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Advancing the goals of NPT Article VI: near-term opportunities through international technical cooperation / Pregenzer, Arian L

Pregenzer, Arian L	Journal Article
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2008.

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International technical cooperation on issues relevant to the challenges of nuclear disarmament can demonstrate commitment to obligations under Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, strengthen the security of fissile materials and weapons, and develop technical approaches to support more ambitious disarmament activities in the future. Including non-nuclear weapon states would ensure that their views are taken into account and would invest them in developing solutions to key challenges. This article discusses three areas for technical cooperation that would build on past activities and that could produce such benefits as improved protection, control, and accounting of nuclear weapons and fissile material; enhanced transparency for nuclear weapon complexes; and mechanisms for international management of sensitive civilian nuclear facilities. International cooperation in each of these areas could provide a technical basis for pursuing possible future disarmament negotiations and substantively demonstrate commitment to Article VI.

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NPT ; Disarmament ; Technical Cooperation ; Nonproliferation ; Article VI

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Integrating nuclear weapons stockpile management and nuclear ar / Sanders, Lani Miyoshi; DeLand, Sharon M; Pregenzer, Arian L

Pregenzer, Arian L	Journal Article
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2010.

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In his 2009 Prague speech and the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review, President Barack Obama committed the United States to take concrete steps toward nuclear disarmament while maintaining a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent. There is an inherent tension between these two goals that is best addressed through improved integration of nuclear weapons objectives with nuclear arms control objectives. This article reviews historical examples of the interaction between the two sets of objectives, develops a framework for analyzing opportunities for future integration, and suggests specific ideas that could benefit the nuclear weapons enterprise as it undergoes transformation and that could make the future enterprise compatible with a variety of arms control futures.

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Nuclear Weapons ; Arms Control ; Verification ; National Nuclear Security Administration ; Department of Energy ; Department of Defense ;
Stockpile Management

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