Monterey Institute of International Studies - an affiliate of Middlebury College

Occasional Papers

Papers by CNS analysts on a wide variety of nonproliferation topics, frequently in collaboration with other organizations.
Updated: Nov 10, 2008

Overview

Current Occasional Paper

Cover of Occasional Paper #13 Trafficking Networks for Chemical Weapons Precursors: Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s [PDF]
by Jonathan B. Tucker
Occasional Paper #13
New information on the illicit sale of chemical-weapons materials to Iran and Iraq during the 1980s sheds light on how international trafficking networks operate and suggests some practical steps for countering them.
Image: Cover of Occasional Paper #13


Past Occasional Papers

New Challenges in Missile Proliferation, Missile Defense, and Space Security
Occasional Paper #12
Occasional Paper #12 continues a collaboration between the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies at the University of Southampton.
James Clay Moltz, ed.
Commercial Radioactive Sources: Surveying the Security Risks
Occasional Paper #11
This occasional paper focuses on the security of commercial radioactive sources, the sources that represent a significant category of radioactive materials that are widely used throughout the world for beneficial applications in medicine and industry, and—until recently—have not been considered high security risks.
Charles D. Ferguson, Tahseen Kazi, and Judith Perera
Future Security in Space: Commercial, Military, and Arms Control Trade-Offs
Occasional Paper #10
Occasional Paper #10 continues a collaboration between the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies at the University of Southampton. This publication is a series of papers identifying areas of common ground in the field of future space activity.
James Clay Moltz, ed.
The 1971 Smallpox Epidemic in Aralsk, Kazakhstan, and the Soviet Biological Warfare Program
Occasional Paper #9
The Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) of the Monterey Institute of International Studies today released the first authoritative English translation of an official Soviet report describing a previously unknown outbreak of smallpox in 1971 in the city of Aralsk, Kazakhstan, then located on the northern shore of the Aral Sea.
Jonathan B. Tucker and Raymond A. Zilinskas, eds.
After 9/11: Preventing Mass-Destruction Terrorism and Weapons Proliferation
Occasional Paper #8
The papers in this collection examine the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, and analyze U.S. and international responses to 9/11. They also propose measures to avert terrorism and to reduce mass-destruction threats to U.S. and international security.
Michael Barletta, ed.
Missile Proliferation and Defences: Problems and Prospects
Occasional Paper #7
This series of papers on missile proliferation and possible responses continue a collaboration between the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies at the University of Southampton. Occasional Paper #7 focuses on international and unilateral control mechanisms, regional perspectives, and implications for space.
WMD Threats 2001: Critical Choices for the Bush Administration
Occasional Paper #6
This collection of concise papers offers pragmatic guidance for the Bush administration on key nonproliferation issues regarding U.S. foreign relations, nuclear, biological and chemical terrorism, and organizing the U.S. government. It outlines measures to help defend the United States and construct a safer world.
Michael Barletta, ed.
International Perspectives on Missile Proliferation and Defenses
Occasional Paper #5
Occasional Paper #5 is the first of a new Occasional Paper series devoted to the topic of ballistic missile proliferation. The focus of this series reflects the concern of both centers that the spread of ballistic missiles constitutes one of the most serious and complex nonproliferation challenges today.
Scott Parrish, ed.
Proliferation Challenges and Nonproliferation Opportunities for New Administrations
Occasional Paper #4
Michael Barletta, ed.
Nonproliferation Regimes At Risk
Occasional Paper #3
Michael Barletta and Amy Sands, eds.
A History of Ballistic Missile Development in the DPRK
Occasional Paper #2
Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr.
Former Soviet Biological Weapons Facilities in Kazakhstan: Past, Present, and Future
Occasional Paper #1
by Gulbarshyn Bozheyeva, Yerlan Kunakbayev, Dastan Yeleukenov.
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