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December 2008/
January 2009 Issue . . . |
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| This commentary discusses first the hotly debated impact of attitudes and policies of nuclear weapon states on the nuclear nonproliferation regime centered around the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty . . . view article |
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| Almost all the proliferation or arms control events that I have ever attended have concluded with a ritual call for new "out-of-the-box” thinking. It is from this perspective that I have prepared this commentary . . . view article |
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| Synthetic Biology and Security – A European Perspective |
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Synthetic biology is an emerging discipline within the life sciences that raises a number of difficult security issues, primarily whether the technology will enable the recreation of extinct viruses or the modification of existing pathogens to increase their virulence.
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| Recent Events Suggest Cyber Warfare Can Become New Threat |
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In the recently released quadrennial strategic forecasting report Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World, the National Intelligence Council identifies the “growing use of cyber warfare attacks” as one of the factors that “will constrict U.S. freedom of action”.
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| Amid Growing Hopes for the Future, Turkish Nuclear Energy Ambitions Suffer Setback |
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On September 24, 2008, Turkish officials announced the results of a much anticipated tender to build the country’s first nuclear power plant. The outcome, however, was a disappointment for Turkey’s pro-nuclear government . . . view article |
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| Obama’s Election Spurs Global Hopes for CTBT Ratification, but Tough Questions Remain |
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The election of Barack Obama as the next U.S. president has increased global expectations that the United States will ratify the CTBT and thereby impart new momentum to the decades-long campaign to ban all nuclear weapons testing . . . view article |
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| The U.S.-India 123 Agreement: Indian Perspectives on the NSG Approval and Significance of the Deal |
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On September 6, 2008 the Nuclear Suppliers Group overturned a 34-year old ban against nuclear trade with India and approved the U.S.-India nuclear trade agreement. But the deal was not without its domestic critics . . . view article |
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