... Studies (
CENESS
) launched a new joint report on the future of U.S.-Russian nuclear cooperation.
The report includes 51 recommendations for mutually beneficial cooperation across five thematic areas: nuclear science, nuclear energy, nuclear safety, nuclear security, and nuclear environmental remediation. If implemented, these projects could result in safer nuclear reactors, stronger defenses against nuclear and radiological terrorism, and cleaner approaches to nuclear environmental remediation.
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... International Affairs Council holds a seminar with participation of Associate Professor of International Politics at the University of Leicester Andrew Futter:
«War Games Redux? Cyberthreats, US–Russian Strategic Stability, and New Challenges for Nuclear Security and Arms Control».
Some 30 years since the release of the Hollywood blockbuster
War Games
, the possibility that hackers might break into nuclear command and control facilities, compromise early warning or firing systems, or even ...
Today, global leaders gather for a final Nuclear Security Summit to take action to prevent terrorists from building and detonating a nuclear bomb. This requires securing and reducing nuclear bomb-making materials—plutonium and highly enriched uranium—around the world.
Since the Summits ...
The threat of nuclear war between Russia and the West, long relegated to Cold War history, reappeared last year as the crisis in East-West relations escalated.
Russian strategic bombers now fly long-range patrols near the coast of the US and its NATO allies, while Russian missile tests and military exercises involving simulated use of nuclear weapons raise the specter of nuclear war. The US responds as its defense analysts discuss options for boosting nuclear deterrence in Europe to counter Russian...
... causes was complacency: those in charge of the facility believed that their safety systems were robust, and there was no effective independent oversight.
The disaster in Japan has spurred reforms in the field of nuclear safety. But when it comes to nuclear security, complacency remains a major problem. We must not wait until tragedy strikes to do something about it.
Today, well over 1.5 million kilograms of highly enriched uranium and plutonium – key ingredients for nuclear weapons – ...
Igor Ivanov, President of the Russian International Affairs Council and Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2004, and Desmond Browne, former UK Secretary of State for Defence, have received the Nunn-Lugar Award for Promoting Nuclear Security, established by the Carnegie Endowment.
The formal ceremony took place in Washington on Monday. In his acceptance speech Igor Ivanov said: “
It is a great honour for me to receive this award. Sam Nunn and Dick Lugar are visionaries ...
... announcement of the intention to launch a satellite on March 16 prone with the aggravation of the situation, as the US believes that it is a guise for the test of an intercontinental missile. This topic has eclipsed all others at the
Seoul summit on nuclear security
(), despite the protests of several leading countries against its consideration as being unrelated to the agenda. The RK leadership used the forum to mobilize international support for the condemnation of the DPRK.
The DPRK opponents ...
