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Global Zero: The new old agenda [PDF]
, 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.
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Characterization of Ultrafast Decomposition Dynamics in Nitrate Esters
Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ignition of energetic materials initiates chemical reactions on atomic length scales within femtoseconds, making these reactions difficult to investigate experimentally. The technique of femtosecond time‐resolved mass spectrometry (FTRMS) can capture molecular rearrangement and bond‐breaking events in isolated molecules with sub‐50 femtosecond
Madison K. Minvielle +3 more
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Deconstructing the Struggle Against Nuclearism
Academicus International Scientific Journal, 2022 In such a complex and uncertain world, it may help to think like a Hindu, and accept contradiction as more in keeping with social and political reality than is finding a right answer to complex policy puzzles.
Richard A. Falk
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Atlanta Consultation II: On the Future of the NPT [PDF]
, 2005 The Middle Powers Initiative, a program of the Global Security Institute, organized an Extraordinary Strategy Consultation on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2005 Review Conference in cooperation with former U.S.
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Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program and Implications for US National Security. [PDF]
, 2010 This article analyzes Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program and the characteristics of the environment in which the program is nested. These characteristics include Pakistan’s history of internal and external instability; nuclear saber rattling during ...
Tkacik, Michael
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Generative AI—the Transgression of Technology
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article offers a systems‐theoretical analysis of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) grounded in Niklas Luhmann's sociology of technology. It addresses a central conceptual problem: How GenAI can be understood within a theoretical framework that has traditionally defined technology as a means of stabilising action through causal ...
Jesper Tække
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The Mongolian Journal of International Affairs, 2013 In this article the author documents chronologically the initial steps taken by Mongolia to promote its initiative to turn its territory into a nuclear-weapon-free zone by having the General Assembly of the United Nations acknowledge and express support ...
Jargalsaikhan Enkhsaikhan
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Advancing Nuclear Test Verification without Entry into Force of the CTBT
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021 Seventy-six years after the atomic bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world continues to face challenges to the existing arms control framework, part of the broader problem of the stagnation of multilateralism.
Mao Sato
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The President and Nuclear Weapons: Authorities, Limits, and Process [PDF]
, 2019 There is no more consequential decision for a president than ordering a nuclear strike. In the Cold War, the threat of sudden nuclear annihilation necessitated procedures emphasizing speed and efficiency and placing sole decision-making authority in the ...
DeRosa, Mary B., Nicolas, Ashley
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International Law of Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation: Application to Non-State Actors [PDF]
, 2019 International legal responses to the threat of nuclear terrorism by non-state actors have been many but often inconsistent, inadequate, and legally unsound.
Iqbal, Imrana
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