Publications

This paper examines the degree of security required to counter computer-related risks. After discussing the deficiencies of the first and second generation approaches of computer security risk models,...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the impact of global warming as well as of international instruments such as those generated by the Kyoto Protocol on development and structural changes in the electricity sector o...chevron_right

This report identifies the main components of the US military enlargement strategy and outlines the arguments for nuclear weapons of various states. The author explains how the US enlargement strategy...chevron_right

In light of the stalemate in the US-Russian nuclear reduction process, the author of this publication examines the motivation for the two nuclear superpowers to conduct nuclear reductions. He explores...chevron_right

States threaten to use nuclear weapons in retaliation for an adversary's use of chemical or biological weapons? The US government has a clear policy on this matter: it is deliberately unclear about it...chevron_right

The break-up of the Soviet Union resulted in conditions that focused attention on the possible risk of "loose nukes." But the risk from insecure nuclear materials is not limited to the former Soviet U...chevron_right

This publication summarizes the debates conducted during a Stanford University conference on geopolitical issues in the Caspian Basin region in May 1999. Academics, policymakers and energy executives ...chevron_right

This report summarizes presentations given by US and Russian experts at a Moscow conference discussing key issues in the US-Russian security relationship. The issues discussed include non-proliferatio...chevron_right

This paper discusses the effects of several developments on the review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 2000, among them the impact of Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons testing, the...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the commercialization of Soviet and Russian military technology in cooperation with US companies. The publication consists primarily of case studies of several companies and instit...chevron_right

The author of this paper proposes what he calls the Nuclear Weapons Control Treaty (NWCT). Such a treaty would emphasize the control of nuclear weapons rather than disarmament and would highlight prot...chevron_right

This publication gives an overview over the issues reviewed and opinions voiced at a conference entitled "Sharing Information and Exploring Collaborative Opportunities," held in December 1998. A cross...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the motivations and strategic intentions of India and Pakistan to conduct nuclear tests in 1998. The author draws upon Chinese sources to conduct his study and includes an assessme...chevron_right

This study briefly reviews the history of China's recurrent efforts to create a modern air force and addresses two principal questions. Why did those efforts, which repeatedly enjoyed a high priority,...chevron_right

This paper discusses the levels of national and theater missile defense that might pose a realistic threat to the strategic nuclear forces of the major nuclear powers, thereby undermining strategic st...chevron_right