Countering the Challenges of Proliferation Financing

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Countering the Challenges of Proliferation Financing

The private sector, governments, and international bodies can counter illicit proliferators’ exploitation of the international financial system in their efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery.

By Togzhan Kassenova and Bryan R. Early

Published on Jul 31, 2023

Center for Policy Research, University at Albany

About the Authors

Togzhan Kassenova

Former Nonresident Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program

Kassenova was a nonresident fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment.

Bryan R. Early

Security Nuclear Policy

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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