]

deterrence, disarmament, nonproliferation, Nuclear Posture Review, RRW, Strategic Posture Commission

Revisiting the Nuclear North-South Divide

Monday, August 17, 2009

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The Oft-Neglected North-South Divide in International Nuclear Issues International nuclear policy-makers must better heed developmental politics. By developmental politics, I refer to the economic disparity between the developed and the developing nations, and the political tensions between these two sides resulting from that disparity. This may also be referred to as the politics of inequality or [...]

Amano, ElBaradei, IAEA, iran, nonproliferation, north-south divide, NPT, nuclear weapons