Tutorials
Explore these interactive tutorials for complete overviews of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and issues surrounding the threats from biological and chemical warfare and radiological terrorism. View expert analysis of the issues, interactive timelines, maps, and numerous links to relevant resources.
- The Nuclear Terrorism Tutorial
considers the possibility of nuclear terrorism by examining the
following four questions: What are nuclear weapons? How could
terrorists acquire or build nuclear weapons? Why would terrorists
use nuclear weapons? How should the world respond to the threat of
nuclear terrorism? updated September 2009
- Explore the interactive Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Tutorial
for a complete overview, expert analysis, and multimedia
presentations on the NPT, the cornerstone of the international
nonproliferation regime. updated November 2009
на русском (In Russian) - The Biological Warfare (BW) Terrorism Tutorial
addresses several aspects of BW terrorism, including the
biological agents of concern, the characteristics and motivations of
terrorists, approaches to prevention and the available policy
responses. updated April 2009
- The Chemical Warfare (CW) Terrorism Tutorial
takes an in depth look at CW terrorism by analyzing the most common
types of chemical agents, characteristics and motivations of
terrorists, and steps being taken to prevent and prepare for a
possible CW attack. updated April 2009
- The Radiological Terrorism Tutorial
considers the possibility of radiological terrorism by analyzing the most common
types of radiological sources, characteristics and motivations of
terrorists, and steps being taken to prevent and prepare for a
possible attack using a radiation dispersal device. updated
October 2008
- The Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Tutorial reviews the characteristics of nuclear-weapon-free zones, their relationship to the NPT, and explores challenges for establishing future zones. updated April 2009
This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents. Copyright © 2009 by MIIS.