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This article grew out of a week-long study in August 2002 to assist ongoing efforts inside and outside the government to remedy some vulnerabilities of the international shipping system on which US an...chevron_right

In March 1963, President John F. Kennedy told the American people that he was haunted by the prospect of '15 or 20' nuclear powers by 1975. Come that year, in a world with still only six nuclear state...chevron_right

Human cooperation remains a puzzle because it persists even in contexts where traditional theories predict it should not do so (i.e. among unrelated strangers, who never meet again and where reputatio...chevron_right

George W. Bush and his administration came into office with a self-consciously realist orientation in foreign policy. The president and his advisers derided the Clinton administration’s multilateralis...chevron_right

The dominant (though contested) wisdom among international relations scholars is that military officers tend to be more cautious than their civilian counterparts about initiating the use of force. Sob...chevron_right

In this article the authors explore, to the extent possible from sources in the open literature, the interactions among the DPRK, Iranian, Libyan, and Pakistani nuclear technologies, weapons, and miss...chevron_right

Fifty years ago, US President Dwight Eisenhower unveiled the Atoms for Peace program. In a widely noted speech to the United Nations (UN), he called on the United States and other nations to "make joi...chevron_right

Boost-phase ballistic missile defense is alluring because rocket boosters are easy to detect and track, they are relatively vulnerable due to the large axial loads on a missile under powered flight, t...chevron_right

This paper examines the possibility of cooperation in missile defense in the context of joint US-Russian projects. The author concludes that the area of missile defense is one of the least favorable f...chevron_right

The September 11 terrorist attacks demonstrated that the technical competence, available resources, level of preparation and suicidal determination of contemporary terrorist groups like al Qaeda have ...chevron_right

This paper summarizes the findings of a workshop held at Stanford University in June 2003 on the intelligence problems the US faces in the areas of terrorism and nuclear proliferation. A key insight o...chevron_right

This paper argues that after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, better international regimes to control nuclear weapons are essential to tame the nuclear menace. The author particularly sugge...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the nature of the two-way coercion between India and Pakistan since 1989 and the international environment that influences it. The author examines the sub-conventional fighting in ...chevron_right

This working paper examines US nuclear strategy during the administration of George W Bush. The author argues that this administration has made the most fundamental adjustments to US nuclear strategy ...chevron_right

At a time of growing concern over threats of terrorism, the security of nuclear and radioactive material is an urgent and serious issue. Working with a range of partners, the IAEA has put into place a...chevron_right