Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 66 Issue 5

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September/October
2010
Volume: 66
ISSN: 1938-3282
Page count: 75
Issue external URL: Link

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1 September 2010
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Taking control: Stopping North Korean WMD-related procurement

Stephanie LieggiRobert ShawMasako Toki
North Korea’s efforts to obtain technology related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) were recently revealed when two Japan-based traders were convicted for attempting to illegally transport sensitive materials.
1 September 2010
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Primer—North Korea, South Korea, and the United States: Reading between the lines of the Cheonan attack

Leon V. Sigal
On March 26, 2010, North Korea attacked the South Korean vessel Cheonan, killing 46 people and making it one of the deadliest encounters in Korea in recent years. This attack followed a year of mounting
1 September 2010
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Lessons of restraint: How Canada helps explain and strengthen the nonproliferation norm

Douglas B. Shaw
The world takes Canada’s non-acquisition of nuclear weapons for granted. Though Canada does not pose a breakout threat from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the course of its nuclear weapons policy is far
1 September 2010
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Expanding the IAEA’s nuclear security mandate

Jack BourestonTanya Ogilvie-White
Expansion of civilian nuclear power means that greater international cooperation is required to ensure that terrorist groups do not acquire nuclear and radiological materials. The global nuclear security regime urgently needs to be
1 September 2010
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U.S. tactical nuclear weapons: A European perspective

Tom Sauer
The debate over the removal of tactical weapons is not a simple one; linked with it are the debates over the utility of NATO and how to reach a global consensus on nuclear disarmament. Advocates of withdrawal view inaction regarding tactical
1 September 2010
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Back to the future: Controlling synthetic life science trade in DNA sequences

Gabrielle SamuelMichael J. SelgelidIan Kerridge
In recent years there has been an enormous growth of interest in synthetic genomics and synthetic biology, which we collectively refer to as the synthetic life sciences. Rapid progress in this field has enabled the synthesis of