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Sample Syllabi
General Nonproliferation Courses
| Introduction to WMD Nonproliferation | |
| Instructor: | Cristina Hansell |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008, Fall 2007 |
| Overview: | This course surveys the issues surrounding the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and ballistic missiles. It also provides an introduction to nuclear and radiological terrorism, and an overview of the international nonproliferation regime. View syllabus |
| Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes | |
| Instructor: | Jean duPreez |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008 |
| Overview: | The bulk of this newly designed course will be devoted to a fictional United Nations Inter-agency advisory group mandated by the Secretary-General to examine the causes of, and multilateral responses to, the most pressing proliferation and arms control challenges. The class will be divided into a number of task forces (depending on the nature of the identified challenges and the number of class participants) to work under leadership of more experienced nonproliferation students, who identify ways in which the various organizations and stakeholders could cooperate in addressing these challenges. Each student will represent a specific organization or component thereof as well as other important stakeholders, such as regional and political organizations. Students will be required to make presentations to their respective task forces on the nature and roles of their assigned institutions, and work with other task force members in developing substantive strategies on how to address the identified challenges. In addition to using course research material, task forces will be able to call on expert witnesses drawn from a host of real world practitioners in the field, including senior international civil servants, diplomats and think-tank experts. These testimonies will be presented in class or by means of on-line and multimedia tools such as Skype, Eluminate, Moodle, etc. Each task force will prepare a report which will be integrated into a final report of the challenges facing nonproliferation organizations and ways to address them. The final report will be forwarded to the real United Nations High Representative for Disarmament and to senior officials at other international organizations. Students will have the opportunity to examine and understand the role of international organizations, treaties and regimes in dealing with contemporary arms control and nonproliferation challenges. Students will work with authentic, primary materials, interact with "real world" practitioners such as diplomats and international civil servants, and engage in "real world" problem-solving scenarios. The course will help students to develop the necessary professional skills in critical thinking and problem-solving in a hands-on, multilateral, and intercultural environment. The course will also reinforce an open learning architecture that closely links teaching faculty, students, and practitioners in the field; utilize a wide range of current and emerging technological tools in knowledge transmission and delivery; and incorporate the multicultural international organizational environment in student participation and interaction. |
| Seminar: Nuclear Proliferation Trends | |
| Instructor: | William Potter |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008, Spring 2007 |
| Overview: | The international nuclear nonproliferation regime faces a variety of new and continuing challenges that may threaten its near- and longer- term viability. Many analysts and practitioners today, for example, are of the view that a variety of events, such as another North Korean nuclear test or Iranian defection from the NPT, could trigger a nuclear proliferation chain reaction of regional or global proportions. Past projections of rampant proliferation, however, are nothing new and have yet to materialize. View syllabus |
| Seminar: Cooperative Threat Reduction | |
| Instructor: | Togzhan Kassenova |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | FOR THE FIRST TIME: Spring 2008 |
| Overview: | Three major course objectives: 1. To account for major CTR achievements and failures in the formar Soviet Union. 2. To learn more about US-Russian post-Cold War strategic relations using CTR as a case study. 3. To think about lessons for new regions and applicability of CTR as a tool in countries outside of the FSU. View syllabus |
| History and Costs of US Nuclear Weapons Development | |
| Instructor: | Steven Schwartz |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008 |
| Overview: | This workshop explores how and why the United States spent more than $6 trillion to build some 70,000 nuclear weapons during the cold war, conduct more than 1,000 nuclear tests, and deploy and maintain a worldwide network of delivery systems, sensors, and communications assets capable of unleashing (or defending against) unimaginable devastation. Key developments and turning points in the history of the nuclear weapons program will be discussed, and the human health, environmental, and economic costs of the testing, production, and deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons will be quantified and assessed. Basic knowledge of nuclear weapons is helpful but not essential. View syllabus |
| Missile Proliferation and Missile Defenses | |
| Instructor: | Dennis Gormley |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008 |
| Overview: | This course will first introduce students to basic technical information on offensive missile delivery systems capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and defensive missile systems designed to defeat offensive WMD missile threats. Offensive delivery systems include both ballistic and land-attack cruise missile systems. The course next turns to current and prospective trends in the spread of ballistic and land-attack cruise missiles in the Middle East, South Asia, and Northeast Asia. In light of these offensive missile trends, the course will examine the role and potential effectiveness of missile defense systems in each of the three regions noted above, as well as in protecting the U.S. homeland. The course finally turns to the role and effectiveness of nonproliferation policy, including export controls. Particular attention is devoted to the challenges nonproliferation specialists face in coping with new trends in missile proliferation and the spread of missile defenses. View syllabus |
| Arms Control Simulation: Negotiating a NWFZ in the Middle East | |
| Instructor: | Jean duPreez |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2007 |
| Overview: | The Arms Control Simulation course is an interactive and unique way for Monterey Institute Nonproliferation and Conflict Resolution students to engage in real world negotiations aimed at resolving central nonproliferation challenges. Learn more about the Arms Control Simulation Course. |
| Seminar: Nonproliferation in the Newly Independent States | |
| Instructor: | Nikolai Sokov |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2007 |
| Overview: | The seminar will provide an overview of the issues surrounding the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and ballistic missiles in the former Soviet Union. Particular emphasis is on Russia as a nuclear weapons state, the state with the bulk of Soviet nuclear, chemical, and biological infrastructure, and also a state that is actively engaged in both miliary and civilian applications of nuclear power. Considerable time will be spent on Central Asia. The course will emphasize the interrelationship between nonproliferation regimes and political and economic developments - both domestic and international - and explore the impediments to the strengthening of WMD nonproliferation. The interaction between NIS states and three issues key to global nonproliferation will be covered in detail: Iran, North Korea, and South Asia. |
| Nuclear Weapons Technology | |
| Instructor: | Craig Smith (NPS and LLNL) |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2007 |
| Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, and Energy | |
| Instructor: | Fred Wehling |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2002 |
| Overview: | This seminar explores how states and non-state actors make decisions for or against the development and deployment of weapons of mass destruction, and how states and international organizations make nonproliferation policy. Participants will be introduced to a variety of theoretical tools for analysis of foreign policy, will apply these perspectives to research on historical or contemporary cases of proliferation and nonproliferation, and use these tools to prepare a seminar paper of publishable length and quality. |
| Weapons Proliferation and Nonproliferation | |
| Instructor: | Brad Roberts |
| School: | Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University |
| Location: | Washington, DC |
| Offered: | Spring 2004 |
| Overview: | The course will assess the changing nature of the weapons proliferation problem, its implications for national security and international stability, and the policy responses in the areas of nonproliferation and counterproliferation. It will cover a broad set of military, technical, political, and economic issues. The course will also explore the implications of the acquisition of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons by non-state actors. |
| Science and Arms Control | |
| Instructor: | Irving Lachow |
| School: | Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University |
| Location: | Washington, DC |
| Offered: | Spring 2004 |
| Overview: | Headlines in today’s newspapers are filled with references to weapons of mass destruction and missile proliferation. These technologies pose both political and military challenges to the United States as it pursues its national security agenda around the globe. Arms control treaties have attempted to deal with these technologies for many years, but have met with mixed success. This one-unit course is designed to give students a fundamental understanding of the technologies underlying arms control. It will cover the four classes of technologies that are the focus of most major arms control treaties: nuclear weapons, chemical and biological weapons, missile systems, and anti-ballistic missile systems. Each class will include an overview of the technologies themselves, as well as an analysis of the strategies used by arms control treaties to manage these technologies. Guest speakers will be used to provide a variety of perspectives on different issues. Students will be expected to participate in classroom discussions, work in teams, and carry out individual work.
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| Contemporary Issues in Nonproliferation | |
| School: | Monterey Institute of International Studies, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies |
| Graduate Schools of Language and Educational Linguistics (GSLEL), Translation and Interpretation (GSTI), International Policy Studies (GSIPS), and the James Martin Center for Non-Proliferation Studies (CNS) | |
| Location: | Monterey, CA |
| Offered: | Spring 2005 |
| Overview: | This course is a content-based course, taught in three languages (Chinese, Japanese and Russian), with plenary sessions planned jointly by staff and faculty from the Graduate School of Language and Educational Linguistics. The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, and the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation. Students will form teams consisting of one subject matter expert and one language professor to prepare expertise on several topics within the focal subject matter. The three major topics of the course in this case are: nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, terrorism with weapons of mass destruction, and regional nonproliferation issues. |
| Introduction to Arms Control and Disarmament | |
| Instructor: | Igor Khripunov |
| Location: | University of Georgia, School of Public and International Affairs |
| Offered: | Fall 2004 |
| Overview: | This undergraduate course provides a brief background description of weapons of mass destruction (i.e., nuclear, biological, and chemical) and the means used to deliver unconventional munitions. Also, we will focuses on traditional arms control as it evolved during the Cold War years and the transitional period in the 1990s. The concept of nonproliferation as it was conceived and implemented in the second half of the last century and continuously updated in the post-Cold War period will be introduced. We will discuss whether the existing instruments and institutions can effectively deal with the new challenges and, if not, whether they need to be readjusted, or even replaced. This part will focus, among other things, on the nonproliferation export control regimes, namely the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Wassenaar Arrangement, and the Australia Group. Finally, we will explore new arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation strategies that have not yet been fully implemented or remain at the conceptual stage.
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| International Policy and WMD | |
| Instructor: | Martin Wagener |
| School: | Department of Political Science, University of Trier |
| Location: | Trier, Germany |
| Offered: | Fall 2004 |
| Overview: | This course introduces students to the main problems of arms control and WMD proliferation in international relations. During the first part of the course, students will learn about the terminology and theories of nonproliferation studies. We will try to answer the following questions: Which actors dominate international politics? What fundamental concepts inform international security? How is foreign policy made? What are the economic, political and military causes of conflict? The second part of the course deals with a variety of themes including verification and compliance of international instruments, military defense such as the missile defense system and confidence building measures in arms control. View syllabus in German |
| Arms Control and Proliferation | |
| Instructor: | Paul Rogers |
| School: | Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford |
| Location: | Bradford, England |
| Offered: | Fall 2004 |
| Overview: | This course aims to provide a foundation for thinking about the role of arms control in international security in the post-Cold War world. It begins by examining the problems created for international security by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction from the 194 Os. It will then place emphasis on international arms control regimes, including the NPT, CWC and BTWC, in responding to these challenges, and will examine, in particular, recent post—Cold War developments and future trends involving new technologies such as directed energy weapons systems. It will also examine issues of paramilitary violence, particularly in relation to the use of conventional munitions for economic targeting as a trend in asymmetric warfare.
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| Nuclear Weapons and International Law | |
| Instructor: | Charles J. Moxley, Jr. |
| School: | Fordham University School of Law |
| Location: | New York, New York |
| Offered: | Fall 2004 |
| Overview: | This seminar will address issues as to the lawfulness under international law of the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. The course will focus upon such matters as the following: applicable rules of international law, as articulated by the United States; the United States' position as to the application of such rules to nuclear weapons; the 1996 advisory decision of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons; relevant judicial decisions subsequent to the ICJ decision; and generally accepted principles of international law applicable to the analysis. The course will also focus upon the facts that are central to the legal analysis, including the characteristics and effects of nuclear weapons, U.S. policy as to the circumstances in which it might use nuclear weapons, the theory and implications of nuclear deterrence, and identifiable risk factors as to the potential effects of the use of nuclear weapons. This will be a paper course and students will be required to present their papers in class. The primary text will be Charles J. Moxley, Jr., Nuclear Weapons and International Law in the Post Cold War World (Austin & Winfield, University Press of America, 2000).
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| The Challenge of Nuclear Weapons | |
| Instructor: | David J. Holloway |
| School: | Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University |
| Location: | Stanford, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2004 |
| Overview: | This course examines the way in which states, individually and collectively, have responded to the challenges posed by nuclear weapons. The atomic bomb was developed during World War II, the most destructive war in history. In the aftermath of Hiroshima there were many who believed that, unless the bomb was abolished or international states system reformed in a fundamental way, catastrophic nuclear war was inevitable. But the bomb has not been abolished, and states still exist. How then have we avoided nuclear war? And will the approaches that we have taken to avoiding nuclear war in the past still work in the future? These questions have become especially topical in the last year, with the war in Iraq, the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, and the tension between India and Pakistan.
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| Security, Disarmament and Nonproliferation | |
| Instructors: | Bruce Larkin |
| School: | Department of Politics, University of California at Santa Cruz |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Offered: | Spring 2004 |
| Overview: | This class is an introduction, for upper-division students, to (i) global public policy issues posed by development and dissemination of nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons and (ii) measures proposed to prevent weapons proliferation. |
| Seminar in International Politics: Weapons of Mass Destruction | |
| Instructor: | Jacques Hymans |
| School: | Department of Government, Smith College |
| Location: | Northampton, Massachusetts |
| Offered: | Spring 2004 |
| Overview: | This seminar explores the politics of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Topics covered include the motives for WMD proliferation and use, strategies for deterrence and defense, and prospects for a WMD-free world. |
| Teaching Strategic Weapons Proliferation | |
| Developed by : | The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center |
| Location: | Washington, DC |
| Offered: | Fall 2002 |
| Overview: | The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center has published a model curriculum for teaching strategic weapons proliferation, a comprehensive listing of questions, and suggested readings on the topic. This master syllabus is the result of a cooperative effort, involving faculty nationwide. This project grew out of a Faculty Teaching Seminar, "The History of Strategic Weapons Proliferation and Efforts to Limit It," held July 11-14, 2001, at the University of California, San Diego, in cooperation with the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.View syllabus |
| Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons Proliferation and Nonproliferation | |
| Instructor: | Michael Barletta |
| School: | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Summer 2002 |
| Overview: | This advanced research seminar examines the origins of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons proliferation and its impact on United States and international security. The objectives are to familiarize students with central debates and key cases and to think analytically about the causes and consequences of proliferation. |
| Seminar: Politics of Nonproliferation | |
| Instructor: | Fred Wehling |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2002 |
| Overview: | This seminar explores how states and non-state actors make decisions for or against the development and deployment of weapons of mass destruction, and how states and international organizations make nonproliferation policy. Participants will be introduced to a variety of theoretical tools for analysis of foreign policy, will apply these perspectives to research on historical or contemporary cases of proliferation and nonproliferation, and use these tools to prepare a seminar paper of publishable length and quality. |
| The New Nuclear Arms Control: Limiting the International Spread of Nuclear Weapons | |
| Instructor: | Theodore Hirsch |
| School: | Yale College |
| Location: | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Offered: | Spring 2001 |
| Overview: | Examines the post-Cold War shift of nuclear arms control. The "new nuclear arms control" is directed at preventing additional nations from getting the bomb. The seminar looks at U.S. strategies to meet today's challenges—India and Pakistan, North Korea and Iraq—and its attempt to prevent future proliferation threats from emerging.
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| The Politics of Nuclear Proliferation | |
| Instructors: | T.V. Paul |
| School: | Department of Political Science, McGill University |
| Location: | Montreal, Canada |
| Offered: | 2001 |
| Overview: | The spread of nuclear weapons to states other than the five declared nuclear weapon powers has been a matter of international concern for several decades. The end of the Cold War has increased the possibility of former allies, who were under the nuclear umbrellas of superpowers, pursuing independent nuclear policies. This course deals with the dynamics of nuclear proliferation in its theoretical and policy dimensions. We will discuss the incentives and disincentives for nuclear acquisition, the nuclear nonproliferation regime, and case studies of countries that have acquired or are in the process of acquiring nuclear weapons as well as those that have foresworn nuclear weapons. Finally, we will look at various strategies for controlling the nuclear spread, as well as the implications of nuclear proliferation for global security, especially in the post-cold war era.
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| Seminar on Nuclear Proliferation, Nonproliferation and Counterproliferation | |
| Instructor: | Michael Barletta |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Summer 2000 |
| Overview: | This advanced research seminar examines the origins of nuclear weapons proliferation and its impact on U.S. and international security. The goal is to familiarize students with central debates and key cases, to think analytically about the causes and consequences of nuclear proliferation and to evaluate policy responses to impede, dissuade and cope with the spread of nuclear weapons.
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Regional Nonproliferation Courses
| Chinese Nonproliferation and Security Policy | |
| Instructor: | Jing-dong Yuan |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008, Spring 2007 |
| Overview: | Scholars as well as policymakers debate and assess the implications of rising Chinese power for regional security and the international system. This seminar introduces students to Chinese foreign policy, arms control, nonproliferation, and security issues. It begins with a brief history of phases in Chinese foreign and security policy and then gives an overview of major theoretical appraches to the subject. These theoretical perspectives are useful in examining a wide range of policy issues, including the relationship between ballistic missile defense and Chinese strategic modernization, the evolution of Chinese arms control policy, the sources of China's nonproliferation behavior, security trends in the Taiwan Strait, civil-military relations, the Chinese foreign policy process, and the domestic sources of Chinese foreign and security policy.
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| Security and Nonproliferation Issues in the Middle East | |
| Instructor: | Fred Wehling |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008, Spring 2007 |
| Overview: | This seminar will examine Middle East security and nonproliferation concerns from a variety of perspectives. The course will briefly introduce the geopolitical dimensions of the region, including the formation of political boundaries of today's Middle East. Post WW II conflicts in the region will be discussed, including the Arab-Israeli wars, Iran-Iraq war, Lebanon and finally the two Gulf Wars. The major part of the course will be devoted to contemporary nonproliferation issues and arms buildup with special focus on Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Israel and Libya. The course will also touch on terrorist organizations based in or operating in the Middle East and their potential for use of weapons of mass destruction. Reading assignments and class discussions will also approach the topic from various perspectives: the concerns and objectives of US policy in the region; threat perceptions and security objectives of the Middle Eastern states within their regional and global contexts; political and military alliances; and the role of domestic politics in security policy-making. The major requirement of the seminar will be a research paper of publishable length and quality.
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| Seminar: South Asia and WMD | |
| Instructor: | Sharod Joshi |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008 |
| Overview: | The course examines various reasons behind WMD acquisition by India and Pakistan, concentrating especially on nuclear weapons. These factors include threat perceptions, domestic imperatives and nationalistic attitudes. A key element of nuclear weapons programs is the development of effective delivery systems such as missiles and aircraft. Analysis of such programs provides an indicator of current and future strategy. In this context, both India and Pakistan have made major strides in their cruise and ballistic missile programs to make their nuclear strategy more credible. At the same time, neither side has a clearly enunciated nuclear doctrine, although attempts have been made in this direction. This is crucial in context of a reliable command and control system and for crisis stability. |
| Iran's Nuclear Program & Impact on the Middle East | |
| Instructor: | Ibrahim Al-Marashi |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008 |
| Overview: | The course serves as an overview to Iran’s nuclear program since its development during the Shah’s period in the seventies to the Islamic Republic in the present. Topics that will be covered include the geopolitics of Iran, the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East and Iranian threat perceptions. It also examines Iranian national security in a regional and global context, and the role of domestic Iranian politics in the state’s nuclear policy. Finally the course covers the concerns and objectives of US policy to Iran’s nuclear program, and efforts and initiatives of international institutions at non-proliferation and arms control vis-a-vis Iran. |
| Security and Arms Control in Northeast Asia | |
| Instructor: | Jing-dong Yuan |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2007 |
| Overview: | This course surveys the security, arms control and nonproliferation issues in Northeast Asia, including the post-Cold War security environment, major-power relations, and the prolifeation challenges in the region and responses. It will review in detail the security and arms control policies of the major powers in the region and discuss the impact of their interactions on regional peace and stability. The central focus of the course is to understand the sources and dynamics underpinning threat perceptions, security and arms control policies in the region, and efforts, either unilaterally, bilaterally, or in multilateral cooperation, on preventing the spread of weaons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical and biological weapons) and their delivery systems (ballistic and cruise missiles).
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| Terrorism in South Asia | |
| Instructor: | Sharod Joshi |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2007 |
| Overview: | This seminar course discusses the gamut of terrorist violence in South Asia. The subcontinent is a very crucial region from the terrorism perspective, given that such violence that has been a regular feature here for decades. Moreover, the centrality of this region to global terrorist networks is an element that is of current importance and therefore this aspect will be a theme throughout. For the purposes of this seminar, South Asia will be defined as the region comprising the countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives. But depending on the specific topic, crucial connections to other areas such as Afghanistan, and countries of Southeast Asia will also be discussed. This is important, given the transnational character of contemporary terrorism, which includes fundraising links, and ideological connections. Also, while this course will not formally devote entire sessions to particular groups (except the LTTE and the ULFA), they will be an important focus of study. These groups include the Lashkar-e-Toiba, and Jaish-e-Mohammed. |
| Seminar: Nonproliferation in the NIS | |
| Instructor: | Nikolai Sokov |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2006 |
| Overview: | This seminar will survey the security issues that have arisen in Eurasia after the fall of the Soviet Union. These issues will be placed in the context of contemporary debates about international relations theory and the nature of international security. Particular attention will be paid to regional security, ethnic tensions, geopolitics, and the interaction between economic and security issues. All regions of the former Soviet Union will be examined, with special emphasis on Russian relations with the other former Soviet republics, and energy and security issues in the Caspian Sea region.
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| Comparative National Security and Policymaking | |
| Instructor: | Scott Parrish |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2006 |
| Overview: | This course uses a comparative approach to examine the national security policymaking process int he United States, Russia, France and the Uropean Union, China, and Japan. The course will examine the impact of a range of factors - including the international system, domestic politics, bureaucratic politics, and individual personalities - in determining the national security policies of these states. The role of historical and institutional factors in shpaing national security policies will also be examined. Differences between authoritarian and democratic states, large and small states, and presidential and parliamentary democracies, will also be discussed. The first part of the course will introduce a number of theoretical perspectives on national security policy making. The second part of the course will consist of case studies of national security policymaking in the five countries, and examine their reactions to the security dimlemma posed by North Korea and Iraq.
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| Disarmament: Australia and Middle Power Activism | |
| Instructor: | David A. Cooper |
| School: | Department of International Affairs, Georgetown University |
| Location: | Washington, DC |
| Offered: | Fall 2004 |
| Overview: | The course will examine Australia's role in all aspects of arms control, disarmament, nonproliferation, and counterproliferation over the past two decades. Australia is among only a handful of countries that exerts significant influence across the entire disarmament spectrum. It has played a leading, often decisive, role in negotiating and/or implementing a variety of global regimes, including the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), a Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) protocol, and the eponymous Australia Group. This level of involvement and influence is vastly disproportionate to Australia's overall position in the international system. This ability to 'punch above its weight' is based on a sustained commitment to devote political energy and diplomatic resources to the disarmament aspect of its international relations. |
| WMD Proliferation in South Asia | |
| Instructor: | Gaurav Kampani |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2004 |
| Overview: | This course examines the origins of WMD proliferation in South Asia – India and Pakistan –and its impact on US and international security, and the global nonproliferation regime. It’s objective is to familiarize and inform students of key debates and issues, to think analytically and critically about the causes and consequences of proliferation in the region, and to evaluate policy measures to cope with the spread of nuclear weapons and their delivery systems in the region. For this purpose, the course is divided into five major themes: (a) motivations and historical narrative; (b) fissile material production, weaponization, delivery systems, and operational issues; (c) limited conventional war under nuclear conditions; (d) nuclear stability; and (e) political stability, nuclear safety and security, and WMD trade.
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| Proliferation and Nonproliferation in East and South Asia | |
| Instructor: | Phillip C. Saunders |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Winter 2001, Winter 2000 |
| Overview: | The course will deal with threats to nuclear and missile nonproliferation regimes in East Asia. It provides an overview of missile defense technology, reviews Taiwan's and Japan's interest in acquiring theater missile defense systems, lists China's objections to missile defense and analyzes how various missile defense could affect China's modernization and security. It also explores North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. View syllabus |
Biological, Chemical Weapons
| Biological Weapons Technology | |
| Instructor: | Burke Zimmerman |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008 |
| Overview: | History of Biological Weapons, Programs pursued in 20th century, The Biological Weapons Convention – history and current status. |
| Biological and Chemical Weapons and Arms | |
| Instructor: | Ray Zilinskas |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008 |
| Overview: | During the last 15 years, accusations have been made that various nations and terrorists have employed biological, chemical, and toxin weapons in international warfare, internal conflicts, or terrorist operations. Most prominently, the UN found conclusive evidence that Iraq has used chemical weapons against Iran and, eventually, vice versa; that in addition to its chemical weapons, Iraq had a sizeable biological weapons program; and the Soviet Union secretly instituted the world’s largest and most sophisticated biological warfare program before its dissolution in late 1991. |
| Chemical and Biological Weapons Survey | |
| Instructor: | Craig Hooper |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studiesy |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2006 |
| Overview: | This class examines two related weapons systems and explores their history, strategic context, and future, including weapons control and potential proliferation issues. The course will be a hybrid of lecture and seminar-style discussions, emphasizing mastery of concepts, research methods and analytical pitfalls rather than facts. The primary aim of this course is to develop both knowledge and application of knowledge (skills) in the area of Chemical and Biological Weaponry. By the end of the course, students will have obtained a thorough conceptual background of CBW, including issues concerning the development of CBW as a policy issue and current policy debates surrounding CBW. Students will be better equipped to serve as “bridge” analysts for CBW, bringing salient aspects of complex scientific or public health issues to policymakers. The students will end the course with a broader appreciation of the strategic role of disease, CBW defense, the future of CBW and these weapons’ linkage to other strategic weapons systems. |
| Nonproliferation in Biodefense | |
| Instructor: | Peter M. Leitner |
| School: | Department of Molecular and Microbiology, George Mason University |
| Location: | Fairfax, Virginia |
| Offered: | Summer 2004 |
| Overview: | This course will introduce students to a range of nonproliferation issues to include: selected agents of bio-terrorism, regulatory and Treaty approaches to non-proliferation as a general matter, political – ethical – military – technological concepts, and contemporary terrorism concerns. Lecture topics will include examples of offensive biological programs and historical methods of nonproliferation. Students will learn the successes and downfalls of nonproliferation regimes. During the semester guest speakers will be invited to present their particular expertise on key issues. View syllabus |
| Medical Response to Bio-Chem Warfare | |
| Instructor: | Raymond Zilinskas |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2002 |
| Overview: | This course is based on two 12-hour satellite broadcasts that were presented by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRID) and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) in the fall of 2000. The first broadcast is "Biological Warfare and Terrorism: The Military and Public Health Response" and the second is "Medical Response to Chemical Warfare and Terrorism."
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| Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chemical and Biological Weapons | |
| Instructor: | Raymond Zilinskas, Jason Pate and Eric Croddy |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studiesy |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2002, Spring 2000 |
| Overview: | This course covers the technologies underlying chemical and biological (CBW) weapons and their delivery systems. Students will learn about type, lethality and the utility of CBW and will review the history of its use as well as efforts to prohibit CBW and limit proliferation.
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| Basic Training Course on Analysis and Verification of Chemicals Related to the Chemical Weapons Convention | |
| School: | VERIFIN, University of Helsinki |
| Location: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Offered: | Ongoing (4 months, once a year) |
| Overview: | Course includes hands-on training on sample preparation, GC and GC–MS in verification of the CWC (Chemical Weapons Convention). The course also includes introductions to LC–MS, FTIR and NMR. During an independent problem solving (IPS) the participants have to solve a sample preparation and identification problem. Requirements: B.Sc. or M.Sc. level in analytical or organic chemistry or chemical engineering, some practical experience working in laboratory. |
| National Authority and Chemical Databases | |
| School: | VERIFIN, University of Helsinki |
| Location: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Offered: | Ongoing (2 weeks, twice a year) |
| Overview: | Training course on National Authorities and Chemical Databases. The duties of national authorities (for the Chemical Weapons Convention) are discussed: legislative issues concerning the national implementation of the CWC, collection of data, declarations and inspections. The end of the course concentrates on different sources, where data useful for the national authorities can be found. Requirements: Post at or Close contact with the National Authority for the CWC. View course information |
WMD Terrorism
| Seminar: Terrorism Involving WMD | |
| Instructor: | Fred Wehling |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008, Fall 2007 |
| Overview: | The goal of this course is to develop the skills necessary to analyze motivations and capabilities of non-state actors to acquire and use chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) materials and weapons for terrorist purposes. Through class discussions and individual research, students will review the technical aspects of weapons of mass destruction (WMD, defined here as nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological weapons), examine the history of WMD terrorism, discuss and explore the current debate on the likelihood of WMD terrorism, and assess policy tools available to address the threat of WMD terrorism. Students are required to have substantial background knowledge of either WMD or terrorism before joining the seminar. |
| Advanced Topics in Counter-Terrorism Financing | |
| Instructor: | Moyara Ruehsen |
| School: | Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2007 |
| Overview: | This course is a follow-up to the introductory course, IP555: Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing. While IP555 was designed to introduce students to the scope and methods of money laundering and terrorism financing, and both public sector and private sector counter-strategies, this seminar is designed, this seminar is designed to allow students to probe more deeply into case studies specific to terrorism financing and current policy responses. Readings will examine current and past CTF efforts as well as case studies of charitable organizations linked to terrorism financing and other investigations and prosecutions. Class discussions will explore the evolution of counter-terrorism financing efforts and strategies in the U.S., the EU, and the MENA region, as well as ongoing efforts within multilateral organizations such as the United Nations, FATF and FATF-style regional bodies.
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| Advanced Studies in Terrorism | |
| Instructor: | Jeffrey M. Bale |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2007 |
| Overview: | This seminar is designed to provide an in-depth examination of certain key aspects of contemporary terrorism, and is specifically intended for graduate students who have already taken lecture-oriented undergraduate or graduate courses dealing with terrorism. The class will be divided into three separate portions. During the first portion, after a session devoted to the provision of basic information about terrorism, Islam, and Islamism, everyone in the class will read chapters from a series of important recent books that deal with global jihadist networks and their objectives. Given the threat that such networks and their supporters currently pose to the security of the West, Russia, India, various states in Asia, and moderate Muslims everywhere, it is necessary for every student interested in terrorism to become much more knowledgeable about the jihadist agenda. During the second portion of the course, students will spend their time working independently on the individual research topics they have selected, which can deal with any aspect of terrorism that interests them. During the third and final portion, each student will give an oral report in class to present and analyze his or her research findings, which will then be discussed by the entire class. Near the end of this last portion of the class, if not earlier, students must submit their completed research papers. View syllabus |
| Science and Technology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism | |
| Instructor: | Mark Prelas, Tushar Ghosh, Dabir Viswanath |
| School: | Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri - Columbia |
| Location: | Internet |
| Offered: | Fall 2006 |
| Overview: | Terrorism has been a familiar tool of political conflict, and it has assumed greater importance during the past 20 years. This subject has been treated by political scientists in various forms, but the scientific and technological aspects of different forms of terrorism cannot be found in a single place. In order to build better defense systems, it is important for persons who propose countermeasures to understand the basics of different types of terrorism, including the nature of chemical and biological agents and their properties (toxicity, health effects and preparedness) and nuclear threats. Tentative topics include origin of terrorism and psychology of diplomacy, nature of terrorism, biological weapons, chemical terrorism, cyber terrorism, nuclear terrorism, and disaster and emergency measures and preparedness. View syllabus |
| Terrorism and Proliferation | |
| Instructor: | Raymond Tanter |
| School: | Department of Government, Georgetown University |
| Location: | Washington, DC |
| Offered: | Fall 2004 |
| Overview: | The theme concerns psychological restraints on rational decisionmaking--how leaders seek to simplify complexity and reduce uncertainty but cognitive constraints interfere. Prospect theory from cognitive psychology is a source of explanation for behavior rational choice theory is unable to explain. The plot involves international terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Regarding terrorism, the focus is on the American–led war on global terrorism, with special focus on al Qaeda. Regarding proliferation, the course looks back on regime change in Iraq for lessons learned in potential regime change for Iran and North Korea. Participants shall have an opportunity to conduct case studies on al Qaeda, Iraq, Iran, and North Korea and to meet in a computer lab in order to access resources of the Web while in class. |
| Bioterrorism | |
| Instructor: | William Daddio |
| School: | Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University |
| Location: | Washington, DC |
| Offered: | Fall 2004 |
| Overview: | This course explains terrorism in its modern form, and why the use of these weapons is more likely today. In addition, the course presents the major biological and other weapons thought most likely to be used, discusses techniques to use these weapons, and discusses the techniques to prevent and control the effects of these weapons. |
Specialized Nonproliferation Courses
| Emerging Issues in International Public Health | |
| Instructor: | Ray Zilinskas |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2007 |
| Overview: | This policy-directed seminar will provide the students with an understanding of some important emerging problems in international health and their possible public health consequences. In addition, students will analyze the various approaches that have been, or are being, tried by policy-makers to deal with these problems in order to assess their effectiveness. This course is designed for social science students and therefore will have minimal technical terminology. When technical terms are used, they will be defined. |
| International Space Policy | |
| Instructor: | Clay Moltz |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2006 |
| Overview: | This course seeks to provide students with the tools to analyze future challenges in international space policy. Topics will include: space security, commerce, exploration, and environmental management. The seminar will be divided into two parts: 1) an overview covering the history of the Cold War in space, including U.S.-Soviet space competition, military developments, and space treaties and other cooperative agreements; and 2) an analysis of contemporary space policy issues, including such topics as space traffic control, debris management, orbital defenses/weapons, and future questions of international conflict prevention. View syllabus |
| Technology and International Security | |
| Instructor: | Clay Moltz |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2005 |
| Overview: | This seminar focuses on the interplay between technological development and international security in both historical and conceptual terms. Major themes include the increasing range of weaponry over time, its growing lethality, and the increasingly rapid pace of technological developments affecting the battlefield in recent decades. Social, economic, and organizational factors affecting the development of weapons technology will also be discussed, such as revolutions in civilian transportation, communications, and industry. In addition, military-institutional impediments to rapid technological change will be analyzed. View syllabus |
| Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Beyond - Study Tour in Japan | |
| Instructor: | Peter Kuznick |
| School: | Nuclear Studies Institute, American University, Washington D.C. |
| Location: | Japan |
| Offered: | Summer 2006 |
| Overview: | This course explores Japanese wartime aggression, the human physical devastation wrought by the atomic bombings, current Japanese and international efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons, and the building of closer ties between the peoples of the United States and Japan. Students live and study with Japanese and other Asian students, professors, peace activists, and policy experts. Participants meet with atomic bomb survivors and Asian victims of Japanese atrocities and hear first-hand accounts of their experiences. Students also participate in a broad range of Japanese commemorative events and visit peace museums and relevant cultural and historical sites.
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| Science, Arms, and the State | |
| Instructor: | Daniel Kevles |
| School: | Yale College |
| Location: | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Offered: | Fall 2006 |
| Overview: | A history of chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons in the twentieth century, focusing on the integration in the United States of national security policy making, scientific research, and military innovation. Topics include consequences of weapons development for the scientific community and the civilian economy, public attitudes toward weapons of mass destruction, and political movements to control such weapons. |
| Strategy, Technology, and War | |
| Instructor: | Paul Bracken |
| School: | Yale College |
| Location: | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Offered: | Fall 2006 |
| Overview: | Study of how the interrelationship of strategy, foreign policy, and technology has shaped international relations from Napoleon to the global information grid (GIG). Analysis of the transformations arising from political change and technological advance. Topics include the role of “big” military organizations in the United States, Europe, and Asia; technological innovation; organizing for defense and intelligence; arms control; and the challenge of a second nuclear age. |
| Nonproliferation Issues for Weapons of Mass Destruction | |
| Instructor: | Mark Prelas, Tushar Ghosh, Dabir Viswanath |
| School: | Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri - Columbia |
| Location: | Internet |
| Offered: | Fall 2006 |
| Overview: | The topic of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) is wrongly perceived by many to be a problem focused solely on nuclear technology. It is critical for students in many disciplines to gain a perspective that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a much more complex problem that also encompasses biotechnology and chemical technology. Proliferation of WMDs is global in that many factors beyond technology contribute to the problem including economics, psychology, distribution of resources, political factors, and other influences. This course examines the role of nuclear technology, biotechnology and chemical technology from the basics of the industries that drive the technologies to the infrastructure, workforce and resources that are required to use these technologies for the development of weapons of mass destruction. However, the course goes beyond just the technical aspects and examines the relative risks associated with each category of WMD, the historical perspective for their development and use, the human factors (e.g., the motivations that lead countries or groups to seek WMDs) and how negotiations and treaties have been used to stem WMD proliferation. The future of WMDs will be examined looking at the risks that may be posed by states, rogue nations, terrorist groups and disturbed individuals and the strategies that can be used to mitigate these threats will be discussed. View syllabus |
| The Nuclear Dilemma | |
| Instructor: | Dot Sulock |
| School: | 2004 Teaching Nonproliferation Summer Institute, University of North Carolina at Asheville |
| Location: | Asheville, North Carolina |
| Offered: | Summer 2004 |
| Overview: | This class is intended to enable you to understand the important contemporary questions created by the excellent nuclear capabilities and uncertain public policies of humankind. Are national defense efforts making humans safer or threatening our existence? Do our efforts to produce electricity by nuclear power save us from air pollution and dependence on fossil fuels or threaten us with environmental disaster? Understanding the nuclear dilemma includes studying international security issues of nuclear weapons and their proliferation, consideration of costs and benefits from generating electricity using nuclear power, and raising environmental questions connected with disposal of radioactive waste and cleanup of radioactive sites. As best we can, we will be thinking outside the box, making connections between disciplines, analyzing the big picture, and critiquing public policy. Citizens are often unwilling to confront this dilemma because of ignorance and a sense of helplessness. This class is intended to enable you, as a citizen, to play a role in helping humankind find a sensible course through these troubled waters. |
| The History of the Atomic Bomb | |
| Instructor: | Bruce Hevly |
| School: | Department of History, University of Washington |
| Location: | Seattle, Washington |
| Offered: | Fall 2004 |
| Overview: | History of the atomic bomb from the beginning of nuclear physics to the security hearing of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Includes a study of the scientific achievements that made the bomb possible, the decision to deploy the bomb, the moral misgivings of the scientists involved. |
| Nuclear Forces and Missile Defenses | |
| Instructor: | Theodore A. Postol |
| School: | Program of Security Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Location: | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Offered: | Fall 2004 |
| Overview: | The security and policy dilemmas that are created by the limitations and capabilities of nuclear weapons will be discussed both from a technical and policy perspective. These issues will be examined from the strategic perspective of the U.S. and Former Soviet Union, and from the perspective of small states that may have acquired, or may be contemplating the acquisition of nuclear weapons. The course will be broken up into two broad areas of discussion. Subjects to be covered in the first part of the course will include the effects of nuclear weapons against civilian populations and military targets; the effects of high explosive and chemical munitions, and the technology of long-range delivery systems. The second part of the course will focus on missile defenses, including their capabilities and limitations, effectiveness in benign and hostile combat environments, and countermeasures and counter-countermeasures. The discussion on missile defenses will emphasize techniques for analyzing defense-effectiveness, and technologies that could be used to either enhance or diminish the effectiveness of various missile defense systems. View syllabus |
| Technical Dimensions of WMD Proliferation and Proliferation Detection | |
| Instructor: | Christopher D. Jones |
| School: | Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington |
| Location: | Seattle, Washington |
| Offered: | Fall 2004 |
| Overview: | This course is designed to provide future non-scientist, international security specialists with a basic theoretical and practical understanding of mass destruction weapon development and acquisition. Additionally, an overview of proliferation detection technology and its limitations will be provided. While the emphasis in the course will be on nuclear weapons and nuclear technology, biological and chemical weapons technology and missile delivery system technology will also be reviewed. Historical and current real-world examples of arms control and proliferation prevention efforts will be a core theme. An overview of bilateral and multilateral institutions and safeguards agencies will also be included. |
| The Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Age | |
| Instructor: | Mark Selden |
| School: | Cornell University |
| Location: | Ithaca, New York |
| Offered: | Fall 2004 |
| Overview: | This course explores the meaning of the nuclear age and the atomic bomb from multiple perspectives with particular reference to the United States and Japan as well as the global context of the issues. It considers the impact of the making and using of the atomic bomb on American and Japanese societies including its political, social, historical, literary and artistic resonances, and the responses it evoked. We range from the master narratives of nuclear power politics to the personal narratives and responses of a range of victims and citizens in both the United States and Japan. We consider the relationship between the atomic bomb and the cold war and inquire into the significance of the apparent decline in interest in nuclear issues (but not of nuclear fantasies?) in the post cold war era.
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| Science, Technology and Nuclear Weapons | |
| Instructor: | Peter J. Pella |
| School: | Department of Physics, Gettysburg College |
| Location: | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
| Offered: | Spring 2004 |
| Overview: | This course is designed to familiarize students with some of the physical principles applicable to nuclear weapons (e.g. fission, fusion, radiation), as well as with some of the technological issues pertaining to nuclear weapons, arms control, and other related topics, and to gain an appreciation of where we are today, how we got to our present state, and what may lie ahead. How much time we spend on each objective will depend on class interest and background; you should, therefore, consider the syllabus to be somewhat flexible. View course information |
| Problems of Nuclear Disarmament | |
| Instructor: | Raymond G. Wilson |
| School: | Dept. of Physics, Illinois Wesleyan University |
| Location: | Bloomington, IL |
| Overview: | Learn enough and understand enough to be able to create, propose, test and challenge possible solutions to the war problem and specifically the nuclear war problem. With some 20,000 nuclear warheads and bio-chemical weapons targetable on America, the U.S. Department of Defense cannot have peace of mind. We will get a glimpse of the role militarism plays in affecting the economy, the environment, and the general well-being of the international community. Why target us? Isn't America the world's hope and source for peace and justice? |
| International Security and the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction | |
| Instructor: | Robert L. Gallucci |
| School: | Georgetown University |
| Location: | Washington, DC |
| Offered: | Fall 2001 |
| Overview: | This course will explore the nature of the threat to international security posed by the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The first part of the course covers the technology of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and ballistic missiles. The second part takes a regional perspective, looking at Northeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. It then addresses the impact of Russia and China on proliferation and assesses the threat posed by terrorist use of WMD.
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Export Control Courses
| Nonproliferation Tools: Export Controls | |
| Instructor: | Stephanie Lieggi/Kenneth Butler |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Spring 2008 |
| Overview: | This course broadly focuses on three important issues. One is how states balance between the pursuit of wealth and security. Second is the issue of cooperation among states on nonproliferation-related trade controls in light of a globalized economy. The third is the effectiveness of strategic trade controls as instruments in supporting nonproliferation objectives given the changing nature of technology and the global trade environment. The theoretical debate on these issues continues to revolve around the question of how states initiate, implement, and sustain international cooperation against the competing pressures of trade, domestic politics, and national security.
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| Emerging WMD Supply Network | |
| Instructor: | Sharad Joshi |
| School: | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies |
| Location: | Monterey, California |
| Offered: | Fall 2007 |
| Overview: | This workshop examines trends in networks supplying materials and technical know-how related to weapons of mass destruction. As is well-known, the most prominent case of such a network was the one run by A.Q. Khan, which provided a range of products, first to the Pakistani nuclear and missile development program and subsequently to other recipients, such as North Korea, Iran, and Libya. At the same time, other networks have also played a part in furthering proliferation activities elsewhere. These networks vary in magnitude and components. Indeed, the term is loosely defined, and in some cases of the possible supply of WMD-related materials, many components that would comprise a network might be absent. |
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