Unpublished Essay
Precision Technologies as Possible Alternatives to Nuclear Weapons
Unpublished Essay
July 19, 2010
International, Nuclear Abolition & the Next Arms Race
In this study, Steve Lukasik, former director of the Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, assesses the potential of emerging, highly precise conventional military technologies to accomplish the missions currently assigned to nuclear weapons.
Former Indian Nuclear Sub Director Makes Case for Limiting Short-range Missiles
Unpublished Essay
July 8, 2010
India, Missiles and Missile Defense, Nuclear Abolition & the Next Arms Race, Nuclear Competitions, Pakistan, South Asia
Retired Admiral R.N. Ganesh, who led India's nuclear submarine program for several years, has written a new piece for NPEC analyzing the potential development of South Asian nuclear and missile programs and suggests policies China, India and Pakistan should implement to lessen the risk of conflict and the escalation of the regional arms race.
Analysis for NPEC Pegs Iran's First Bomb to Be Possible by November
Unpublished Essay
June 2, 2010
Greater Middle East & Africa, International Atomic Energy Agency, Peaceful Nuclear Energy, The Nonproliferation Regime, Safeguards
Greg Jones penned a new analysis for NPEC in the wake of the release of the latest IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program, and finds that Tehran is very near to enriching enough weapons grade uranium to make a bomb. In his weekly Global View column for The Wall Street Journal, Bret Stephens also cited this analysis.
NPEC Clarifies Connection Between Nuclear Power Economics and Proliferation
Unpublished Essay
June 2, 2010
Energy Subsidies, Nuclear Fuel, Peaceful Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Cost Comparisons, Nuclear Power Economics
In "Nuclear Power, Energy Markets, and Proliferation," an introduction to the forthcoming book, Nuclear Power’s Global Expansion: Weighing Its Cost and Risks, NPEC's executive director draws connections between nuclear power economics and proliferation. For a more general overview of the relationship between nuclear power economics and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, click here.
How Optimistic is the DIA's Estimate that Iran Will Get the Bomb in 3 to 5 Years?
Unpublished Essay
April 27, 2010
Greater Middle East & Africa, Nuclear Proliferation
In a new analysis for NPEC, Greg Jones examines recent estimates from the Defense Intelligence Agency that Iran is 3 to 5 years from getting a bomb and concludes that despite these optimistic U.S. predictions, Tehran has the capacity to enrich enough uranium for a bomb in seven months or less.
Introduction Released to NPEC Book "Reviewing the Nonproliferation Treaty"
Unpublished Essay
April 22, 2010
The Nonproliferation Regime
NPEC releases the introduction to its forthcoming book, "Reviewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty", which discusses the NPT's untapped potential to prevent proliferation, published by the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute.
NPEC-Lowy Institute Workshop Debrief: "Asia's Nuclear Future: Unlike Our Transatlantic Past"
Unpublished Essay
March 5, 2010
Asia, Pacific Rim, Burma, Nuclear Abolition & the Next Arms Race, Nuclear Competitions, Proliferation Networks, South Asia, Taiwan, Nuclear Power Economics
NPEC's meeting in Sydney from February 16-18 focused on Asia's nuclear future and produced a number of interesting discussions on nuclear and conventional arms competitions and the development of nuclear power in the region which are summarized in this debriefing.
Former Pakistani General Urges Short Range Indo Pakistani Ballistic Missile Limits to Avoid War
Unpublished Essay
February 24, 2010
Arms Control, Future Arms Restraints, Missile Defense, South Asia, Missile Proliferation
Retired General Feroz Khan, who ran the Pakistani army's arms control and disarmament office, authored this essay for NPEC which suggests that the Indian and Pakistani governments should consider eliminating certain types of short range ballistic missiles. This complements a presentation he gave with U.S. government officials present at a private NPEC gathering organized with the U.S. Naval War College.
NPEC Report: Iran Now on the Brink of Acquiring the Bomb
Unpublished Essay
February 23, 2010
International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Peaceful Nuclear Energy, Safeguards
NPEC releases new analysis by Greg Jones on Iran's uranium enrichment program after the IAEA's latest assessment was released February 18th and finds that Tehran could have the a bomb's worth of material by the end of 2010.
Albert Wohlstetter's Proposed Agreement on Self Defense Zones for Satellites
Unpublished Essay
January 21, 2010
Missiles and Missile Defense, Satellites and Satellite Launch
The complete version of the paper "Self Defense Zones in Space" by Albert Wohlstetter and Brian G. Chow and published in July 1986, contains a draft agreement that would create zones for rival nations' satellites. There is also a summary version available in the form of a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed from 1985 by the same authors: "Arms Control That Could Work," available at AlbertWohlstetter.com.
