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Center for Nonproliferation Studies Databases

CNS Data/Databases

The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), is a nongovernmental organization devoted to research on issues of nonproliferation.  Their web site provides access to several of their databases:

  •  WMD Country Profile
    Frequently updated profiles of countries covering their nuclear, biological, and chemical capabilities, facilities, and imports/export.
  • NIS (Newly Independent States) Trafficking Database
    “Cases and reported incidents of trafficking in nuclear and radioactive materials,” incident tables, and summaries and analysis of relevant literature; compiled since 1991.
  • China WMD and Arms Control Database
    “…Hundreds of primary source documents (in both English and Chinese), extensive reference materials, bibliographic information and comprehensive fact sheets”
  • HEU (Highly Enriched Uranium) Reduction and Elimination Database
    More of a web site than what I would call a database, but a rich resource nonetheless: reports on civilian uses of HEU, efforts to reduce and eliminate its use, and an interactive map
  • Submarine Proliferation Database
    Country profiles for states with major submarine holdings or export activities
  • Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes
    Descriptions of international organizations, treaties, and agreements relevant to WMD disarmament, summaries of recent activities and contact information
  • ChemBio Weapons and WMD Terrorism News Database
    Searchable archive of a tri-weekly news service focusing on articles, testimony, government reports, speeches, and specialized news reports.
  • Nuclear and Missile Developments Database
    Searchable archive of abstracts of “proliferation developments such as major policy statements or key negotiations, international transactions and developments involving nuclear weapons, and material and missile technology in countries of proliferation concern.”
  • Nuclear Disarmament Progress
    “factual information on nuclear weapon proliferation since 1945 including a comparative chart showing the number of nuclear warheads and related systems that have been dismantled and destroyed by all states currently armed with nuclear weapons, as well as those who gave up or destroyed their nuclear weapons arsenals”
  • Newly Independent States (NIS) Nuclear and Missile Database
    “an electronic reference handbook organized by country and topic. It provides extensive information on nuclear facilities, nuclear weapons, nuclear material protection as well as accounting, international nonproliferation participation, and nuclear and missile exports”

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