Strengthening U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation

U.S Committee on Strengthening U.S. and Russian Cooperative Nuclear Nonproliferation, Development, National Research Council, Russian Committee on Strengthening U.S. and Russian Cooperative Nuclear Nonproliferation, Russian Academy of Sciences

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 Introduction: From Assistance to Partnership; 4 Political Challenges to Cooperation on Nonproliferation; 5 Legal Obstacles and Opportunities; 6 Program Organization and Management; 7 Scientific and Technical Cooperation; 8 Conclusion: The End of the Beginning; 9 Appendix A Glossary of Acronyms; 10 Appendix B Committee Biographies; 11 Appendix C Cooperative Threat Reduction Negotiations: Lessons Learned, Susan Koch; 12 Appendix D The Experience of Cooperation in Accounting, Control, and Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials Between the Ministry of Defense of Russia and the Department of Energy of the United States, N. N. Yurasov; 13 Appendix E Meetings and Discussions; 14 Appendix F On Some Issues of Global Security and Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, L. D. Ryabev; 15 Appendix G Analysis of the Legal and Regulatory Environment Governing the Disposition of Nuclear-Powered Submarines: Major Difficulties and Obstacles in Improvement of International Cooperation and Ways to Mitigate or Overcome Them, V. N. Barinov, and A. P. Zotov; 16 Appendix H Development of a Strategic Master Plan for Disposition of Decommissioned Russian Nuclear-Powered Fleet and Rehabilitation of Hazardous Radioactive Sites and Facilities of Its Support Infrastructure, S. Antipov, L. Bolshov, and A. Sarkisov; 17 Appendix I Overcoming Impediments to Cooperation Between the United States and Russia: Improving Communication During Project Definition, Michael S. Elleman and Wendin D. Smith; 18 Appendix J Overcoming Impediments to Cooperation Between the United States and Russia: Elements of Successful Project Preparation, Michael S. Elleman and Wendin D. Smith; 19 Appendix K Means and Methods of Overcoming Barriers in Cooperation: Mindset Gap as a Legacy of the Cold War; Cooperation in Exploration and Utilization of Cosmic Space, S. A. Popov; 20 Appendix L Radiological Terrorism in the Context of Nonproliferation, R. V. Arutyunyan and V. P. Bilashenko