Basic Information
| Due Date |
Assignment |
| Jan 20 |
Article 1, Part 4 of the Student Code |
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Some Nuclear Policy and War Terms |
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A More Effective Approach to US Security |
| Jan 25 |
The Last Train From Hiroshima: Chapter 1 |
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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: Foreword, Preface, Chapters 1 & 2 |
| Jan 27 |
The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons |
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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: Chapter 3 |
| Jan 31 |
The Physics and Technology of Nuclear-Explosive Materials |
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Use of Reactor-Grade and Weapons-Grade Plutonium in Nuclear Explosives |
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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: Chapters 4 & 5 |
| Feb 3 |
The Day After Midnight (Nuclear Weapon Effects) |
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Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War |
| Feb 8 |
What Terrorists Want: Introduction, Chapters 1, 2, & 3 |
| Feb 10 |
Romney - New START is Obama's worst foreign-policy mistake |
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Kerry - How New-START will improve our nation's security |
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Lugar - Romney misinformed on New START Treaty |
EXTRA |
New START
Protocol and Text |
| Feb 15 |
What Terrorists Want: Chapters 4, 5, & 6 |
| Feb 17 |
Perfect protection against terrorism is impossible |
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Don't panic. Fear is al-Qaeda's real goal |
| Feb 22 |
What Terrorists Want: Chapters 7 & 8 |
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Nuclear Terrorism: Introduction, Chapters 1 & 2 |
| Feb 24 |
Nuclear Terrorism: Chapters 3 & 4 |
| Mar 1 |
Nuclear Terrorism: Chapters 5, 6, & 7 |
| Mar 3 |
Nuclear Terrorism: Chapter 8 & Conclusion |
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Rumsfeld Memo: US Ignorant About Iraqi Weapon Programs |
| Mar 8 |
Worldwide Nuclear Weapon Inventories (2011 report by the Arms Control Association) |
| Mar 10 |
Worldwide Ballistic Missile Inventories (2009 report by the Arms Control Association) |
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Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States Through 2015 (December 2001 U.S. National Intelligence Estimate) |
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The Ballistic Missile Threat (June 2001 report by Joseph Cirincione) |
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Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat (June 2009 NASIC Report) |
| Mar 15 |
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: Chapter 6 |
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U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces Under New START |
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Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces under New START |
| Mar 29 |
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: Chapter 7 |
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Chronology of U.S.-North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy |
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North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program |
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Sig Hecker - What I found in Yongbyon and Why It Matters |
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North Korean Missile Threat |
| Mar 31 |
History of Iran's nuclear energy program |
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Does Iran now have enough nuclear explosive material to make a bomb? |
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Iran's Outstanding Nuclear Issues at a Glance |
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Evaluating Iran's missile threat |
| Apr 5 |
National missile defense |
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GAO Report on US Missile Defense Program |
| Apr 7 |
Offical Statement of the Number of U.S Nuclear Weapons |
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Funding for U.S. Nuclear Triad Set to Grow |
| Apr 12 |
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: Chapter 8 |
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2010 Nuclear Posture Review Executive Summary |
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What Obama's Nuclear Posture Review Accomplishes |
| Apr 14 |
Obama's Nuclear Moment |
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Obama's Mixed Results on Nukes |
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Provisions of the New START Treaty |
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How to Build on the New START Treaty |
| Apr 18 |
2007 National Intelligence Estimate of Iran's Nuclear Program |
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2010 Unclassified Report on Iran's Nuclear and Missile Programs |
| Apr 26 |
Agenda of Nuclear Talks Leaves Out a New Threat |
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Obama leads summit effort to secure nuclear materials |
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2010 Washington Nuclear Security Summit |
| Apr 28 |
U.S. Is Pushing to Deter a Mideast Nuclear Race
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Securing the Bomb 2010 (NTI) |
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Nuclear Terrorism Fact Sheet |
| EXTRA |
Significance of the Death of Osama bin Laden |
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The 'Wanted Dead' Option in the War on Terrorism |
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Torture During Interrogations |
| May 3 |
Toward True Security (UCS) |
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President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear arms |
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Deterrence in the Age of Nuclear Proliferation |
