Research Papers

New

• Arbatov, Alexei: Existing Nuclear-Armed States and Weapons [ PDF ]
• Berry, Ken: The Security of Pakistan’s Nuclear Facilities [ PDF ]
• Heisbourg, François: The Medium Term Action Agenda: To 2025 – Reaching the Nuclear Risk Minimization Point [ PDF ]
• Letts, Martine: Fuel Cycle Management [ PDF ]
• Starr, Steven: Catastrophic Climatic Consequences of Nuclear Conflict [ PDF ]

Disarmament

• Alger, Justin and Findlay, Trevor: The Costs of Nuclear Disarmament [ PDF ]
• Arbatov, Alexei: Non-First Use As A Way Of Outlawing Nuclear Weapons [ PDF ]
• Arbatov, Alexei: US-Russian Strategic Arms Control [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Ben Ami, Shlomo: Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East: The Israeli perspective [ PDF ]
• Berry, Ken: A Draft Convention and Commentary on the Non Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Berry, Ken: A Draft Treaty and Commentary on No First Use of Nuclear Weapons [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Bowen, Wyn Q, and Persbo, Andreas: Dismantling Nuclear Weapons [ PDF ] (word | pdf)
• Davis, Paul and Findlay, Trevor: Giving Up the Bomb: Motivations and Incentives [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Endo, Tetsuya: Nuclear Disarmament and Japan – Disarmament Priorities in East Asia [ PDF ]
• Fahmy, Ambassador Nabil: The Middle East Nuclear Paradigm and Prospects [ PDF ]
• Langmore, John: The possibility and potential value of holding a Fourth Special Session on the UN General Assembly on Disarmament [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Lewis, Patricia: A New Approach to Nuclear Disarmament: Learning from International Humanitarian Law Success [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Mueller, John: The Atomic Terrorist [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Perkovich, George and Lewis, Patricia: The Vantage Point [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Pikayev, Alexander: Tactical Nuclear Weapons [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Sethi, Manpreet: Building Credibility for a Nuclear Weapon Free World [ PDF ]
• Simpson, Fiona: The US Stockpile Stewardship Program [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Wheeler, Nicholas J: Nuclear Abolition:  Trust-Building’s Greatest Challenge? [ PDF ]

Non-Proliferation

• Arbatov, Alexey: Space Weapons: Science Fiction, Real Threats and Arms Control Opportunities [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)

• Berry, Ken: New Weapons Technology [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
  
• Carlson, John: Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty - A Discussion [ PDF ]
• Carlson, John: Introduction to the Concept of Proliferation-resistance [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Carlson, John: New Verification Challenges [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
  
• Carlson, John: Withdrawal from the NPT [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Coyle, Philip and Samson, Victoria: The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Fritz, Jason: Hacking Nuclear Command and Control [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Goldblat, Jozef: Should the right to withdraw from the NPT be withdrawn? [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Hansell, Cristina: Internationalizing Nunn–Lugar: Lessons for Future Multilateral Cooperative Threat Reduction Projects [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Hautecouverture, Benjamin: A Possible International Regime To Cover Radiological Materials [ PDF ]
• Hitchens, Theresa: Saving Space: Threat Proliferation and Mitigation [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Huisken, Ron, SDSC, ANU: North East Asia: A Nuclear Gordian Knot? April 2009 [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Major General Pan Zhenqiang (Retired): Nuclear Weapons in a Changing Security Environment in North East Asia [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Lewis, Patricia: The Ban on Fissile Materials for Weapons Purposes: New Opportunities [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
  
• Perkovich, George: Extended Deterrence [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Perkovich, George: The U.S./India Nuclear Deal [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Sitt, Bernard and Grand, Camille: Nuclear Stockpile Management: A Technical and Political Assessment [ PDF ]

Civil Nuclear Energy

• ANSTO: The Minimisation of Civilian Uses of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)

• ASNO: Nuclear Trade Outside the Nuclear Suppliers Group [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Berry, Ken: Latin America: Nuclear Facts and Figures [ PDF ]
• Carlson, John: IAEA Safeguards Additional Protocol [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Endo, Tetsuya: Making the 3Ss an International Standard [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Glaser, Alexander: Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Letts, Martine and Cunningham, Fiona: The role of the civil nuclear industry in preventing proliferation and in managing the second nuclear age [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Said, Mohamed Kadry: Civil Nuclear Energy Proliferation – Challenges and Implications for the Middle East [ PDF ]

Missiles

• Arbatov, Alexei: Missile Defence and the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Dvorkin, Vladimir: Antimissile Defences, Arms Control and Nuclear Proliferation [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)
• Miasnikov, Yevgeney: Long-Range Precision-Guided Conventional Weapons: Implications for Strategic Balance, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. [ PDF ]
• Oznobishev, Sergey: Missile Proliferation and Missile Technologies [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)

Miscellaneous

• Berry, Ken: Review of Recent Literature on Nuclear Issues [ PDF ] (word | rtf | pdf)

These research papers have been commissioned by the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, but reflect the views of the authors and should not be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Commission.