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Reports & Analysis
As part of our work to increase public awareness of the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, NTI is making available the publications listed below. NTI has worked on, commissioned, supported or developed some, but not all, of these publications. For more information, contact NTI's Communications Director, at 202-296-4810.
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Global Fissile Material Report 2007 Second report of the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM). The Global Fissile Material Report is a yearly overview on stocks and production of fissile materials and on policies that could accelerate their elimination. October 26, 2007 Read the Report |
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Securing the Bomb 2007 Securing the Bomb 2007, commissioned by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, finds a dangerous gap in efforts to thwart nuclear terrorism and calls for urgent global campaign to reduce the risk. The report provides a comprehensive assessment of efforts to secure and remove vulnerable nuclear stockpiles around the world and a detailed action plan for keeping nuclear weapons and their essential ingredients out of terrorist hands. September 26, 2007 View news release |
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"A World Free of Nuclear Weapons" An op-ed by George Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn published in The Wall Street Journal which outlines a vision of a world free of nuclear weapons together with specific steps that can reduce nuclear dangers. January 2007 Read the Op-ed |
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"Funding for U.S. Efforts to Improve Controls Over Nuclear Weapons, Materials, and Expertise Overseas:
Recent Developments and Trends" A report by Anthony Wier and Matthew Bunn, published in February 2007, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University Read the Full Report |
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Securing the Bomb 2006 An NTI commissioned report, from May 2006, finds that even though the gap between the threat of nuclear terrorism and the response has narrowed in recent years, there remains an unacceptable danger that terrorists might succeed in their quest to get and use a nuclear bomb, turning a modern city into a smoking ruin. Offering concrete steps to confront that danger, the report calls for world leaders to launch a fast-paced global coalition against nuclear terrorism focused on locking down all stockpiles of nuclear weapons and weapons-usable nuclear materials worldwide as rapidly as possible. Read the Executive Summary Read the Full Report Visit the website |
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Global Fissile Material Report 2006 First report of the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM). The Global Fissile Material Report is a yearly overview on stocks and production of fissile materials and on policies that could accelerate their elimination. September 2006 Read the Report |
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"Strengthening Long-Term Nuclear Security: Protecting Weapon-Usable Material in Russia"
A report by the National Academy of Sciences highlights several obstacles in the transition from a U.S.-Russian cooperative program to a Russian-directed and Russian-funded fully indigenized program that will ensure the security of 600 tons of weapon-usable nuclear material at a level of international acceptability. July 2005 |
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"Strengthening U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation: Recommendations for Action" A report by the National Academy of Sciences offers the consensus findings and recommendations of a joint committee established by the U.S. National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences to identify methods of improving the ongoing cooperation between the two nations in this area. August 2005 |
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"Accelerating the Blend Down of Russian HEU" A joint report by NTI and Atominform, a Russian research institute, evaluating the potential for accelerating the blend-down of Russian highly enriched uranium, the first detailed analysis of the technical, cost, and schedule issues associated with various options to go beyond the current annual blend down rate of 30 metric tons of HEU, if governments were to adopt such a policy. Fact Sheet Report in English Summary Briefing INMM paper |
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Securing the Bomb 2005: The New Global Imperatives An NTI commissioned report that grades current efforts and recommends new actions to more effectively prevent nuclear terrorism. May 2005 |
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"Universal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security" A team of leading nonproliferation experts, from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, offers a blueprint for rethinking the international nuclear nonproliferation regime. They offer a fresh approach to deal with states and terrorists, nuclear weapons, and missile materials through a twenty step, priority action agenda. March 2005 |
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"Reducing Nuclear Tensions: How Russia and the United States Can Go Beyond Mutual Assured Destruction" A report by the Russian Academy of Sciences discusses how the United States and Russia can and must move away from this outdated and dangerous policy. January 2005 |
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"Nuclear Security Culture: The Case of Russia" A report by The University of Georgia's Center for International Trade and Security (CITS) examines security measures at facilities in Russia's civilian nuclear security sector and finds that, after a decade of U.S. and European security assistance, security unfortunately remains porous. November 2004 |
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"Cooperative Threat Reduction for a New Era" A report from The National Defense University argues the importance of expanding Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and funds beyond Russia in order to address the issue of global nuclear proliferation. September 2004 |
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"Coordinating Submarine Dismantlement Assistance in Russia" A report by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) discusses the coordination challenges associated with international assistance to decommissioning Russia's obsolete nuclear-powered submarines. Their dismantlement has been identified as one of the priority areas for the Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, initiated at the G8 summit in Kananaskis, Canada in June of 2002. September 2004 |
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"Global
Cleanout: An Emerging Approach to the Civil Nuclear Material Threat," by Philipp C. Bleek, Harvard University September 2004 |
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"The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism" A new book from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) warns that substandard security at nuclear facilities in Russia, Pakistan, and Central Asia increases the risk of terrorists seizing highly enriched uranium to make crude, but devastating, nuclear explosives. It urges the United States and its international partners to take immediate steps to prevent the most catastrophic forms of nuclear terrorism and to reduce the consequences of the most likely nuclear terror attacks. June 2004 Forward, The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism Introduction: The Growing Threat Conclusion: Meeting the Challenge Buy the book |
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Securing the Bomb: An Agenda for Action, by Matthew Bunn and Anthony Wier, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University May 2004 |
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"Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis" This book, by Joel S. Wit, Daniel B. Poneman and Robert L. Gallucci, chronicles the events of the first North Korean nuclear standoff, in the early 1990's, and explores the challenges in persuading North Korea to accept significant constraints on its current nuclear activities. |
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"Project Vinca: Lessons for Securing Civil Nuclear Materials Stockpiles," by Philipp C. Bleek, Harvard University Fall/Winter 2003 |
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"Preventing Nuclear Terrorism; A Progress Update," by Matthew Bunn, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University October 2003 |
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"Beyond the Nuclear Shadow: A Phased Approach to Improving Nuclear Safety and U.S.-Russian Relations," by David E. Mosher, David R. Howell, Lowell H. Schwartz and Lynn E. Davis, RAND National Security Research Division, May 2003 |
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"Cornerstones of Security: Arms Control Treaties in the Nuclear Era," by Thomas Graham Jr. and Damien J. LaVerna May 2003 |
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"Controlling Nuclear Warheads and Materials: A Report Card and Action Plan," by Matthew Bunn, Anthony Wier, and Jonathan P. Holdren, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University March 2003 |
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"Protecting Against the Spread of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons: An Action Agenda for the Global Partnership," by Robert J. Einhorn and Michele A. Flournoy, Center for Strategic and International Studies January 2003 |
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"Debt for Nonproliferation: A Concept Development Proposal for the Design and Operation of a Russia Nonproliferation Fund," by James L. Fuller, Battelle Memorial Institute January 2003 |
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"Catastrophic Terrorism: Report of the Meeting Organized by the Center of International Studies, University of Cambridge" November 18-19, 2002 |
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Securing Nuclear Warheads and Materials: Seven Steps for Immediate Action, by Matthew Bunn, Jonathan P. Holdren, and Anthony Wier, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University May 2002 |
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"High-Technology Business Accelerator," by William Hoehn, Visiting Professor, Georgia Institute for Technology April 2002 |
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