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Implications of the 2022–2023 Situation in Ukraine for Possible Nuclear Weapons Use in Northeast Asia

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2023
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022, and the ongoing (as of this writing) conflict that has followed, has prompted many of the actors responsible for determining military and nuclear weapons strategy and policy to rethink their approaches.
David von Hippel
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Legislative Alert: 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill [PDF]

, 2012
[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I write in opposition to provisions changing nuclear weapons worker health and safety programs that are included in the Ltouse Armed Services Committee\u27s 2013 National Defense Authorization bill. These changes would
Samuel, William
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Fluid Shear‐Controlled Pro/Anti‐Inflammatory Osteomodulatory Construct for Drug‐Free Immune Activation Through Cationic Ion Channel Activation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A 3D‐printed PCL scaffold coated with Arginine was laminated with electrospun polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers containing cationic cellulose nanocrystals (PVA@cCNC). This created nanoisland‐like regions of aligned and random cCNC‐rich fibers. The composite scaffold, under fluid shear stimulation, modulated macrophage polarization from M1 to M2 ...
Keya Ganguly, Aayushi Randhawa, Sayan Deb Dutta, Jieun Lee, Youjin Seol, Mehran Mohammad Hossein Pour, Tejal V. Patil, Rumi Acharya, Ki‐Taek Lim   +8 more
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The Russia-Ukraine War and Nuclear Weapons: Evaluating Familiar Insights

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
This article examines the nuclear dimension of the war in Ukraine. It makes two arguments. First, our knowledge of the nuclear world is fundamentally limited and so any inferences we draw from the war in Ukraine should be tentative.
Mark S. Bell
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Advancing Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Composites for Effective Chemical Warfare Agent Detoxification under Real‐World Conditions

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review describes recent developments in the design and synthesis of metal–organic frameworks (MOF)/textile composites for the detoxification of chemical warfare agent and simulants with extensive discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of different methods.
Zhihua Cheng, Kira M. Fahy, Gregory W. Peterson, Kent O. Kirlikovali, Omar K. Farha   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anglo-French defence cooperation in the age of austerity [PDF]

, 2013
This paper seeks to assess, from a predominantly UK perspective, the potential benefits of enhanced Anglo-French defence cooperation, not only to the two countries concerned but also to Western Europe and the USA.
Antill, Peter D., Ito, Pete, Robinson, Steve   +2 more
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Advanced Ceramics in Aerospace and Defense: The Interrelationship between Traditional and Additive Manufacturing Approaches

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Additive manufacturing revolutionizes production by enabling on‐demand, customized, and sustainable manufacturing with streamlined supply chains. While metal and polymer AM are well‐established, advanced ceramic AM is rapidly emerging, overcoming traditional material challenges.
Kateryna Oleksandrivna Shvydyuk, Senentxu Lanceros‐Mendez, Abílio Pereira Silva   +2 more
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International security regimes in preventing the spread of nuclear armaments and their global significance

Vojnotehnički Glasnik
Introduction/purpose: The paper provides an overview of international regimes and agreements that aimed to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. For each regime, its impact on nuclear weapons proliferation is presented, as well as its significance in ...
Srećko D. Ilić, Radоvan V. Radovanović, Aleksandar S. Ivković   +2 more
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Potential Use of Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons in a Korean Context

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2022
This report explores the potential uses of low-yield nuclear weapons in the context of a possible conflict on the Korean Peninsula. It starts with a definition of low-yield weapons – typically, weapons with yields of ten kilotons or less that are ...
Eva Lisowski
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A hegemonic nuclear order: Understanding the Ban Treaty and the power politics of nuclear weapons

Contemporary Security Policy, 2019
The notion of a “global nuclear order” has entered the lexicon of nuclear politics. The 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has prompted further questions about how we understand it.
Nick Ritchie
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