While the U.S. and its allies and associates are trying to dissuade Iran from developing a nuclear weapons capability, newly declassified documents on U.S.-Taiwan relations during the 1970s show what a successful, mostly secret, campaign against a national nuclear program looks like.
The U.S.-India nuclear agreement was completed in Washington. Unfortunately, the concessions made by the United States at the end of the process may damage the Bush administration's broader efforts to rein in nuclear proliferation.
The Justice Department appointed the first-ever national export control coordinator to oversee a new focus on people who export weapons technologies to foreign countries. Sharon Squassoni discusses the significance of this appointment on NPR's All Things Considered.
The United States and India announced the completion of negotiations on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal on July 27. Carnegie Senior Associate Ashley J. Tellis has been widely recognized as one of the core individuals who made the U.S.-India nuclear deal possible. A recent Indian Express article by Pranab Dhal Samanta discusses the individuals and crucial moments that provided the political climate for the two countries to reach an agreement.
Brazil is betting on a “renaissance” of nuclear energy in the next few decades and, having large uranium mineral reserves, believes it could be an exporter of enrichment services in a growing market. The Brazilian program should not be considered a danger to proliferation, however, because it is under IAEA safeguards and monitored by Argentina-Brazil Agency for Accounting and Control.
Dr. Ashley J. Tellis, who has been intimately involved in the negotiations of the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear agreement, believes 'this is the last chance the two sides have to get the impasse over the 123 Agreement resolved and get going on the next phase of the deal before problems arise with the Congressional calendar.'
There are three priorities for strengthening the nonproliferation regime and combating nuclear proliferation: ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, addressing cases of non-compliance, and dissuading withdrawal from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The international community must adopt and enforce three new, stronger nonproliferation rules: 1) Limit the spread of fissile material production capabilities; 2) States not in compliance with NPT obligations may not withdraw from the NPT without penalty; and 3) Agreement that states will provide nuclear cooperation to others only if the recipient is implementing the IAEA additional protocol.
Discussion with Mark Hibbs, Nucleonics Week, at the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference.
The 2007 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference brought over 800 experts and officials from more than 45 countries and international organizations to discuss emerging trends in nuclear nonproliferation, strategic stability, deterrence, disarmament, and nuclear energy.
What we need is both vision - a scenario for a world free of nuclear weapons. And action - progressive steps to reduce warhead numbers and to limit the role of nuclear weapons in security policy. These two strands are separate but they are mutually reinforcing. Both are necessary, both at the moment too weak.
Welcome and opening remarks by Jessica T. Mathews and George Perkovich Features event video
Discussion by Carnegie's Jessica T. Mathews, Ambassador Max M. Kampelman, and Senator Sam Nunn, at the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference.
Discussion at the 2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference on options available the the UN Security Council to address Iran's nuclear ambitions.
2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference Panel: Forging Nonproliferation Consensus after U.S.-Indian Civil Nuclear Cooperation.
2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference Panel
2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference Panel
2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference Panel: Conflict in Space: Can It Be Prevented?
2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference Panel: The Future of Nuclear Weapons: A View from the Hill.
2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference Panel: Deterrence or Disarmament: The Future of Nuclear Weapons in China, France, and the UK.
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