This briefing book reviews the key facts and issues surrounding the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and efforts towards entry into force. Nuclear testing is a dangerous and unnecessary vestige of the Cold War.
A collection of articles, essays and interviews on the threats posed by chemical weapons. The reader focuses on the future of chemical weapons control effors.
The report recommends that the U.S. reduce its arsenal to 500 operational deployed warheads, with 500 warheads in a responsive force, by 2012. The authors specifically outline where and how the remaining warheads should be deployed.
In this reader, leading experts summarize new and old dangers associated with biological weapons and recommend ways of addressing them.
The report outlines a variety of proposals that would strengthen the NPT regime in light of challenges the treaty currently faces.