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Demilitarization of the Siachen conflict zone : concepts for implementation and monitoring.

Description: Pakistani and Indian militaries have been occupying the Siachen Glacier and surrounding regions for decades. Although a cease-fire is in place, continued occupation carries the risk of an inadvertent conflict, which could escalate into a full-fledged nuclear-backed confrontation. Political and military analysts in Pakistan and India now question the strategic significance of the Siachen Glacier and agree that under the right circumstances, military withdrawal from the Siachen Glacier region wou… more
Date: September 1, 2007
Creator: Kanwal, Gurmeet (Indian Army); Hakeem, Asad (Pakistan Army); Vannoni, Michael Geoffrey & Rajen, Gaurav
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The role of opacity and transparency in achieving strategic stability in South Asia.

Description: According to international relations theory, deterrence can be used as a tool to achieve stability between potentially hostile nations. India and Pakistan's long history of periodic crises raises the question of how they can achieve deterrence stability. 'Transparency' describes the flow of information between parties and plays a key role in establishing a deterrence relationship. This paper studies the balance needed between opacity and transparency in nuclear topics for the maintenance of det… more
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Rajain, Arpit (New Delhi, India) & Ashraf, Tariq Mahmud (Islamabad, Pakistan)
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MPC&A training needs of the NIS/Baltics States.

Description: This report serves to document contract deliverables considered to be of continuing interest associated with two workshops conducted as part of an initial assessment of Material Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A) training needs of the Newly Independent and Baltic States (NIS/Baltics). These workshops were held in Kiev, Ukraine, ca. 2003-2004, with the assistance of personnel from the George Kuzmycz Training Center (GKTC) of the Kiev Institute of Nuclear Research (KINR). Because of … more
Date: July 1, 2006
Creator: Beck, David Franklin & Stoy-McLeod, Carol L.
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North Korea's nuclear weapons program:verification priorities and new challenges.

Description: A comprehensive settlement of the North Korean nuclear issue may involve military, economic, political, and diplomatic components, many of which will require verification to ensure reciprocal implementation. This paper sets out potential verification methodologies that might address a wide range of objectives. The inspection requirements set by the International Atomic Energy Agency form the foundation, first as defined at the time of the Agreed Framework in 1994, and now as modified by the eve… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Moon, Duk-ho (Korean Consulate General in New York)
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Economic Study of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Reprocessing Practices in Russia

Description: This report describes a study of nuclear power economics in Russia. It addresses political and institutional background factors which constrain Russia's energy choices in the short and intermediate run. In the approach developed here, political and institutional factors might dominate short-term decisions, but the comparative costs of Russia's fuel-cycle options are likely to constrain her long-term energy strategy. To this end, the authors have also formulated a set of policy questions which s… more
Date: October 1, 1997
Creator: Singer, C. E. & Miley, G. H.
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