Cooperative threat reduction for a new era / James E. Goodby [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Goodby, James E.

National Defense University. Center for Technology and National Security Policy

Series:

Defense & technology papers ; no. 4.

Defense & technology papers ; no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear weapons--Security measures.

Nuclear weapons.

Interagency coordination.

Intergovernmental cooperation.

Nuclear weapons--Safety measures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, [2004]

Summary:

Argues for joint efforts and reform in the antiproliferation field, including enhanced interagency coordination and intergovernmental cooperation and a global approach to securing nuclear weapons and fissile material to prevent illicit nuclear weapons programs, trafficking, and terrorism.

Contents:

Introduction to cooperative threat reduction

CTR : a brief history

HEU terrorism

CTR budgets

Priority tasks for CTR in Russia and obstacles hindering their completion

Applying CTR techniques in de factor nuclear weapon states

Applying CTR techniques in the cases of former noncooperative states

Considering CTR techniques in the cases of noncooperative proliferators

Sources of HEU and global threat reduction : category 5

Expansion of global threat reduction

Conclusion : an international imperative.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 8, 2009).

Series from web site.

"September 2004."

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Paper version: Cooperative threat reduction for a new era.

OCLC:

373874079