Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World

A Review of the Performance of the International Atomic Energy Agency Regarding Pakistan’s Nuclear Activities

Among the significant issues of the subcontinental region, one can refer to the concern over Pakistan’s inability to maintain the security of its nuclear facilities, the illegal increase in its nuclear weapon production, extremist organizations’ access to nuclear weapons, as well as the fact that this country has not joined the NPT treaty. Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA...

Prospects for a Central Asian Nuclear - Weapon - Free Zone Report

Nuclear Weapons, the Military and the Law: Reflections on the World Court Decision

"cannot be disinvented." Yet the present policy of the declared nuclear weapon states of trying to impose nuclear apartheid by force provokes the spread of nuclear weapons, rather than supporting the stated goal of non-proliferation. The only way out of this lethal spiral is to accept global nuclear disarmament by consistent use of the law -as the world is already doing with chemical and biolog...

The B61-based " Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator: " Clever Retrofit or Headway towards Fourth-generation Nuclear Weapons? *

It is scientifically and technically possible to build an earth penetrating device that could bury a B61-7 warhead 30 meters into concrete, or 150 meters into earth, before detonating it. The device (based on knowledge and technology that are available since 50 years) would however be large and cumbersome. Better penetrator materials, components able to withstand larger stresses, higher impact ...

Nuclear Weapon Pits: Burn Them or Bury Them? A Richardsonian Energy Competition Decision Model

Since decision making in the face of emotionally laden problems and incomplete information is very difficult, it is useful to develop and test alternative decision methodologies and/or criteria. One approach is to enlarge the system in which the decision is to be made, for example, go from a national system to an international one, as well as to alter the decision criteria. This paper is a heur...