National Defense University’s Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction produces case studies, occasional papers, and research papers that instructors at any JPME institution can use to enhance their course work.
| Oct. 20, 2021
Lt Col T. Justin Bronder, USAF
With New START expiring in 2026, this Occasional Paper by 2020 National Defense University-U.S. Strategic Command Scholar Lt T. Justin Bronder, USAF, provides an assessment of several possible nuclear arms control/risk reduction approaches for the United States to consider. The author evaluates each approach for its possible impact on U.S.-Russia strategic stability, extended deterrence, budget costs, and other key factors, and recommends that in the near-term the United States engage other major nuclear powers in talks on new risk reduction and confidence-building measures.
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National Intelligence University Press | Feb. 1, 2021
John P. Caves Jr. and W. Seth Carus
In an update to their 2014 paper on the future of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), John P. Caves, Jr., and W. Seth Carus assess and offer policy considerations on the significant geopolitical and technological developments shaping the future of WMD since 2014.
| May 24, 2018
Catalog of professional and educational opportunities for federal government employees and non-government individuals spanning a wide range of WMD-related topics.
CSWMD Occasional Paper 12 | Aug. 7, 2017
W. Seth Carus
This short monograph reviews the history of biological warfare (BW) from prehistory to the present. It covers what we know about the practice of BW and briefly describes the programs that developed BW weapons based on the best available research.
CSWMD Case Study 7 | Feb. 24, 2017
Maurice A. Mallin
On July 16, 1945, the United States conducted the world’s first nuclear explosive test in Alamagordo, New Mexico.