Global Politics of Combating Nuclear Terrorism - A Supply-Side Approach

Informationen zum Autor William C. Potter is Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.Cristina-Astrid Hansell is Director of the Newly Independent States Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Klappentext The difficult challenge for a terrorist organization seeking to build a nuclear weapon or improvised nuclear device is obtaining fissile material! either plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU). This book examines the economic! political and strategic obstacles to international efforts to end the use of HEU for commercial and research purposes. Zusammenfassung This book examines the economic, political and strategic obstacles to international efforts to end the use of HEU for commercial and research purposes and recommends national and international measures that should be taken to further the elimination of HEU. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Nuclear Terrorism and the Global Politics of Civilian HEU Elimination William C. Potter 2. Leveraging U.S. Policy for a Global Commitment to HEU Elimination Anya Loukianova and Cristina Hansell 3. Nuclear Medicine's Double Hazard: Imperiled Treatment and the Risk of TerrorismCristina Hansell 4. Phasing Out Civilian HEU in Russia: Opportunities and ChallengesElena K. Sokova 5. HEU Fuel Cycle Inventories and Progress on Global Minimization Ole Reistad and Styrkaar Hustveit 6. The Hard Cases: Eliminating Civilian HEU in Ukraine and BelarusWilliam C. Potter and Robert Nurick 7. Practical Steps toward a World without Civilian HEU Cristina Hansell

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• Authors: William C. (Monterey Institute of Internat Potter, William C. (Montery Institute of Internati Potter, William C. Hansell Potter, POTTER WILLIAM C HANSELL CRISTI
• Assisted by: Cristina Hansell (Editor), Cristina (Monterey Institute of International Studies Hansell (Editor), Hansell Cristina (Editor), William C. Potter (Editor), William C. (Monterey Institute of International Studies Potter (Editor), Potter William C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2009
• EAN: 9780415494847
• ISBN: 978-0-415-49484-7
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Terrorism, armed struggle, Arms negotiation & control, Arms negotiation and control