This is a selective guide to library materials and Internet resources on international conflict resolution, disarmament, arms control, and peacekeeping. Other related guides include:
Please consult CLIO or Pegasus for other materials in the Columbia University Libraries. For suggestions to other material, please check with Lehman Reference staff.
 Access Restrictions: available to current Columbia faculty, staff and students only.
Columbia University Resources
- Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
- Center for International Conflict Resolution (SIPA)
- Nonviolent Power in Action
- A series of three e-seminars presented by Professor Dennis Dalton, on the nature and power of the Gandhian political philosophy and practice of nonviolence.
Find Journal Articles
- CNS Nonproliferation Databases
- The nonproliferation databases compiled by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies are the most comprehensive open source data resources in the world on nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and missile proliferation developments.
Experts and scholars at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies sift through and verify facts from over 400 publications and information sources in several languages to create these uniquely accurate and extensive databases. The databases contain current and archived information from various sources including trade journals, government and defense publications, periodicals and electronic news sources, academic journals, U.S. congressional testimony, conference proceedings, books, United Nations and International Atomic Energy Agency documents, correspondence from international advisors, unpublished papers and Internet sources.
- EINIRAS Database Network
- The EINIRAS database makes available several databases of citations to security-related articles, 1990-present. They can be searched by English, French, Spanish, and German keywords.
- International Political Science Abstracts. Bimonthly.
- Paris: International Political Science Association, 1951-
- JA 36 .I5 - Lehman
- R053 In8 - Butler Reference
- Kiss, Terry.
- Peacekeeping, a bibliography prepared for the Air University Library, October 2005
- LexisNexis Statistical. Monthly.
- Washington, D.C. Congressional Information Service, 1973-
- The LexisNexis Statistical database provides comprehensive access to statistical data. Many of the U.S. government sources are linked to the full text of the data, while state, private, and IGO sources are cited, allowing the researcher to then locate the statistical source in the library, either in print or as part of the microfiche service which accompanies the printed index.
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Print versions are:
- American Statistics Index (ASI): Z 7554 .U5 A46 - Lehman
- Index to International Statistics (IIS): Z 7552 .I53 - Lehman
- Statistical Reference Index (SRI): HA 202 .S8 - Business Reference
- PAIS International. Monthly.
- New York: Public Affairs Information Service, 1915-
- Z 7163 .P922 - Offsite
- Peace Research Abstracts Journal. Quarterly.
- Oakville, Ont.: Canadian Peace Research Institute, 1962-
- JX 1901 .P38 - Lehman
- Rand Corporation.
- Search Rand Documents. Quarterly.
- Santa Monica, CA.: Rand, 1964-
- Z 7911 .R151 - Lehman Reference Index Table
- The Rand collection consists of commissioned research published in several series, including Rand Report, Rand Note and Rand Paper. All are in Lehman Library stacks (check CLIO under series title).
Find Books
- CLIO: Columbia Libraries Online Catalog
- CLIO is the online catalog for the Columbia and Barnard libraries. It includes over 4 million records for books, journal or newspaper titles (not articles), online resources, government documents, microforms, sound or video recordings, archival collections, etc.
- WorldCat
- An online catalog of the collections of 24,000 member libraries of the OCLC consortium, comprising more than 36 million records for books, serials, manuscript collections, audiovisual materials, computer files, and other media.
- BorrowDirect
- A borrowing service offered by the university libraries of Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale. It is designed to allow students, faculty and staff to request (and receive in four days) books directly from each other's collections.
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- Arms Control Today. Monthly.
- Washington, D.C.: Arms Control Association, 1980-
- JX 1974 .A757 - Lehman
- See section "Arms Control in Print."
- Web version includes full text of feature article for each issue.
- Atkins, Stephen E.
- Arms Control and Disarmament, Defense and Military, International Security and Peace: an Annotated Guide to Sources, 1980-1987.
- Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 1989.
- Z 6464 .D6 .A85 1989 - Lehman
- JX 1974 .A78 - Lehman
- Chemical and Biological Disarmament
- A guide to web resources on the subject, compiled by the University of Michigan Library.
- Congressional Research Service Reports: full text, 1916-present, from LexisNexis Congressional
- Search by keyword or topic for in-depth CRS reports, prepared for Congress.
- International Conflict Resolution: Comparative & Theoretical Studies (Southern Africa, South & Southeast Asia, The Balkans, North Africa & the Middle East)
- A bibliographic guide to both print and internet resources, compiled by Dr. Joseph S. Caruso, African Studies Librarian, Columbia University.
- Kiss, Terry.
- Peacekeeping, a bibliography prepared for the Air University Library, October 2005
- Klemmer, Andreas.
- United Nations Publications Related to the Subject of Conversion: An Annotated Bibliography, from the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC).
- Lakos, Amos.
- International Negotiations: a Bibliography.
- Boulder, Co.: Westview Press, 1989.
- Z 6464 .Z9 L32 1989 - Lehman
- Making Peace Pay: a Bibliography on Disarmament & Conversion.
- Claremont, Calif. : Regina Books, 2000.
- Z 6464 .Z9 M33 2000 - Lehman
- Müller-Brettel, Marianne.
- Bibliography on Peace Research and Peaceful International Relations: the Contributions of Psychology, 1900-1991.
- New York: K.G. Saur, 1993.
- JX 1952 .Z99 M85 1993g - Lehman
- McClean, Andrew.
- Security, Arms Control, and Conflict Reduction in East Asia and the Pacific.
- Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
- Z 6724 .N37 M37 1993 - Lehman
- Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Between States: a Selective Bibliography.
- New York : United Nations, 1991.
- JX 4473 .P43 1991g - Lehman
- Peacekeeping and Related Operations, University of New Brunswick Library
- An extensive series of links, including regional peacekeeping resources and low intensity conflicts.
- Peace-keeping Operations : a Bibliography, from the United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library
- This bibliography, the fourth in a series on the United Nations, contains only English-language monographs published between 1945 and 2002. It does not include articles from journals or any titles which were published by or under the auspices of the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies.
- Scrivener, David.
- Bibliography of Arms Control Verification.
- Brookfield, VT : Gower Pub. Co., c1990.
- Z 6724 .A73 .S38 1990 - Offsite
- Shope, Virginia.
- Peacekeeping: a Selected Bibliography, May 2004
- The purpose of this bibliography is to provide a starting place for research on peacekeeping's expanding role in world affairs. Now in the fourth revised edition, Peacekeeping: A Selected Bibliography generally includes books, documents, periodical articles and Internet sites dated 2000 to the present. Links to earlier editions: 1995, 1996
- UNIDIR Repertory of Disarmament Research (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research).
- New York : United Nations, 1990.
- JX 1974 .U39 - Lehman
- Continues Repertory of Disarmament Research, Z 6464.D6 R46, published in 1980.
- UN System Pathfinder: Disarmament
- UN System Pathfinder: International Security and Peacekeeping
- The purpose of these Pathfinders is to identify major publications of the organizations comprising the United Nations system. Materials were selected with a view to currency, relevance and usefulness. It includes global studies and reports, handbooks and guides, bibliographies and indices, international statistical publications, compilations of treaties, resolutions and documents as well as annual reports of UN bodies and specialized agencies.
- United States Institute of Peace.
- Bibliography on Peace, Security, and International Conflict Management.
- Washington, D.C. : U.S. Institute of Peace, 1993.
- JX 4473 .U54 1993g - Lehman
- Y 3.P 31:17 P 31 - U.S. Government Documents
Background Information
- Aall, Pamela R.
- Guide to IGOs, NGOs, and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations.
- Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace Press, 2000.
- JZ 4850 .A17 2000 - Lehman
- Arms Control Impact Statements.
- Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1979-.
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- Y4.F76/1:Ar5/21/
- Y4.F76/2:Ar5/20/
- Y4.In8/16:Ar5/6:
- Atomic Audit: the Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940.
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c1998.
- U 264.3 .A874 1998 - Lehman
- Bercovitch, Jacob.
- International Conflict: a Chronological Encyclopedia of Conflicts and Their Management, 1945-1995.
- Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c1997.
- D 842 .B46 1997 - Lehman
- Bercovitch, Jacob.
- Regional Guide to International Conflict and Management from 1945 to 2003.
- Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c2004.
- Check CLIO - Lehman
- The Blue Helmets: a Review of United Nations Peace-keeping. 3rd ed.
- New York, NY : United Nations Dept. of Public Information, 1996.
- JX 1981 .P7 B595 1996g - Lehman
- Border and Territorial Disputes of the World. 4th ed.
- London, U.K. : John Harper Pub. ; Farmington Hills, Mich. : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. and Canada by Gale Group, 2004.
- D 843 .D623 2004g - Lehman
- Burgess, Heidi.
- Encyclopedia of Conflict Resolution.
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1997.
- R033.2 B91 - Butler Reference
- Burton, John W.
- Conflict Resolution: its Language and Processes.
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1996.
- HM 136 .B786 1996 - Lehman
- Conversion Survey: Global Disarmament, Demilitarization and Demobilization. Annual.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1996-
- HC 79 .D4 C674 - Lehman
- Web version includes introduction, table of contents, and some full text.
- Disarmament: a Basic Guide
- A publication of the UN Dept. of Disarmament Affairs, 2001.
- Doyle, Michael W.
- Making War and Building Peace: United Nations Peace Operations.
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.
- JZ 6374 .D69 2006 - Lehman
- Encyclopedia of Arms Control and Disarmament. 3 vol.
- New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993.
- JX 1974 .E57 1993 - Lehman
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts.
- Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press, 2003.
- GN 496 .E56 2003 - Lehman
- Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict. 3 vols.
- San Diego ; London : Academic Press, c1999.
- HM 291 .E625 1999g - Lehman
- Handbook on the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Between States.
- New York : United Nations, 1992.
- JX 1952 .H36 1992g - Lehman Reference
- Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes
- Jessup, John E.
- A Chronology of Conflict and Resolution, 1945-1985.
- New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
- U 42 .J47 1989 - Lehman
- Jessup, John E.
- An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996.
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
- D 842 .J47 1998 - Lehman
- Larsen, Jeffrey Arthur.
- Historical Dictionary of Arms Control and Disarmament.
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.
- JZ 5645 .L38 2005 - Lehman
- Mays, Terry M.
- Historical Dictionary of Multinational Peacekeeping.
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2004.
- JZ 6374 .M38 2004 - Lehman
- Peace Agreements
- Chronology and full texts of selected peace accords and processes from around the world, from INCORE.
- Peace and Conflict. Biennial.
- College Park, MD : Center for International Development and Conflict Management, 2001-
- JZ 6385 .G87 - Lehman
- Peace, Security and Conflict Prevention: SIPRI-UNESCO Handbook.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
- JX 1905 .P43 1998g - Lehman
- Peacekeeping Best Practices
- Peacekeeping Maps
- From the UN Cartographic Section. Maps are in PDF format, for both current deployment and an archives section for previous missions.
- Ramsbotham, Oliver.
- Encyclopedia of International Peacekeeping Operations.
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1999.
- JZ 6374 .R36 1999 - Lehman
- Smith, Dan.
- The Atlas of War and Peace.
- London : Earthscan, 2003.
- G 1046 .R1 S6 2003g - Lehman
- Unesco Yearbook on Peace and Conflict Studies.
- Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980-1988.
- JX 1901 .U1 - Lehman
- United Nations Disarmament Yearbook.
- New York: United Nations, 1976-
- JX 1974 .U372 - Lehman
- Watson, Cynthia Ann.
- Nation-building : a Reference Handbook.
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004.
- E 840 .W38 2004 - Lehman
- World Encyclopedia of Peace. 2nd ed. 8 vols.
- Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Oceana Publications, 1999.
- JZ 5533 .W67 1999 - Lehman
- World Military and Social Expenditures. Annual.
- Leesburg, VA.: WMSE Publications, 1974-1996.
- HJ 7469 .W6 - Lehman
- World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers
- The annual report from the Dept. of State, Bureau of Arms Control
United States Agencies
- Department of Defense
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- Department of Energy
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- National Nuclear Security Administration
Part of the mission of the NNSA is to promote international nuclear safety and nonproliferation
- Office of Fissile Materials Disposition
The Department of Energy's Office of Fissile Materials Disposition is involved in the effort to reduce the global nuclear danger associated with inventories of surplus weapons-usable fissile materials (highly enriched uranium and plutonium). The Office is developing strategies and implementing actions to: (1) provide a Department-wide storage configuration that is secure, environmentally sound, inspectable, and cost effective; and (2) eliminate surplus weapons-usable fissile materials in a manner that encourages reciprocal action abroad.
- Department of State
- The Department of State is the primary source of foreign affairs information for the U.S. Government and is responsible for implementing the President's foreign policies. The Department provides much of the national security and economic data used by the government as well as most data on the internal politics of foreign countries.
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Clinton Administration Policy on Reforming Multilateral Peace Operations (PDD 25), February 22, 1996
- Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) is responsible for managing a broad range of nonproliferation, counterproliferation and arms control functions. ISN leads U.S. efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons) and their delivery systems.
- Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
The Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) provides oversight of both policy and resources of all matters relating to verification of compliance with international arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements and commitments.
- Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls advances national strategic objectives and U.S. foreign policy goals through timely enforcement of defense trade controls and the formulation of defense trade policy.
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Nonproliferation and Homeland Security
- Its mission is to provide technology, analysis, and expertise to aid the United States government in preventing the spread or use of weapons of mass destruction.
- Sandia National Laboratories: Nonproliferation Program
- Its mission is to provide technology, analysis, and expertise to aid the U.S. government in preventing the spread or use of weapons of mass destruction.
- United States Institute of Peace
- The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created and funded by Congress to strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflict.
- Peace Watch. Monthly.
- Washington, DC : The Institute, 1994-
- Y 3.P 31:15/ - U.S. Government Documents
- Reports
Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Contains agreements, documents and resolutions regarding nonproliferation, and safeguards implementation.
- Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO PrepCom), Vienna
- At this Web site, the CTBTO PrepCom provides information on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and activities to establish the global verification regime foreseen in the Treaty.
- United Nations
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Department for Disarmament Affairs
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Peacekeeping Operations
- Panel on United Nations Peace Operations - Report, August 23, 2000
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Security Council
- Security Council Resolutions, 1974-present, with links to full-text
- Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council, 1946-1984
The Repertoire is the only analytical record of the practice of the Security Council, as reflected in its decisions, positive and negative, and related statements. It presents all the data relevant to the interpretation and application by the Security Council of the provisions of the UN Charter and the Council's provisional rules of procedure.
- UN Peacemaker
- UN Peacemaker (registration required), serves as an online mediation support tool for international peacemaking professionals. The site provides information for peacemakers, including Peace Agreements, Peace Agreement Summaries, Selected Literature on various substantive peacemaking issues, a Legal Library, as well as links to Research Centres and other useful resources. In addition, the site offers easy access to peacemaking knowledge by providing Lessons, Case Briefs, Operational Guidance Notes, Knowledge Essays and Comments on peace agreements and on the management of peace processes.
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research Programme of Correspondence Instruction in Peacekeeping Operations(UNITAR POCI)
- UNITAR POCI provides students of all nations with self-paced distance training to prepare them to serve on peacekeeping missions.
Research and Policy Centers
- CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
- Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.
- The Arms Control Association
- The ACA website provides access to its journal, Arms Control Today, background information & analysis on the Comprehensive Test Ban (CTB) Treaty, and other arms control briefings, fact sheets, and background papers.
- Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
- BICC is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and facilitating the processes whereby people, skills, technology, equipment, and financial and economic resources can be shifted away from the defense sector and applied to alternative civilian uses.
- BICC Bulletin
- The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- The Endowment conducts programs of research, discussion, publication, and education in international affairs and U.S. foreign policy, including migration, nuclear non-proliferation, regional conflicts, multilateralism, democracy-building, and the use of force.
- The Non-Proliferation Project
- Publications
- The Carter Center, Emory University
- The Center wages peace by bringing warring parties to the negotiating table, monitoring elections, safeguarding human rights, and building strong democracies through economic development.
- Peace Programs: Americas Program, Conflict Resolution Program, Democracy Program, Global Development Initiative, Human Rights Initiatives.
- Center for International Development and Conflict Management, at the University of Maryland
- CIDCM programs are based on the belief that "peace building and development-with-justice are two sides of the same coin." (Edward Azar, 1987). With this philosophy at its core, the Center has acted as a forum for the expression of a broad range of views about the transition from war to peace.
- Center for Peace and Security Studies, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service
- Project areas include: Non-military aspects of security, conflict and conflict resolution, technology and security, arms and arms control, the U.S. and international security.
- Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research, Zurich
- The Center for Security Studies, founded in 1986, is an independent academic institution researching and teaching in the fields of security policy and conflict analysis. The Center maintains an extensive list of publications on general subjects in the field. It also serves as the Secretariat for the International Relations and Security Network (ISN), a daily updated electronic clearinghouse for resources in the field of security and defense studies, peace and conflict research, and international relations. The service is organized in a subject and a regional listing, contains a current issues page and links to related research institutions.
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a public policy research institution dedicated to policy analysis and impact. CSIS is the only institution of its kind that maintains resident experts on all the world's major geographical regions. It also covers key functional areas, such as international finance, the emerging markets, U.S. domestic and economic policy related to the Strengthening of America, and U.S. foreign policy and national security issues.
- Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Bradford, UK
- The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), which is based in the Department of Peace Studies, was established in 1990. From the beginning, emphasis has been placed on combining the ideas and experiences of both academics and practitioners and on the transference of research findings into practical applications. Research themes are: Peacebuilding from Below, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution, and Education and Training in Non-Violent Conflict Resolution Skills.
- Journal: UN & Conflict Monitor
- Conciliation Resources
- Conciliation Resources serves as an international resource for local or national organisations pursuing peace or conflict prevention initiatives. The principal objective is to support sustained practical activities of those working at the community and national levels to prevent or transform violent conflict into opportunities for social, political and economic development based on more just relationships.
- Publishes Accord: An International Review of Peace Initiatives
- Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado, Boulder
- "A comprehensive gateway to information on more constructive approaches to difficult conflicts."
- Council for a Livable World
- The Council provides the U.S. Congress with sophisticated technical and scientific information that helps them make intelligent decisions about nuclear arms control, strategic and conventional weapons, the military budget and United Nations peacekeeping. Council for a Livable World will continue to advocate deep reductions and elimination of weapons of mass destruction.
- German Association for Peace and Conflict Research (AFK)
- Groupe de recherche et d'information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP)
- Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research
- Research projects include a Conflict Barometer and the KOSIMO Database, containing (at this time) 693 political conflicts from 1945 to 1999. Each conflict is coded with 28 variables.
- InfoManage International Nonproliferation of WOMD
- Provides links to all major sites dealing with the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WOMD).
- Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE)
- INCORE is a joint initiative of the University of Ulster and the United Nations University.
- Ethnic Conflict Research Digest
- In depth Internet Country Guides
- Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution , George Mason University
- International Boundaries Research Unit, University of Durham, UK
- Home page of the center, its programs, and its publications; plus, a searchable news database: International Boundary News Archive (News briefs compiled from around the world, 1991-3/2001).
- International Campaign to Ban Landmines
- Landmine Monitor Report
- International Crisis Group, Washington, DC & Brussels, Belgium.
- "The ICG is a private, multinational organisation committed to strengthening the capacity of the international community to understand and respond to impending crises. ICG's approach is grounded in field research ... and advocacy." Includes a Conflict Histories database, a Map database, and a monthly CrisisWatch newsletter.
- International Peace Academy, New York
- IPA is an independent, non-partisan, international organization dedicated to promoting the peaceful settlement of armed conflicts between and within states. It works closely with the United Nations, regional and other international organizations, governments, and parties to conflicts.
- International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
- Research at PRIO concentrates on the driving forces behind violent conflict and on ways in which peace can be built, maintained and spread. In addition to theoretical and empirical research, PRIO also conducts policy-oriented activities and engages in the search for solutions in cases of actual or potential violent conflict.
- Inventory of Conflict and Environment (ICE), School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC
- The ICE database contains summarized information on case studies of conflict and environment around the world. The database is organized by region and country. The files are searchable.
- James Martin Center for Non-Proliferation Studies, at the Monterey Institute of International Studies
- The CNS provides research tools, analysis, training, and education on nonproliferation issues to scholars and policy-makers from around the world. Since its inception in 1989, the CNS has grown into the leading U.S. center for training and research specifically on nonproliferation issues.
- The Nonproliferation Review
- JX 1974.73 .N645 - Lehman
- An international journal that features articles, viewpoints, and reports on a variety of nonproliferation problems, including the spread of nuclear, missile, chemical, biological, and advanced conventional technologies.
- Joint SIPRI-Bradford Chemical and Biological Warfare Project
- The Joint SIPRI-Bradford Chemical and Biological Warfare Project aims to provide a better means to disseminate information on the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) and related chemical and biological warfare issues.
- Natural Resources Defense Council: Nuclear Weapons & Waste
- The U.S. Nuclear War Plan: a Time for Change, June 2001
- The Nautilus Institute
- Our shared vision is a peaceful, ethical, and sustainable world for our time. To this end, the Mission of the Nautilus Institute is to improve global problem solving by applying and refining the strategic tools of cooperative engagement to fundamental problems undermining global security and sustainability.
- Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
- NTI's mission is to strengthen global security by reducing the risk of use and preventing the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. It is co-chaired by former Senator Sam Nunn and CNN founder Ted Turner. Program areas include: United States, Russia/New Independent States, Biological, Regional, and Public Education and Outreach.
- Country Profiles
- Peace Science Society (International), Pennsylvania State University
- The Peace Science Society (International), or PSS(I), encourages the development of peace analysis and conflict management. PSS(I) does not confine itself to ideas specific to peace research, but welcomes and utilizes relevant work of the social and natural sciences.
- Peace Support Training Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
- [Founded in July 1996] "To provide a nucleus of expertise within the Canadian Forces responsible for the development of peace support techniques based on lessons learned, training methodology, training standards and the provision of training and training support."
- PIR Center: Center for Policy Studies in Russia
- Although its name and flexible structure permit it to conduct research on a wide range of issues related to Russian foreign and domestic policy, the Center is currently focused on international security, arms control, and nonproliferation issues that are directly related to Russia's internal situation.
- RAND
- RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve public policy through research and analysis. RAND research is carried out within centers, programs, and institutes that focus on particular areas of policy concern.
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- Union of Concerned Scentists
- One of the main issues covered is GlobalSecurity.
- University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC)
- IGCC was founded in 1983 as a multi-campus research unit serving the entire University of California (UC) system. In addition to its traditional work on arms control and proliferation, IGCC has expanded its research agenda to include several broad areas of inquiry: regional relations, international environmental policy, international relations theory, and the domestic sources of foreign policy.
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