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Depleted Uranium and Human Health [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Persistent public anxiety about the use of depleted uranium munitions since the early 1990s has been underpinned by claims of serious health consequences for both veterans and exposed civilians, alike. Whatever grounds there may have seemed to be in the
Smith, Ron C.
core   +1 more source

Third or “Second and a Half”? Continuity, Path Dependence, and the Third Nuclear Age

open access: yesGlobal Policy, Volume 16, Issue 5, Page 934-944, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The world has entered a new nuclear age. Scholars have characterized this “third nuclear age” as one of renewed competition among nuclear‐armed great powers and the coming maturation of new technologies. I trace the origins of the new nuclear age. Focusing primarily on US strategies with two case studies on conventional strike capabilities and
Jan Ludvik
wiley   +1 more source

False Twins: Intergenerational Injustice in Nuclear Deterrence and Climate Inaction

open access: yesGlobal Policy, Volume 16, Issue 5, Page 945-954, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Nuclear deterrence and climate inaction wrong future generations by imposing potential existential harm through climate‐related disasters and nuclear winter. While increasingly explored in tandem, key differences in their intergenerational justice dimensions are overlooked. First, the timelines for imposing harm differ.
Franziska Stärk
wiley   +1 more source

Nuclear Security Education and Training in Pakistan

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nuclear Security, 2017
The world’s growing dependence on nuclear power as a reliable and clean source of energy demands equal safety and security considerations. The security challenges associated with nuclear materials, facilities, and technologies are emerging at an alarming
Noreen Iftakhar, Sitara Noor
doaj  

Irreversible Disarmament and Verification: Guidance from IAEA Safeguards

open access: yesJournal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The safeguards system of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) might inform a future verification regime for global nuclear disarmament that emphasizes irreversibility.
Mark Hibbs
doaj   +1 more source

Non-strategic nuclear weapons: the next step in multilateral arms control [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper by Crispin Rovere and Kalman A Robertson addresses the many barriers to including tactical nuclear weapons in disarmament talks. It considers the difficulty of bringing other emerging powers such as China into the nuclear arms control equation.
Crispin Rovere, Kalman A Robertson
core  

A Cryptographic Escrow for Treaty Declarations and Step-by-Step Verification

open access: yes, 2018
The verification of arms-control and disarmament agreements requires states to provide declarations, including information on sensitive military sites and assets.
Felten, Edward W.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Global Zero: The new old agenda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The project of abolishing all nuclear weapons has been given fresh impetus but the old questions remain. Having regard to the manifold problems of definition and verification, is 'Global Zero' realistic in a world in which proliferation seems more likely
Smith, Ron C.
core   +1 more source

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