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Development and Disarmament Roundtable
4 October 2013
AmericasAsia

Climate, food, and biomass energy

N.H. RavindranathRoberto BissioJosé R. Moreira

As people seek to contain rising carbon levels, they may derive increasing amounts of energy from biomass. But land is a finite resource. Food insecurity is already severe in many poor countries.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
3 October 2013
AfricaAmericasAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

Nuclear detonations: Contemplating catastrophe

Siddharth MallavarapuJaime Aguirre GómezRobert Mtonga

A nuclear detonation's aftermath would be ghastly. Mitigating the humanitarian disaster would stretch the resources of any nation. But what would a detonation mean for countries that struggle merely to feed their people?

Explain This
13 September 2013
BiosecurityTechnology and Security
Middle East

How to destroy chemical weapons

Paul F. Walker

Here are the three main methods that would likely be used to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, if the Assad regime follows through on its announced desire to join the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
4 September 2013
AfricaAmericasAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

核爆炸：深思灾难

Siddharth Mallavarapu: CHJaime Aguirre Gómez: CHRobert Mtonga: CH
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
4 September 2013
AfricaAmericasAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

Las detonaciones nucleares: considerando una catástrofe

Siddharth Mallavarapu: ESJaime Aguirre Gómez: ESRobert Mtonga: ES
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
4 September 2013
AfricaAmericasAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

التفجيرات النووية: توقع حدوث كارثة

Siddharth Mallavarapu: ARJaime Aguirre Gómez: ARRobert Mtonga: AR
Explain This
29 July 2013
Nuclear Energy
Americas

Nuclear plant decommissioning

Dave Lochbaum

Dave Lochbaum, director of the Nuclear Safety Project at the Union of Concerned Scientists, explains how nuclear plants are decommissioned in the United States. 

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
18 July 2013
Americas

Nuclear deterrence and terrorism: Implications for global security

Evgeny BuzhinskySadia TasleemManpreet Sethi

Though US nuclear policy seeks "to reduce the salience of nuclear weapons," it doesn't exclude their use against states that help terrorists obtain weapons of mass destruction.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
16 July 2013

Expanding energy access, improving women's lives

Dipak GyawaliKalpana SharmaTri Mumpuni

In the developing world, women and their families often struggle  because they lack access to modern energy. Women's days are taken up with  menial tasks; children quit school because they can't study at night;  everyone's health suffers.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
1 July 2013

The potential and pitfalls of societal verification

Jamal Khaer IbrahimRajeswari Pillai RajagopalanIbrahim Said Ibrahim

For decades, arms control experts have envisioned a world in which ordinary people could verify treaty compliance. With the emergence of smartphones and social networks, this world may be ready to materialize. But are developing nations ready for citizen verification?

Explain This
19 June 2013
Nuclear Weapons
AmericasEurope/Russia

De-alerting nuclear forces

Hans M. KristensenMatthew McKinzie

The practice of keeping nuclear weapons on alert evolved during the Cold War, as the United States and the Soviet Union deployed fully-armed nuclear weapons that could strike the adversary before it could retaliate. 

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
18 June 2013
Americas

核威慑与恐怖主义：对全球安全之影响

Evgeny Buzhinsky (CH)Sadia Tasleem (CH)Manpreet Sethi (CH)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
18 June 2013
Americas

Disuasión y terrorismo nucleares: implicaciones para la seguridad mundial

Evgeny Buzhinsky (ES)Sadia Tasleem (ES)Manpreet Sethi (ES)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
18 June 2013
Americas

الردع النووي والإرهاب النووي: آثارهما على الأمن العالمي

Evgeny Buzhinsky (AR)Sadia Tasleem (AR)Manpreet Sethi (AR)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
15 June 2013

زيادة الوصول الى الطاقة من شأنه تحسين حياة المرأة

Dipak Gyawali (AR)Kalpana Sharma (AR)Tri Mumpuni (AR)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
11 June 2013

扩大能源获得途径，改善妇女生活

Dipak Gyawali (CH)Kalpana Sharma (CH)Tri Mumpuni (CH)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
11 June 2013

Aumentar el acceso a servicios energéticos, mejorar la vida de las mujeres

Dipak Gyawali (ES)Kalpana Sharma (ES)Tri Mumpuni (ES)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
7 May 2013

إمكانات ومخاطر التحقق المجتمعي

Jamal Khaer Ibrahim (AR)Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan (AR)Ibrahim Said Ibrahim (AR)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
7 May 2013

社会核查的潜力与陷阱

Jamal Khaer Ibrahim (CH)Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan (CH)Ibrahim Said Ibrahim (CH)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
7 May 2013

El potencial y el peligro de la verificación por parte de la sociedad

Jamal Khaer Ibrahim (ES)Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan (ES)Ibrahim Said Ibrahim (ES)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
5 February 2013

Highly enriched uranium: Less is more

Charles PianiPablo CristiniAlexandr Vurim

A number of high-profile initiatives seek to reduce the possibility of nuclear proliferation and terrorism by minimizing the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in civilian applications.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
5 February 2013

Uranio altamente enriquecido: menos es más

Charles Piani (ES)Pablo Cristini (ES)Alexandr Vurim (ES)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
5 February 2013

高浓铀：更少即更多

Charles Piani (CH)Pablo Cristini (CH)Alexandr Vurim (CH)
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
5 February 2013

اليورانيوم عالي التخصيب: قليله كثير

Charles Piani (AR)Pablo Cristini (AR)Alexandr Vurim (AR)