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Sharing Nuclear Information
Voluntary information-sharing declarations can be a communication tool for nuclear-armed states with the potential to strengthen global security and stability.[efn_note]This essay was made possible in part by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The statements made and views expressed are…
Benefits and Challenges of Nuclear Information-Sharing in South Asia
In our essay entitled “Charting Nuclear Security Progress in South Asia,” we explored whether voluntary declarations on civilian plutonium under the existing INFCIRC/549 Guidelines on the Management of Plutonium would be useful for India and Pakistan in the context of…
Guidelines for the Management of Plutonium: India’s Case
Since India and Pakistan became nuclear-armed powers in 1998, the contentious and escalatory dynamics between these two rivals have been a point of concern not just for South Asia, but also the rest of the world. Yet while the international…
India’s Reservations About Voluntary Reporting of Civilian Plutonium Stocks
The canvas of global nuclear issues is immense, encompassing three parallel and significant subsets: deterrence, nonproliferation, and nuclear security. However, in the last year or so, most international attention has been directed towards proliferation issues and deterrence while nuclear security…
Prospects for Civilian Plutonium Management in Pakistan and South Asia
Over the past three decades, the progressive accretion of nonproliferation agreements has led to greater transparency on nuclear materials worldwide. This has enabled the introduction of various commitments and treaties to strengthen transparency measures, driven by the need for the…
Voluntary Information Sharing on Civilian Plutonium: A Perspective from Pakistan
In its broadest sense, transparency refers to disclosing information that was earlier kept classified. In practice, transparency regarding the management of nuclear materials varies for every nuclear state. States engaged in the use of nuclear materials and technologies tend to…