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JUNE 2009

Posted: June 22, 2009 Seminar VIDEO | Asia Pacific Regional Nuclear Fuel Cycle Approach: University of Tokyo Professors Jor-Shan Choi and Yusuke Kuno talk about an Asia Pacific regional approach for a future nuclear fuel cycle for civilian use.
North Korea and Beijing's day of Reckoning: The UN Security Council unanimously imposed stiffer sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test.; Jing-dong Yuan, for OpinionAsia.
Posted: June 18, 2009 Seminar VIDEO | The Role of Infrasound Detection in CTBT Verification: Bharath Gopalaswamy, Postdoctoral Associate, Peace Studies Program Cornell University.
Posted: June 17, 2009 Issue Brief START Process and Russian Strategic Force Modernization: Washington and Moscow are committed to an agreement that includes verification and additional reductions, but the degree of reductions remains unknown.; Nikita Perfilyev, an issue brief for the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Posted: June 8, 2009 Luncheon Briefing VIDEO | Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament: Potential roadblocks to success and how nuclear weapons fit into their national grand strategies.; Nikolai Sokov and Jing-Dong Yuan speak based on their Occasional Paper #15.
Panel Discussion VIDEO | Legal and Policy Implications of Ambiguous Rocket Launches: Learning from the North Korean case, panelists explore the rights and responsibilities of launching and overflown states.
Op-Ed Obama's China Policy Takes Shape: Engagement not confrontation is the essence of the approach.; Jing-dong Yuan, for the Asia Times.
Issue Brief Japan's Evolving Security Policies: Along Came North Korea's Threats: North Korea's actions have pushed Japanese defense policy toward a hard-line posture.; Masako Toki, an issue brief for the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

MAY 2009

Updated: May 27, 2009 Seminar VIDEO | Better Safe than Sorry: The Ironies of Living with the Bomb: Michael Krepon, co-founder of the Henry L. Stimson Center, talks about his most recent book: Better Safe than Sorry: the Ironies of Living with the Bomb and why there has not been another mushroom cloud since 1945.
May 7, 2009, Monterey, CA; Browse more videos on NukeTube.tv
Posted: May 26, 2009 Report from the NPT Preparatory Committee 2009: Details of the third and final preparatory committee (PrepCom) meeting for the 2010 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) review conference.; Miles A. Pomper wrote this Feature Story.
Posted: May 25, 2009 CNS Report: North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test [PDF]: On May 25, DPRK carried out its second nuclear test. International reaction has been swift. Initial reports point to a higher yield for this test than the first in 2006.; A Feature Story.
Posted: May 18, 2009 VIDEO | Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe: An overview of NATO's nuclear sharing agreements, historical overview, a look at their role today and if that could change.; A short interview with Miles Pomper, CNS Senior Research Associate.
VIDEO | The Situation in US Congress & CTBT Ratification: Overview of the present situation in the US Congress and how it affects the chances and approaches to ratifying the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty.; A short interview with Miles Pomper, CNS Senior Research Associate.
Eastern Europe's Nuclear Dilemma: To join the EU, several states agreed to phase out Soviet-era nuclear reactors, becoming more dependent on Russian natural gas supplies.; Miles Pomper, for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Posted: May 13, 2009 Malawi Ratifies the Pelindaba Treaty: The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty is one ratification away from entering into force.
Posted: May 7, 2009 Venezuela's Search for Nuclear Power — or Nuclear Prestige: It appears unlikely that Venezuela's nuclear alliances will result in nuclear proliferation.; Sarah J. Diehl wrote an issue brief for the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

APRIL 2009

Posted: April 30, 2009 Seven Questions: Hans Blix: Hans Blix is asked about some of today's most important security issues, including the Iranian nuclear dilemma and nuclear disarmament.; Johan Bergenäs interviews Dr. Hans Blix in Foreign Policy.
Israeli Perceptions Regarding Obama's Iran Policy Change: Many Israelis fear the more comprehensive Washington's talks with Tehran, the greater the chance that Jerusalem will be brought to the table to agree to painful concessions.; An issue brief by Liviu Horovitz with Sarah Poe for the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Posted: April 27, 2009 The North Korean Rocket Launch: International Reactions and Implications: In reaction to the UNSC condemnation of its rocket launch, North Korea pulled out of the six-party talks. The current crisis will be a serious challenge to regional stability.; A Feature Story.
Posted: April 17, 2009 VIDEO | New Speaker Video Added to NukeTube: The Future of US-Russian Arms Control with Dr. Alexander Pikayev Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russia.
VIDEO | New Speaker Video Added to NukeTube: Verifying the CTBT: Using seismological methods to study nuclear explosions and their implications.; Paul G. Richards, Ph.D. Mellon Professor of Natural Sciences Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, spoke at CNS on April 6, 2009.
Posted: April 14, 2009 2010: Time for a New Beginning [PDF]: CNS recently hosted a two-day diplomatic Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) workshop in Annecy, France, to identify lessons of recent PrepComs, address nonproliferation regime challenges, and discover how to define and achieve success.; A Feature Story.
Posted: April 8, 2009 North Korean Satellite Falls Short of Expectations: On April 5, North Korea carried out its planned launch of a satellite but the three-stage rocket used appears to have failed in the final stage.; A Feature Story by Dean Knox.
Posted: April 6, 2009 VIDEO | New Speaker Video Added to NukeTube: A Political History of Nuclear Weapons, 1938-2008 with Thomas C. Reed, co-author of The Nuclear Express, Former Secretary of the Air Force, who spoke at CNS on March 31, 2009.
China Gets Assertive As U.S. Ties Grow: Beijing is expressing concerns and demanding—tentatively—its core interests be protected.; An op-ed by Jing-dong Yuan for the Asia Times Online.
Posted: April 3, 2009 Japan's Response to the North Korean Satellite Launch: Japan has mobilizing its missile defense system for the first time in the country's history.; An article by Masako Toki for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Posted: April 1, 2009 Launch of North Korean "Communications Satellite" Draws Near, Raising Concerns of Regional Instability: The DPRK's plans to launch a satellite on a modified long-range missile have had a significant impact on regional threat perceptions.
A Feature Story by Dean Knox.

MARCH 2009

Posted: March 27, 2009 Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament: This new Occasional Paper analyzes the prevailing perspectives, bureaucratic players, & politics and provides recommendations on how to engage Beijing and Moscow on "the road to zero."
A Feature Story, Cristina Hansell and William C. Potter, Editors.
Posted: March 24, 2009 The 2009 NPT Briefing Book: The most comprehensive source of background and reference material on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and its associated regime is now available online.; Published by Mountbatten Centre for International Studies with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
Posted: March 19, 2009 Obama Hones Iran Strategy: The U.S. puts out "bigger sticks and carrots" to halt nuclear program.; An article by Leonard S. Spector for the Yale Global Online.
Posted: March 16, 2009 [UPDATED] Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Resources: Comprehensive coverage, with articles and documents by CNS, governmental officials, and researchers. Includes NPT Workshop reports.
Posted: March 9, 2008 New Speaker Video Added to NukeTube: Nuclear Security Spending: Assessing Costs, Examining Priorities; Stephen Schwartz, Editor of The Nonproliferation Review presents a Carnegie Endowment report on how much money the U.S. spends on everything related to nuclear weapons.
Posted: March 5, 2009 The Smallpox Destruction Debate: Could a Grand Bargain Settle the Issue?: Creative diplomacy is needed to end debate over the last known stocks of smallpox, preserved in repositories in Russia and the U.S.; An article by Jonathan B. Tucker for Arms Control Today.

FEBRUARY 2009

Posted: February 26, 2009 New U.S. Tone, Same Old Issues: For the first time in 50 years, a US Secretary of State's first trip abroad was to Asia, not Europe or the Middle East.
An op-ed by Jing-dong Yuan for the Asia Times Online.
Posted: February 23, 2009 Give Iran a Break: It is unfortunate that Iran receives equally harsh reaction to military missile tests and a peaceful satellite launch.
Liviu Horovitz and Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova wrote a letter to the editor of the International Herald Tribune.
Nonproliferation Review Volume 16.1: This issue's editor's note, contributors and correspondence are now available online.
Posted: February 20, 2009 Following Fatal Disaster, Russia Still Considering Submarine's Lease to India: An article by Anya Loukianova for WMD Insights.
Posted: February 18, 2009 The United States and the CTBT: Renewed Hope or Politics as Usual?: An Issue Brief by Sean Dunlop and Jean du Preez for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
New Speaker Video Added to NukeTube: Consolidation of Fissile Materials in Russia's Nuclear Complex with Pavel Podvig, Research Associate and Acting Associate Director for Research, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University.
Posted: February 13, 2009 New WMD Coordinator Has the Right Stuff, But Will He Have the Right Staff?: President Obama's new WMD Proliferation/ Terrorism Coordinator will watch over a vast array of activities. But whether he will be given the stature and staff to do the job right remains an open question.
A Feature Story by Anya Loukianova, Leonard Spector
Posted: February 9, 2009 The Nonproliferation Review March 2009: The table of contents for Volume 16.1 of this CNS journal is now available.
Posted: February 4, 2009 VIDEO: The Design of the NPT: Dane Swango, Predoctoral Fellow at CISAC Stanford, PhD Candidate at UCLA, spoke at CNS in Monterey on the goals, design, implementation, and limitations of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). A part of the NukeTube.tv CNS video collection.
Nuclear Terrorism Threats and Responses: A paper by Cristina Hansell is part of a forthcoming publication entitled Future of the Nuclear Security Environment in 2015: Proceedings.
Getting China Policy Right: An article by Jing-dong Yuan for World Politics Review.

JANUARY 2009

Posted: January 27, 2009 NATO's Double Standards Make for a Hollow Alliance: An article by Alexander Melikishvili for YaleGlobal Online.
Posted: January 26, 2009 Leading Nonproliferation Experts Identify Ten Most Significant Proliferation-Related Events and Trends of 2008 [PDF]: Some of the year's most important developments were largely overlooked by the news media.
A Feature Story edited by Stephen Schwartz, William Potter, and Jonathan B. Tucker
Posted: January 23, 2009 The Way Forward For US-Sino Ties: An op-ed by Jing-dong Yuan for the Asia Times Online.
Posted: January 21, 2009 Missile Defense in Japan: An article by Masako Toki for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Posted: January 12, 2009 Nuclear Security Spending: Assessing Costs, Examining Priorities: a report by Stephen Schwartz and Deepti Choubey for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
The Costs of U.S. Nuclear Security: an article by Stephen Schwartz for the Los Angeles Times.
Posted: January 8, 2009 Panetta Picked To Head CIA: William Potter was quoted in an article in the Monterey County Herald.
U.S. Should Produce Own Isotopes: Expert: William Potter and Cristina Hansell were quoted in an article on Montreal Gazette.
Posted: January 7, 2009 Nuclear Challenges and Policy Options for the Next U.S. Administration [PDF]: A new Occasional Paper presents papers by participants of the Monterey Nonproliferation Strategy Group meeting on August 20-21, 2008.
Posted: January 5, 2009 The Highs and Lows of Sino-US Relations: An op-ed by Jing-dong Yuan for the Asia Times Online.

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