Strengthening U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation : Recommendations for Action

Strengthening U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation: Recommendations for Action offers the consensus findings and recommendations of a joint committee established by the U.S.

National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences to identify methods of improving the ongoing cooperation between the two nations in this area.

The report finds that the best way to realize the enormous potential of the U.S.-Russian relationship on nuclear nonproliferation is to reinvigorate the relationship between the two governments as a true partnership.

It recommends that the U.S. and Russia establish a Joint High-Level Commission of government and non-government experts to assess their cooperation and devise a strategic plan for moving forward.

It suggests that the Senior Interagency Group that was recently established by the two presidents be empowered to carry out this strategic plan.

The report then examines three issue areas, making specific recommendations in each: law and taxation, program organization and management, and scientific and technical cooperation. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummaryIntroduction: From Assistance to PartnershipPolitical Challenges to Cooperation on NonproliferationLegal Obstacles and OpportunitiesProgram Organization and ManagementScientific and Technical CooperationConclusion: The End of the BeginningAppendix A Glossary of AcronymsAppendix B Committee BiographiesAppendix C Cooperative Threat Reduction Negotiations: LessonsLearned, Susan KochAppendix D The Experience of Cooperation in Accounting, Control,and Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials Between the Ministryof Defense of Russia and the Department of Energy of the UnitedStates, N.

N. YurasovAppendix E Meetings and DiscussionsAppendix F On Some Issues of Global Security and Nonproliferationof Nuclear Weapons, L.

D. RyabevAppendix G Analysis of the Legal and Regulatory EnvironmentGoverning the Disposition of Nuclear-Powered Submarines: MajorDifficulties and Obstacles in Improvement of InternationalCooperation and Ways to Mitigate or Overcome Them, V.

N. Barinov,and A. P. ZotovAppendix H Development of a Strategic Master Plan for Dispositionof Decommissioned Russian Nuclear-Powered Fleet and Rehabilitationof Hazardous Radioactive Sites and Facilities of Its SupportInfrastructure, S.

Antipov, L. Bolshov, and A. SarkisovAppendix I Overcoming Impediments to Cooperation Between the UnitedStates and Russia: Improving Communication During ProjectDefinition, Michael S.

Elleman and Wendin D. SmithAppendix J Overcoming Impediments to Cooperation Between the UnitedStates and Russia: Elements of Successful Project Preparation,Michael S.

Elleman and Wendin D. SmithAppendix K Means and Methods of Overcoming Barriers in Cooperation:Mindset Gap as a Legacy of the Cold War; Cooperation in Explorationand Utilization of Cosmic Space, S.

A. PopovAppendix L Radiological Terrorism in the Context ofNonproliferation, R.

V. Arutyunyan and V. P. Bilashenko