Towards Nuclear Zero

By David Cortright and Raimo Vayrynen

Book — 2010

This Adelphi study examines practical steps for achieving progress toward disarmament, assessing the challenges and opportunities associated with achieving a world without nuclear weapons. It places the current debate over abolition in the context of urgent non-proliferation priorities, such as the need to prevent nuclear weapons from falling into the hands of extremist regimes and terrorists. It distills lessons from states that have already given up nuclear programmes and from the end of the Cold War to suggest ways of countering the efforts of Iran and North Korea to acquire nuclear weapons. For the longer term, it offers policy recommendations for moving towards a reduced global reliance on nuclear weapons.

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United Nations Sanctions and Nuclear Weapons

By George A. Lopez and David Cortright

Book chapter — 2009

“United Nations Sanctions and Nuclear Weapons” by George A. Lopez and David Cortright, in The United Nations and Nuclear Orders, edited by Jane Boulden, Ramesh Thakur, and Thomas Weiss (United Nations University Press, 2009) pp. 111-131.

Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas

By David Cortright

Book — 2008

Veteran scholar and peace activist David Cortright offers a definitive history of the human striving for peace and an analysis of its religious and intellectual roots. This authoritative, balanced, and highly readable volume traces the rise of peace advocacy and internationalism from their origins in earlier centuries through the mass movements of recent decades: the pacifist campaigns of the 1930s, the Vietnam antiwar movement, and the waves of disarmament activism that peaked in the 1980s. This is history with a modern twist, set in the context of current debates about “the responsibility to protect,” nuclear proliferation, Darfur, and conflict transformation.

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Overcoming Nuclear Dangers

By David Cortright

Policy Brief — November 2007

“Overcoming Nuclear Dangers,” by David Cortright in Policy Analysis Brief, The Stanley Foundation, November 2007.

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Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: How to Prevent the Deadly Nexus

By Alistair Millar

Journal article — Winter 2006

“Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: How to Prevent the Deadly Nexus,” by Alistair Millar in Global Dialogue; Nicosia, 8, no. 1/2, Winter 2006.

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Tactical Nuclear Weapons

By Alistair Millar

Policy brief — April 2005

“Tactical Nuclear Weapons,” by Alistair Millar in NUPI Policy Briefs on the Implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, April 2005.

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation and the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540

By Alistair Millar and Morten Bremer Maerli

Policy brief — April 2005

“Nuclear Non-Proliferation and the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540,” by Alistair Millar and Morten Bremer Maerli in NUPI Policy Briefs on the Implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, April 2005.

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Bombs, Carrots & Sticks: The Use of Incentives and Sanctions

By David Cortright and George A. Lopez

Journal article — March 2005

“Bombs, Carrots & Sticks: The Use of Incentives and Sanctions” by David Cortright and George A. Lopez, Arms Control Today, vol. 35, no. 2 (March 2005).

Unproven: The Controversy over Justifying War in Iraq

By David Cortright, Alistair Millar, George A. Lopez, and Linda M. Gerber

Report — June 2003

As officials investigate the controversies surrounding missing evidence in Iraq, it may be useful to analyze the assertions that were made about weapons of mass destruction and terrorist connections in Iraq, and the information that was available to refute those claims. In this report we present the publicly available data that U.S. and UK leaders chose to ignore in the pre-war debate. It provides a clear picture of what could have–and should have–been known and what should have been balanced against other more secretly obtained data on Iraq.

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