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A team of investigators successfully detected North Korea's April 5 rocket launch using infrasound monitoring. Their experiment demonstrated the efficacy of infrasound in the detection of nuclear tests and in the verification of nonproliferation-related agreements.
A nuclear renaissance would require significant changes by both governments and multinational agencies as well as aggressive financial support.
Deterrence is not fail-safe against the threat of nuclear conflict; the only long-term answer is to reduce the number of nuclear weapons to zero. In signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the United States committed in essence to that end.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must reassert its authority to strengthen the dangerously weakened nonproliferation regime and to help prevent future proliferation crises.
Since acquiring atomic weapons, India, Pakistan and North Korea have not engaged in major warfare. But nuclear deterrence alone does not buy peace — diplomacy must keep the balance.
Disarmament obligations promise to be an important topic at the 2009 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference, says George Perkovich. Critics question the role of disarmament in discouraging would-be proliferators and disarmament negotiations need the imprimatur of high-level officials from both weapons and non-weapons states to move past this impasse.
U.S. policy options toward Iran lie in engaging Iran on issues of common interest, focusing communication on the office of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and presenting a united international approach to Iran's nuclear ambitions.
The IAEA needs to move beyond requests for Syria to voluntarily provide information on its nuclear activities and make them legally binding. If Syria refuses, the Board should make a formal finding of "non-compliance."
Enthusiasm for nuclear energy in Latin America is on the rise again—this time as an antidote to energy insecurity and global climate change. But like anywhere else, the needed intellectual and physical infrastructure required for nuclear power will require major political, financial, and public support, which may or may not be dampened by the current economic crisis.
A distinguished group of experts from thirteen countries explore how to overcome obstacles to nuclear disarmament and pose questions that require further official and nongovernmental deliberation.