The Comparative Strategic Cultures Curriculum project is an ASCO effort that explored approaches for leveraging strategic culture analyses to understanding WMD behavior. This new report includes a collection of commissioned essays and case studies that examine the field of strategic culture and assess its applicability as a methodological approach to understanding decisions to acquire, proliferate, or use WMD, or abide by or violate international norms regarding WMD. More information about this project, and the essays and case studies, can be found at http://www.dtra.mil/
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January 2010 Issue . . .
 
From the Editors:

Readers will be aware that WMD Insights has experienced a hiatus in publication for the last several months. We apologize for this disruption, which was the result of technical and other problems. We are grateful for the many expressions of support we received during this period and the eagerness with which readers indicated they anticipated the next issue. We are very pleased to publish the January 2010 issue, and we look forward to receiving your ideas for and reactions to this and future issues of the publication.
 
 
 

 




On February 6, 2009, Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan was released from house arrest in Pakistan . . . view article




In November 2008, after eluding conviction for decades, German engineer Gotthard Lerch was sentenced to sixty-six months in prison by a court in Stuttgart, Germany, for providing assistance to the clandestine nuclear equipment supply network led by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. . . . view article


 
U.S.- Japan Missile Defense Cooperation: Allies to Move in New Direction?
  The United States and Japan, longstanding Pacific allies, are at a important transitional point in their relationship as the new administrations in each country address issues associated with the future of missile defense, extended deterrence, nuclear nonproliferation, and nuclear disarmament.
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Nuclear and Strategic Implications of the Mumbai Attacks: One Year Later
  When compared with past confrontations between the two nations, India and Pakistan demonstrated considerable restraint in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks . . . view article
 
Venezuelan Moves to Develop Nuclear Power: Energy Security or National Security?
  Having solidified his domestic political base, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez may now be taking initiatives to increase his country’s international status that may create new concerns among his neighbors and incite confrontations with the West.
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