North Korea and the Incident in the Syrian Desert

By Daryl G. Kimball


The six-party process is imperfect but invaluable because it provides needed leverage to snuff out North Korea's proliferation activities.

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Should Israel Close Dimona? The Radiological Consequences of a Military Strike on Israel's Plutonium-Production Reactor

By Bennett Ramberg


Today, multiple factors may drive Israel's adversaries to hit the plant: its perceived centrality to Israel's nuclear weapons program, revenge for Israeli strikes on neighboring states, Dimona's symbolic significance as one of the Jewish state's most valued assets, and, most disturbingly, an attack to intentionally release the radioactive contents of the plant as a weapon of war or terrorism.

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Verifying Nuclear Disarmament: The Inspector's Agenda

By Andreas Persbo and Marius Bjorningstad


One thing is relatively certain: the difficulties of verifying nuclear disarmament will correspond with the complexity of the disarmament commitment.

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The Trilateral Initiative: A Model For The Future?

By Thomas E. Shea


Those seeking to design a system for verifying the dismantlement of nuclear weapons do not have to start form a blank slate.

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The EU's Nonproliferation Efforts: Limited Success

By Oliver Meier


Leadership changes in the U.S. and streamlining of the EU's foreign policy bureaucracy offer the prospect that Brussels could come closer to the goals the EU set for itself five years ago.  Yet, there is widespread skepticism that these opportunities will be seized.

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