Tuesday, 6 May 2008


Features
Should Israel Close Dimona? The Radiological Consequences of a Military Strike on Israel’s Plutonium-Production ReactorBy Bennett Ramberg
Bennett Ramberg urges Israel to shut down its Dimona reactor, which produces plutonium and tritium for its suspected nuclear weapons program, and use the closure as an opportunity to win regional support for efforts to prevent nuclear or radiological attacks.
Verifying Nuclear Disarmament: An Inspector’s AgendaBy Andreas Persbo and Marius Bjørningstad
For disarmament efforts to succeed, states need to have confidence that agreements to dismantle nuclear weapons can be accurately verified, yet such verification is a complex task.
The Trilateral Initiative: A Model For The Future?By Thomas E. Shea
Designers of a nuclear weapons disarmament regime can draw many lessons from the six-year U.S.-Russian-IAEA Trilateral Initiative.
The EU’s Nonproliferation Efforts: Limited SuccessBy Oliver Meier
The European Union has been seeking to become a bigger player on nonproliferation and disarmament issues but has only been partially successful.
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