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This report discusses measures to stop the spread of nuclear weapons to more countries and non-state terrorist and criminal organizations. The members of the study group call for the establishment of ...chevron_right

The idea for a treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to more countries was supported unanimously by the UN General Assembly in 1961. At that time, only Britain, France, the Soviet Union and ...chevron_right

In this work, the authors probe the current understanding of degradation of biological weapons agents in the environment and investigate its implications for terrorism response. In Section 2,they summ...chevron_right

Taken alone, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina does not reveal much about the capacity of the federal government to address the usual disasters that occur each year, but it does point to the limits o...chevron_right

The nuclear nonproliferation regime has come under attack from a group of academics and policy- makers who argue that traditional tools such as export controls, diplomatic pressure, arms control agree...chevron_right

Let P be a naturally labelled, ranked (graded) poset of rank r and cardinality n. Let Hk be the set of linear extensions of P with k descents. An explicit bijection between Hk and Hn−1−r−k is construc...chevron_right

On June 16, 2002, Dennis Pluchinsky, a senior intelligence analyst at the U.S. Department of State, wrote an article in the Washington Post calling for censorship. The article began, "I accuse the med...chevron_right

In this report, we examine the issue framed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) in its Condition Seven of the STARTI Resolution of Ratification. Condition Seven required the President to ...chevron_right

This article will look at why this language qualifying the “right to withdraw” from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was included in the treaty, and, how it was intended to limit or condition that r...chevron_right

This paper discusses the role of economic incentives in securing cyberspace. The authors argue that a policy for cybersecurity based on market forces is appropriate and unavoidable. They stress that t...chevron_right

This paper summarizes a hearing on the results of a study on the US-VISIT program. It analyzes the ability of the program to accurately match the fingerprints of visitors at ports of entry against a w...chevron_right

In the late winter of 2003, a number of livestock animals in the Midwest were poisoned due the accidental contamination of a popular commercial feed with a lethal additive. Although all the evidence i...chevron_right

These remarks focus on the strategic considerations for the US to prevent the use of nuclear warheads against American and other cities, whether committed by states or terrorist groups. The author emp...chevron_right

This paper summarizes a workshop on nuclear weapons and stability in South Asia. Key insights include the need for the US to ensure that India and Pakistan become responsible nuclear powers and emphas...chevron_right

Normal Accidents' growing influence since 1984 on social science scholarship and across academic, business and governmental disciplines was not accidental. The author intends to shake up the study of ...chevron_right