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Challenges for the 1990s for Arms Control and International Security -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1-Challenges for International Security in the 1990s -- 2-Introductory Remarks: From INF to New Agreements -- 3-Soviet "New Thinking" About International Security -- 4-The INF Treaty: A Status Report on INF Inspections -- 5-Whither Conventional Arms Control? -- NEW INITIATIVES IN CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL -- THE END OF THE BEGINNING -- OPENING POSITIONS -- OBSTACLES AND HOPE -- THE OUTLOOK -- 6-Prospects for a Chemical Weapons Disarmament Treaty -- 7-Vitality of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Regime -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- 8-Summary Remarks.

FRONT MATTER -- CONTENTS -- Welcome and Overview of Sessions, April 26 -- Peter Bickel "Opening Remarks," April 26 -- Data Mining, Unsupervised Learning, and Pattern Recognition -- James Schatz "Introduction by Session Chair" -- Jerry Friedman "Role of Data Mining in Homeland Defense" -- Diane Lambert "Statistical Detection from Communications Streams" -- Rakesh Agrawal "Data Mining: Potentials and Challenges" -- Donald McClure "Remarks on Data Mining, Unsupervised Learning, and Pattern Recognition" -- Werner Stuetzle "Remarks on Data Mining, Unsupervised Learning, and Pattern Recognition" -- Detection and Epidemiology of Bioterrorist Attacks -- Claire Broome "Introduction by Session Chair" -- Kenneth Kleinman "Ambulatory Anthrax Surveillance: An Implemented System, with Comments on Current Outstanding Needs" -- Stephen Eubank "Mathematics of Epidemiological Simulations for Response Planning" -- Sally Blower "Predicting the Unpredictable in an Age of Uncertainty" -- Simon Levin "Remarks on Detection and Epidemiology of Bioterrorist Attacks" -- Arthur Reingold "Remarks on Detection and Epidemiology of Bioterrorist Attacks" -- Image Analysis and Voice Recognition -- Roberta Lenczowski "Introduction by Session Chair" -- Jitendra Malik "Computational Vision" -- Ronald Coifman "Mathematical Challenges for Real-Time Analysis of Imaging Data" -- Larry Rabiner "Challenges in Speech Recognition" -- David McLaughlin "Remarks on Image Analysis and Voice Recognition" -- David Donoho "Remarks on Image Analysis and Voice Recognition" -- Opening Remarks and Discussion, April 27 -- Communications and Computer Security -- Howard Schmidt "Introduction by Session Chair" -- Dorothy Denning "A Security Challenge: Return on Security Investment" -- Kevin McCurley (Talk omitted at speaker's request) -- David Wagner "A Few Open Problems in Computer Security".

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: Security First: For Us, Them, and the World -- A. A Principled, Realistic Approach -- B. Policy Implications -- C. Implications for Failing States -- D. Implications for Newly Liberated Nations -- Part II: The Limits of Social Engineering -- A. A Primitive Art -- B. The Lessons of Democratization -- C. The Lessons of Reconstruction and Economic Development -- D. The Lessons of Nation-Building -- Part III: The True Fault Line: Warriors vs. Preachers -- A. Fewer Enemies, More (Potential) Allies: The Global Importance of Liberal Moderates -- B. Violent vs. Persuasive Beliefs in Three Religious Belief Systems -- C. Violent and Persuasive Beliefs in Secular Theories of Social Change -- D. Violent and Persuasive Beliefs in Islam -- E. Illiberal Moderate Muslims: The Global Swing Vote -- Part IV: The Importance of Moral Culture -- A. The Soft Underbelly of Security -- B. Religion's Key Role in U.S. Foreign Policy -- Part V: Grounds for Intervention -- A. Whose Security? The Responsibility to Protect -- B. Responsibility as an International Communitarian Principle -- C. A Second Duty: To Prevent? -- Part VI: Security Requires a New Global Architecture -- A. The Third Ought to Be First -- B. Who Will Attack? -- C. A Strategic Shift: From Controlled Maintenance to Deproliferation -- D. Muscular, Moral Power -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

FrontMatter -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Workshop Background -- Workshop Context -- Overviews of the International Nuclear Nonproliferation Context -- International Political Efforts to Address the Dangers of Nuclear Weapons and Materials -- The Legal and Regulatory Context for MPC&A -- Safeguards Culture -- IAEA Nonproliferation and MPC&A Programs -- Domestic MPC&A Programs -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix A Workshop Participants List -- Appendix B Workshop Agenda.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 - Individual Accounts and Social Security Reform -- 2 - Introduction to Individual Accounts -- 3 - Individual Accounts in Social Security Reform: The Debate -- 4 - Agency Risk and the Management of Individual Account Investments by Corporations and Mutual Funds -- 5 - Individual Management Risk -- 6 - Labor Market Issues -- 7 - Benefits and Taxes -- 8 - Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix A: Dealing with Financial Market Risk: Guarantees in Individual Accounts -- Appendix B: Labor Market Distortions Due to Contribution Evasion and Avoidance -- References -- The Author -- Index -- About the Institute.

FrontMatter -- Preface -- A Note on Terminology -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Overview -- Introduction -- 1 The Evolution of Cooperative Threat Reduction -- 2 Cooperative Threat Reduction in the 21st Century: Objectives, Opportunities, and Lessons -- 3 The Form and Function of Cooperative Threat Reduction 2.0: Engaging Partners to Enhance Global Security -- 4 The Role of the Department of Defense in Cooperative Threat Reduction 2.0 -- 5 Cooperative Threat Reduction 2.0: Implementation Checklist -- List of Acronyms -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 -- Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix C: Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program History: References -- Appendix D: List of Committee Meetings and Speakers -- Appendix E: The Evolution of U.S. Government Threat Reduction Programs -- Appendix F: Nunn-Lugar Scorecard -- Appendix G: The G8 Global Partnership: Guidelines for New or Expanded Cooperation Projects -- Appendix H: A Comparison of the Characteristics of Six Weapons Systems from the Perspective of a State or Terrorist Organization -- Appendix I: Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs -- Appendix J: Congressional Guidelines and Corresponding Findings and Recommendations.

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nuclear Weapons -- 3 Nuclear-Explosive Materials -- 4 Clandestine Stocks and Production of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear- Explosive Materials -- 5 General Conclusions -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Physics and Technology of Nuclear-Explosive Materials -- Appendix B Acronyms -- Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.

Fontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- What Is Homeland Security? -- What Is the Role of the Higher Education Community in Homeland Security? -- Parallels Between Homeland Security and Area Studies, International Relations, and Science Policy -- Current and Proposed Educational Programs in Homeland Security -- Summary -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Committee Member Biographies -- Appendix B Workshop Agenda -- Appendix C Workshop Speaker Biographies -- Appendix D Workshop Participants -- Appendix E Sample Organizations Offering Homeland Security Education Programs.

Social Security in the Global Village investigates the new challenges for social security in an increasingly globalized world and analyzes strategies of adjustment. A group of internationally renowned experts in this field assess the variety of effects that globalization has had on national social security schemes. Among the topical issues discussed are the social rights of migrants, the changing rights and obligations in unemployment insurance, lessons to be drawn for the promotion of employment, the relationship between family policy and employment policy for mothers, the management of socia

Global Development and Human Security explores the possibility of connecting all countries to the global economy while defusing the social tensions and managing the security risks that can result from exposure to a turbulent international system. The complex intersection between security and development policies has not been adequately mapped or explored. Frail and failing states that lack sound market and security institutions are the weak links in an interconnected global system. Yet aid allocation principles discourage engagement with these ""difficult partners,"" and the insular culture of

Intro -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- OVERVIEW OF U.S.-RUSSIAN PARTNERSHIP AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE THREAT ENVIRONMENT -- LEADERSHIP THROUGH PARTNERSHIP: A VISION FOR THE 2015 NUCLEAR SECURITY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION -- FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF RUSSIAN - U.S. COOPERATION IN THE NUCLEAR ARENA: A REVIEW OF OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS -- ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE THROUGH LONG-TERM COOPERATION: APPLYING LESSONS LEARNED FROM U.S.-RUSSIAN MPC&A PROGRAMS -- THE EXPERIENCE OF RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES IN COOPERATION ON PROTECTION, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS -- MATERIAL PROTECTION, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING:LESSONS LEARNED APPLIED TO UNITED STATES AND RUSSIAN NUCLEAR SECURITY COOPERATION IN 2015 -- THE KOLA TRAINING AND TECHNICAL CENTER OF THE RUSSIAN NAVY -- PARTNERSHIP IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT OF THE 21ST CENTURY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY -- ASSURANCES OF SUPPLY VS. PROLIFERATION: A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY -- FULL PARTNERSHIP: SHARING STRATEGIC, MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES -- THE SALIENT NEED TO DEVELOP NEW APPROACHES TO ADDRESS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION ISSUES -- MINIMIZING CIVIL HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM STOCKS BY 2015: A FORWARD-LOOKING ASSESSMENT OF U.S.-RUSSIAN COOPERATION -- COST-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION: THE CRDF EXPERIENCE -- A NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE: EXPANDING NUCLEAR ENERGY AND ASSOCIATED SECURITY CHALLENGES -- INTERNATIONAL URANIUM ENRICHMENT CENTER IN ANGARSK: A WAY TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY AND NON-PROLIFERATION -- NUCLEAR POWER OF FAST REACTORS: A NEW START.

Myths of Empire -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Myth of Security through Expansion -- 2. Three Theories of Overexpansion -- 3. Germany and the Pattern of Late Development -- 4. Japan's Bid for Autarky -- 5. Social Imperialism in Victorian Britain -- 6. Soviet Politics and Strategic Learning -- 7. America's Cold War Consensus -- 8. Overexpansion: Origins and Antidotes -- Index.