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Nuclear Black Market Dossier: A Net Assesment

 
  • 04 May 2008 - - Daily Times - Pakistan and army: a changing relationship? NBM-dossierFinally, Pakistan remains a key and strategically important country in a troubled region of the world, sitting as it does on the cusp of South Asia, Central Asia, and the Gulf. It also has nuclear arms, whose control and safeguarding remain key to the future stability of the region. For now the army has maintained effective control over the nuclear weapons. A recent Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS) report called the system of safeguards “robust”, based on concentric circles of defence
  • December 30th - - Hindustan Times - Snaring the N-Jihadi NBM-dossierThis thesis has been supported by a recent study of A.Q. Khan's nuclear black market operations by the International Institute for Strategic Studies and a book, The Nuclear Jihadist, by Douglas...
  • A review of Nuclear Black Markets NBM-dossierNuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A. Q. Khan and the Rise of Proliferation Networks, edited by Mark Fitzpatrick, a senior fellow at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies and...
  • So, What About Those Nukes? NBM-dossier"The diffusion of domestic political power among the troika of the president, prime minister and the army chief,” said a major study of the Khan network published earlier this year by the...
  • Pakistan Nuclear Security Questioned NBM-dossierInstead of allowing U.S. officials access to its weapons facilities, the Musharraf government insisted that Pakistani technicians travel to the United States for training on how to use the new...
  • BB crosses the line on AQ Khan? NBM-dossierThe most recent report revealing Dr Khan’s “sale” of nuclear technology has come this year from the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. It confirms that Dr...
  • United Nations Disarmament Conference NBM-dossierIn view of the growing threats to global and regional security arising from nuclear proliferation risks, the conference will address challenges facing the nuclear non-proliferation regime and...
  • Khan network out of business, says State Dept NBM-dossierCommenting on a report by London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies which claims that the Khan network is still running, Mr McCormack said while he could not say whether “any...
  • Rep. Ackerman Issues Statement NBM-dossierOne year ago we didn't know the full extent of the A.Q. Khan proliferation network. A year later, as the report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies issued in May points out, we...
  • Rep. Royce Issues Statement NBM-dossierThis IISS report we'll hear about documents North Korea's extensive procurement activities, which centered on the Khan network, but include China. This report suggests that this regime can draw upon...
  • Ways to Detect and Thwart Nuclear Trade NBM-dossierI’d like to now focus on several policy remedies, two of which will be further developed by Ralf and Matti, and IISS under Mark Fitzpatrick, who I think I just saw, has also recently issued an...
  • Ackerman to head panel on Khan network NBM-dossierA prominent US lawmaker will head a hearing to examine whether the nuclear weapons technology network headed by disgraced Pak scientist A Q Khan has been dismantled as claimed by the Bush...
  • World at new 'nuclear crossroads' NBM-dossierDOBELL: Now under house arrest in Pakistan, Khan started his nuclear trafficking in the 1980s and made sales to Iran, North Korea and Libya. The network was rolled up by the United States and British...
  • Key player in nuclear black market Shangri-La Icon 07North Korea is feared to take centre stage in the nuclear black market even if the six-way talks succeed in halting its nuclear programme, a prominent non-proliferation expert said Friday. Mark...
  • Stanching political atrophy in Pakistan NBM-dossierSeparately, the American response to real or perceived WMD threats from Iraq, Iran, North Korea and Libya overlooked a possible Pakistani connection suggested in the report, Nuclear Black Markets:...
  • Pakistani embassy rejects report NBM-dossierShaheedi writes, “Pakistan rejects the mindset that is bent upon maligning the country. It is a well-known fact that illegal networks of nuclear technology have been operating in more than 30...
  • Embassy spokesman takes exception to article NBM-dossierAkram Shaheedi wished the writer had gone through the recently released report of International Institute of Strategic Studies, which, according to him, gave a detailed view on the issue. The...
  • A Q Khan nuclear network alive and kicking NBM-dossierNuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A Q Khan and the Rise of Proliferation Networks, a strategic dossier released in the United States last Tuesday by the London-headquartered International Institute...
  • Irresponsible nuclear Pak alarms West NBM-dossierAThe development came amid renewed debate about the fallout of the AQ Khan proliferation episode, which Pakistan insists is a closed chapter but western analysts refuse to let die, saying the network...
  • Scientist's nuclear secrets 'still sought' NBM-dossierA new report published in Washington suggests that an international nuclear-smuggling network led by the disgraced scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan is still strong enough to go back into business.The...