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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"weapons program"”.
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The evolution of China’s nuclear weapons program and doctrine and its implications for international security
… policies are changing. This includes its nuclear weapons program and nuclear deterrent policy, viewed as a critical guarantor of Beijing’s security and a tool that supports its growing regional and global interests. China’s evolving nuclear program and doctrine have multidimensional implications. …
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Modeling the technical means to produce nuclear weapons for providing accurate decision-making timetables
… deficiency exists despite the need to improve programmatic assessments of states that likely pose a risk of developing nuclear weapons. Modeling can help the end-user estimate the probable time required for a given state to complete a nuclear weapons program. This is highly attractive feature …
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Mapping and analyzing nuclear weapons programs development
… their relationship to the development of nuclear weapons was conducted in order to provide a better understanding of the intention of a state in the creation of an internal nuclear program. An analysis of countries that have developed nuclear weapons and countries that have not was conducted. …
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Testing the nuclear will of Japan
… Japan's previous attempts to develop a nuclear weapons program, looking at the political, economic/technological, and social factors that each time produced a non-nuclear state. The intention of the historical analysis is to provide a comprehensive understanding of how and why such critical …
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Negotiation strategies in American-North Korean nuclear talks, 1992-2013
… to dissuade the nation from developing its weapons program -- but every resolution has been temporary at best. We focus on the United States' negotiation strategy and attempt to uncover inconsistencies between it and the material facts of the North Korean situation. The historical record of …
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Follow the Money: Targeted Financial Measures to Counter Nuclear Proliferation
… to counter the illicit finance of nuclear weapons proliferation. This paper describes and analyzes how the United States has developed and implemented targeted financial measures. This paper also details how Iran and North Korea have been able to undermine targeted financial measures to …
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Nuclear non-proliferation regime effectiveness : an integrated methodology for analyzing highly enriched uranium production scenarios at gas centrifuge enrichment plants
… Enrichment Technology (GCET)- based nuclear weapons program has imposed a great challenge on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) regime. In this context, this study tried to answer two questions: (a) what is the probability of proliferators successfully producing Highly Enriched Uranium …
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Arenavirus Attenuation Mechanisms
… of arenaviruses as part of their offensive weapons program (Alibek and Handelman, 1999). Junín virus, the etiological agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF), causes up to 30% mortality in humans and is considered a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) Category A …
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Strengthening the nonproliferation regime : using case studies to determine the potential of multilateral arrangements
… of nuclear technology and the spread of nuclear weapons. As small nuclear power programs expand and new states introduce nuclear power into their electricity grid, states must decide whether or not to develop indigenous enrichment and reprocessing facilities that may be misused for a weapons …
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Tritium Matters: Constructing Nuclearity and Navigating Ambivalence of a Unique Material
… to both nuclear energy as a waste and nuclear weapons as a mechanism for dramatically increasing explosive yields. This versatile and powerful material operates at the technological nexus of two existential risks for humanity: climate change and nuclear weapons. I divide the history of tritium …
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Nuclear Proliferation in the 1990's: Implications for Uited States Army Contingency Planning
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The French Desire for Uranium and its Effects on French Foreign Policy in Africa
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