Khripunov suggests SCO take lead in Korean crisis

In an op-ed for The Korea Times, CITS Associate Director Igor Khripunov suggests that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), an organization of emerging world powers primarily driven by Russia. Go to article.

 

Khripunov authors article on "Africa and its Nuclear Renaissance"

"Africa and its Nuclear Renaissance," by CITS Interim Director Igor Khripunov appears in a Summer issue of the International Journal of Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology. Abstract: Against the background of power shortages, higher prices for oil and gas and the creeping effects of climate change, the nuclear power renaissance has become a global catch phrase. Several African nations are seriously considering the nuclear power option and making exploratory steps toward this objective. The rising expectations for nuclear power are also driven by abundant uranium resources in Africa. A weak industrial infrastructure, the lack of skilled labour, interstate conflicts, social and ethnic strife, insurgencies, corruption and crime does not create, however, an environment in some African countries that is conducive to the safe and secure implementation of nuclear power generation policies. Go to article.

 

Kassenova publishes on Nuclear Renaissance in Kazakhstan

CITS research associate Togzhan Kassenova authored an article entitled "Kazakhstan’s ‘Nuclear Renaissance’" in St. Antony’s International Review (STAIR). The article discusses the historical evolution of nuclear power in Kazakhstan and its future in the region. Dr. Kassenova joined the CITS staff this year and works in the Center’s Washington office. Reprinted with permission from St. Antony's International Review (STAIR). Vol. 4. No. 2. 2009, pp. 51-74. © 2009. Go to article.

 

Jones publishes on EU defense market

CITS Excecutive Director, Dr. Scott Jones, contributed an op-ed entitled "Finally, a Single EU Defense Market?" to the February 2 issue of Defense News.  The essay analyzes recent decisions by the European Parliament to help create a common European defense market. Go to article.

 

SPIA releases Winter issue of The Citizen

The School of Public and International Affairs has released its Winter issue of The Citizen.  This issue, entitled “The Growing WMD Threat,” features articles by CITS Director Gary Bertsch, policy advisor General Eugene Habiger, CITS Associate Director Igor Khripunov and senior research fellows Anupam Srivastava and Seema Gahlaut. Go to article.

 

CITS Distinguished Fellow and Policy Advisor General Eugene Habiger

General Eugene Habiger, CITS Distinguished Fellow, will participate in a high-level workshop of Russian and American strategic experts to discuss options for reviving U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control and strategic understanding. Organized by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the workshop will include former Russian military commanders, representatives of the State Duma, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, the Ploughshares Fund, and others. The main topics discussed will be missile defense systems, ways to augment existing treaties, and methods to move toward disarmament. General Eugene Habiger, US Air Force (retired), a distinguished fellow and policy advisor at the Center for International Trade and Security (CITS), has for the past eighteen months been engaged in a variety of influential groups involved in shaping vital national security initiatives. General Habiger’s participation in these groups has led to a series of important studies and reports to be used in advising the incoming U.S. administration on a variety of nuclear and security policy issues.  Read more.

 

Kassenova publishes on Nuclear-Free-Zone in Central Asia

CITS research associate Togzhan Kassenova authored an article entitled "The struggle for a nuclear weapon-free-zone in Central Asia" in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. The article discusses the importance and ramifications of the recent ratification of a nuclear-free-zone in Central Asia. Dr. Kassenova joined the CITS staff this year and works in the Center’s Washington office. Go to article.