The Comparative Strategic Cultures Curriculum project is an ASCO effort that explored approaches for leveraging strategic culture analyses to understanding WMD behavior. The report includes a collection of commissioned essays and case studies that examine the field of strategic culture and assess its applicability as a methodological approach to understanding decisions to acquire, proliferate, or use WMD, or abide by or violate international norms regarding WMD. More information about this project, and the essays and case studies, can be found at http://www.dtra.mil/
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CURRENT ARTICLES - Global
U.S. Satellite Shoot-Down Evokes International Concern and Criticism
On Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 22:26 EST, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ordered the U.S. military to destroy a non-functioning U.S. surveillance satellite, the USA-193/NROL-21. . . .view article
Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act of 2008 Advances in U.S. House of Representatives
On March 14, 2008, the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee approved HR 5577, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008 and reported it to the full House of Representatives for further action . . .view article
Iran Likely to Take Accusatory Stance at CWC Review Conference
Apparently applying the motto that the best defense is a good offense, Iran is seeking to deflect international pressure to halt its uranium-enrichment program by pressing complaints about U.S. and Western behavior with respect to chemical weapons . . . view article
Summary of Recent United Nations Security Council, European Union, and United States Sanctions Against Iran
The following synopsis of various sanctions against Iran and the accompanying tables are intended to offer a convenient overview of the status of these international efforts to alter Iranian behavior, as of March 14, 2008 . . . view article
