Nuclear Proliferation and Security
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Recent papers in Nuclear Proliferation and Security
In 2009, after US president Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize for, amongst others, his commitment to long-term nuclear disarmament (BBC,2009), Time Magazine published an article titled “Want Peace? Give the Nuke a Nobel”. This... more
Zusammenfassung:Das Memorandum über Sicherheitszusagen für die Ukraine, das im Dezember 1994 auf dem KSZE-Gipfeltreffen in Budapest unterzeichnet wurde, schuf eine Verbindung zwischen dem Nuklearen Nichtverbreitungsvertrag (NVV) von 1968... more
In that article I try to understand a scheme of trafficking from North Korea to China that had been organized by a then-North Korean state employee. That former state employee claimed to had smuggled several types of items and goods,... more
What was Japan's role in the network that gave Pakistan her nuclear bomb?
Iran becomes a nuclear weapon state in immediate future or not is hard to predict forecasted, however, this study reveals the implications of a nuclear Iran for the Middle East in specific and the world at large. Unlike De Gaulle, a... more
The issue of nuclear escalation is neither simple, nor straight-forward in the context of the South Asian region. This is mainly because this region is a home to two inherently rival nuclear states. Nuclear equation in South Asia is not... more
Warum ein Washingtoner Neustart der amerikanisch-russischen Beziehungen weitreichende Konsequenzen für die internationale Ordnung und insbesondere den Atomwaffensperrvertrag hätte.
The paper examines why states seek nuclear weapons, using Pakistan as a case study. Islamabad's quest for nuclear status is examined from both an economic and a strategic perspective, and the country's ideological foundations are examined... more
En 2010, la comunidad internacional se vio sorprendida por la revelación de Stuxnet, un programa informático malicioso que dañó centrífugas de enriquecimiento de uranio de una central nuclear iraní. Desde su descubrimiento ha existido un... more
In 2008, the IAEA published Nuclear Security Culture guidelines to serve as a tool for countries on building an effective nuclear security culture. Although the guidelines provide an adequate apparatus to help establish nuclear security... more
If an NPT signatory can't even be kept safe from one of the treaty's five guarantors, then what is the value of banning the spread of nuclear weapons? What nation with not deterrence potential or a close alliance with a nuclear power can... more
In view of the security assurances that the United States gave Ukraine under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, a move by Washington to appease Moscow would be another crack in the splintering international nuclear nonproliferation regime.... more