NONPROLIFERATION ANALYSIS
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MERCYHURST COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF INTELLIGENCE STUDIES
YY/TT TERM COURSE SYLLABUS
I. Faculty Information
Kimberly Gilligan
703.459.7138
E-Mail –
Office Hours/Virtual Office Hours: Monday (7:00-8:00pm) and Sunday (2:00-3:00pm) Eastern Time or
by appointment
II. Course Description
This course will explore the fundamentals of nuclear nonproliferation and examine the physics and
technology behind nuclear energy and weapons. This course is designed to discuss the history and
importance behind the Nonproliferation Treaty and the New START Treaty as well as identify the different
groups that comprise the nonproliferation regime. Students will analyze the possibility of a nuclear
terrorist attack and critique why states proliferate.
III. Course Goal
Students will be exposed to nonproliferation and related issues over the course of the 10 week quarter.
Students will learn the key concepts that comprise nuclear nonproliferation and will evaluate a country
based on knowledge gained in this course.
IV. Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Identify and explain key concepts of nonproliferation;
2. Describe the historical context for what we know as nonproliferation today, including the NPT
and IAEA;
3. Evaluate the nonproliferation regime and how it works to limit proliferation
4. Describe the incentives and disincentives for states to proliferate and how they apply to
specific states;
5. Discuss current nonproliferation trends and issues;
6. Review proliferation concerns such as terrorism and the nuclear black market;
7. Perform open-source research to create a proliferation analysis, utilizing a State of their
choosing and their newly developed knowledge of proliferation.
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V. Grading
A. Graded Course Components
Final course grades will be awarded based on the following graded course components:
Component
Percentage of Final
Grade
Date Due
Weekly Discussion Postings
4 Essays
Final Presentation
25%
60%
15%
Weekly - Fridays
As Assigned
Week 10
B. Course Components
1.
Weekly Discussion Postings on the Readings
Each Friday by 11:55pm students are expected to post 500 to 1000 words in response to the
readings that week. Weekly discussion prompts will be offered to focus the discussion but
students may choose their own relevant topic to discuss. Students may choose to focus on a
single reading or on the entire set of readings in their responses.
2.
Participation
Each Sunday by 11:55pm students are expected to respond to 3 of their peers’ weekly
reading posts. Students should offer insight to their agreement, disagreement.
3.
4 Essays and the Final Presentation
Using what they have learned and open-source information, students will create a
nonproliferation analysis for their chosen State. This is completed via four assigned essays
and a final presentation. The four essays comprise the first four parts of the analysis outline.
The final presentation will present their finding in the first parts plus part 5 (recommendations
and conclusions). An outline and further instruction will be provided.
C. Final Course Grade Matrix
Letter Grade
Numeric
Equivalent
Description
A
B+
B
C+
C
F
93% - 100%
90% - 92 %
83% - 89%
80% - 82%
70% - 79%
Below 69%
Exceptional Performance
Very Good Performance
Good Performance
Below Average Performance
Poor Performance
Unacceptable Performance
VI. Course Texts and Readings
A. Required Texts
The following text is required reading for all students:
 Campbell, Kurt, Robert Einhorn, and Mitchell Reiss. The Nuclear Tipping Point: Why States
Reconsider Their Nuclear Choices. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
 Doyle, James. Nuclear Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with
Technology and Policy. St. Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008.
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B. Required Readings
The required readings are listed in the Learning Units section of the syllabus. All of the readings
are required of all students and are available through Blackboard (with the exception of the
required readings that come from the required texts). Each Learning Unit also includes
suggested further reading for students that find a topic particularly interesting. These are not
required.
VII. Policies and Procedures
A. Attendance and Participation
1. Regular and active participation is an essential, unmistakably important aspect of this online
course. The expectation of the instructor is that students will log on a minimum of three times
every seven days. It is critical that you read all of the lecture and assignments material as
well as all of the public discussion materials. Your full participation ON A WEEKLY BASIS
is not only a requirement; it is an essential aspect of the online course process.
2. All students are expected to do the activities assigned, notify the instructor when emergences
arise, and make up missing assignments (with a grade penalty) no later than 1 day after they
are due.
3. All course materials will be posted to Blackboard or available in required texts. Starting in
Week 1, the instructor will begin to make course materials available for future weeks in a
sequential manner for those students who want to work ahead; however, students are still
responsible for that week’s materials, assignments, and contributions to group work or
discussion.
B. Due Dates and Late Penalties
1. All due dates will be calculated based on the Eastern Standard Time (EST) Zone.
2. Regardless of the circumstances, a late penalty of 10% per day will be assessed to all
students.
3. Late assignments will be accepted for 3 days past the official due date of the assignment.
After 3 days, students will earn no points for the submitted assignment.
4. The incomplete grade (I) is a temporary grade indicating that work in the course was
acceptable, though a significant or critical part of it was not completed due to illness or other
serious circumstances beyond the student's control. It is the student's responsibility to verify
these conditions. The I grade may not be used to extend time for course work or for the
convenience of student or faculty member.
C. Student-Faculty Communication
1. E-mail interaction between students and faculty will occur between Mercyhurst e-mail
addresses.
2. Please review the “Announcements” area of Blackboard and “Discussion Board” for group
communications from the faculty member.
3. The instructor checks their e-mail regularly, but do not rely on or expect a response in less
than 24 hours during the week and 48 hours on the weekend.
4. The instructor will be available during the pre-scheduled virtual office hours for real-time chat.
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D. Assignment Submission and Filetypes
1. All assignments will be submitted through Blackboard. Assignments will only be accepted by
e-mail in emergencies. Assignments should bear the subject line and filename as follows:
YourLastname_Assignment1 (e.g., Brown_Assignment1.doc)
2. All assignments should include the student’s name and clearly indicate the assignment being
completed in the text of the document attached.
3. The instructor will accept attached documents in the following formats: Microsoft Word,
PowerPoint, Excel, Access (in either 2003 or 2007 versions), rich text files, or Adobe PDFs.
Please convert any Mac files to a Microsoft Office readable format.
4. Instructor may post material in Microsoft Office 2007 format. If you don’t have Office 2007,
you can still open these materials in Office XP or 2003 by downloading a free file
compatibility pack at the following site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en
E. Clearances
1. All work for this course will be completed at an unclassified level.
2. If you do possess a clearance, it is highly recommend that you pick subjects and targets that
do not relate to your classified work.
3. Note: All projects for this course are for educational purposes and will be reviewed as such.
F. Academic Honesty
1. Students are expected to contribute actively to the development of an atmosphere of
academic integrity. Mercyhurst College assumes, therefore, that students will not resort to
plagiarism or any other form of academic dishonesty. Students found guilty of willful
academic dishonesty may be subject to a broad range of sanctions. At the discretion of their
instructor, they may be required to redo the plagiarized assignment, or they may receive an
automatic F for the exam/assignment and/or course. Students found to be in collaboration
with other students involved in willful academic dishonesty are also subject to disciplinary
action.
2. Cheating in any form will not be tolerated. Refer to full policy here:
http://www.mercyhurst.edu/offices/registrar/policies.html
3. Plagiarism is especially unacceptable in this type of course and all assignments may be
subject to review through Blackboard’s Safe Assign feature. You will be required to follow
APA citation format for the course.
G. Student Needs
1. Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability
should contact me privately to discuss your specific needs. Please know that it is the policy of
Mercyhurst College that it is the student’s responsibility to provide documentation of his/her
disability to the director of the Learning Differences Program. Please call the Learning
Differences office at 814-824-3017 to coordinate needed accommodations.
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VII. Learning Units
Unit 1:
Topic:
Readings:
Basic Physics and the Fuel Cycle
In effort to establish background knowledge, this unit focuses on the basic physics
and technology behind nuclear energy and weapons. Information is also provided
on the nuclear fuel cycle in order to understand the process/industry behind
nuclear energy and how it relates to proliferation.
Required:
 Cirincione, Joseph, Miriam Rajkumar, and Jon B. Wolfsthal. “Nuclear
Weapons and Materials.” in Deadly Arsenals: Tracking Weapons of
Mass Destruction. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, 2002.
 MCIS CNS NPT Briefing Book 2009 Edition – Part I, pages 1-3.
 World Nuclear Association. “The Nuclear Fuel Cycle.” April 2006.
 International Atomic Energy Agency. “Nuclear Fuel Cycle Photo
Essay” IAEA.org.
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Multimedia/PhotoEssays/NuclearFu
elCycle/.
 MIT World. “Can Nuclear Energy and Non-Proliferation Co-Exist?”
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/458
 von Hippel, Frank. “Nuclear Fuel Recycling: More trouble than it’s
worth.” Scientific American, May 2008.
 Kristensen, Hans M. “Status of World Nuclear Forces.” Federation of
American Scientists.
http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/nuclearweapons/nukestatus.h
tml
Suggested Further Reading (optional):
 Rhodes, Richard. The Making of the Atomic Bomb. New York : Simon
& Schuster, 1995.
 Kaplan, Fred, and Martin Sherwin. The Wizards of Armageddon
(Stanford Nuclear Age Series). 1 ed. Stanford : Stanford University
Press, 1991.
 Information on Weapons Design http://www.fas.org/nuke/intro/nuke/design.htm
 Joseph Cirincione “Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear
Weapons” Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Multimedia/PhotoEssays/NuclearFu
elCycle/
Activities:
Assignment:
 Become familiar with the syllabus
 Complete all required readings
 Post in response to the discussion questions and to your peers (as stated in
the syllabus)
 Review the term project assignment and choose which country you will study
for the assignment. Your write up of Part 1(State Profile and Nuclear Fuel
Cycle Development) is due by Monday at 11:55pm in week 3.
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Unit 2:
Topic:
Readings:
The NPT and the IAEA
This week students will learn about the backbone of the nonproliferation regime:
the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). This unit includes historical context, content
and the recent addition of the Additional Protocol. The International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) is also introduced including its evolution and roll in
nonproliferation.
Required:
 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. “NPT Tutorial.” The
Nuclear Threat Initiative.
http://www.nti.org/h_learnmore/npttutorial/index.html
 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
 MCIS CNS NPT Briefing Book 2009 Edition – Part I, page 3-26.
 International Atomic Energy Agency. “About IAEA.”
http://www.iaea.org/About/index.html.
 International Atomic Energy Agency. “Our Work.”
http://www.iaea.org/OurWork/index.html
 Hirsh, Theodore. “The IAEA Additional Protocol : What it is and why it
matters.” The Nonproliferation Review (Fall-Winter 2004): 140 – 166.
Assignment:
Suggested Further Reading (optional):
 A site useful for an overview of the development of the nuclear age
(only thru 2007) http://www.atomicarchive.com/Timeline/Timeline.shtml
 Continue working on the essay for Part 1
 Complete all required readings
 Post in response to the discussion questions and to your peers
Unit 3:
Nuclear Safeguards
Activities:
Topic:
Readings:
Article III of the NPT requires member states to concludes a safeguards
agreement. This unit focuses on what is meant by safeguards, how safeguards
are carried out, and what role they play in the international nonproliferation
regime.
Required:
 IAEA Department of Safeguards. IAEA Safeguards: Staying Ahead of
the Game. July 2007.
 Tape, James and Joseph Pilat. “Nuclear Safeguards and the Security
of Nuclear Materials.” in Nuclear Safeguards, Security, and
Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy. St.
Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008.
 Sylvester, Kory Budlong, Joseph Pilat and Tom Burr. “Evaluating
International Safeguards Systems.” in Nuclear Safeguards, Security,
and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy.
St. Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008. 135-150.
 Renis, Therese. “Drawing Safeguards Conclusions for a State as a
Whole.” presented at the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
45th Annual Meeting, in Orlando, Florida, July 2004.
 Hadden, Gerry. “Training IAEA weapons inspectors.” The World.
http://www.theworld.org/2010/10/11/iaea-weapons-inspectors/
Suggested Further Reading (optional):
 Bunn, Matthew. “International Safeguards: Summarizing ‘Traditional’
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and ‘New’ Measures.” MIT OpenCourseWare. http://ocw.mit.edu
Doyle, James. Nuclear Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation:
Achieving Security with Technology and Policy. St. Louis:
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008: 15-178.
International Atomic Energy Agency. “Department of Safeguards.”
iaea.org. http://www.iaea.org/OurWork/SV/Safeguards/index.html
Activities:
Assignment:
 Complete all required readings
 Submit Part 1 by Monday at 11:55pm.
 Begin Part 2 (Legal Agreements) of the term project for your country. This is
due Monday at 11:55pm in week 5.
 Post in response to the discussion questions and to your peers
Unit 4:
Export Control
Topic:
Readings:
The nonproliferation regime has the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Zangger
Committee, and the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional
Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies to develop guidelines and voluntary
restrictions on trade. The readings this week review the different groups in the
nonproliferation regime that focus on restricting trade of sensitive technologies.
Required:
 Thorne, Carlton E. “Nonproliferation Export Controls.” in Nuclear
Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with
Technology and Policy. St. Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008:
531-547.
 Perry, Todd E. “The Growing Role of Customs Organizations in
International Strategic Trade Controls.” in Nuclear Safeguards,
Security, and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology
and Policy. St. Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008: 549-559.
 Nuclear Suppliers Group. “The Nuclear Suppliers Group.”
http://www.nuclearsuppliersgroup.org/default.htm
o Read the History, Guidelines, Participants, and
Activities pages of the website
Suggested Further Reading (optional):
 Export Control. “Export Control” http://exportcontrol.org/
 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies “NIS Export Control
Observer” miis.edu. http://cns.miis.edu/observer/nis.htm
 Daniel, Joyner . Non-proliferation Export Controls: Origins,
Challenges, and Proposals for Strengthening. Hampshire, England:
Ashgate Publishing, 2006.
 Beck, Michael D., Richard T. Cupitt, Seema Galhaut, and Scott A.
Jones. To Supply or to Deny: Comparing Nonproliferation Export
Controls in Five Key Countries. Boston: Kluwer Law International,
2003.
Activities:
Assignment:
 Complete all required readings
 Continue working the essay for Part 2 (Legal Agreements)
 Post in response to the discussion questions and to your peers
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Unit 5:
Topic:
Readings:
Open-Source Analysis
The IAEA assesses compliance with safeguards obligations by analyzing each
member state as a whole. To accomplish the objective the secretariat performs
an open-source analysis in addition to evaluating the data gathered from
inspections and safeguards systems.
Required:
 Wallace, Richard & Lundy, Arvid. “Using Open Sources for
Proliferation Analysis.” in Nuclear Safeguards, Security, and
Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy. St.
Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008: 197-220.
 Pabian, Frank. “Commercial Satellite Imagery: Another Tool in the
Nonproliferation Verification and Monitoring Toolkit.” in Nuclear
Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with
Technology and Policy. St. Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008:
221-249.
 Seward, Amy, Carrie Matthews & Carol Kessler. “Evaluating
Nonproliferation Bona Fides.” in Nuclear Safeguards, Security, and
Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy. St.
Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008: 263-281.
 Nuclear Threat Initiative. “Research Library: CNS Nonproliferation
Databases.” nti.org. http://www.nti.org/e_research/e7_databases.html
o (explore these databases to understand some of the
critical resources available in open source research)
Suggested Further Reading (optional):
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Activities:
Assignment:
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Unit 6:
Proliferation Incentives and Disincentives
Topic:
Readings:
Complete all required readings
Submit Part 2 by Monday at 11:55pm.
Begin Part 3 of the term project. This is due Monday at 11:55pm in week 7.
Post in response to the discussion questions and to your peers
There is a wide range of literature on exploring the question of why states
proliferate. This unit includes several of the prominent qualitative and quantitative
studies that focus on the myriad of reasons states proliferate.
Required:
 Campbell, Kurt, Robert Einhorn, and Mitchell Reiss. The Nuclear
Tipping Point: Why States Reconsider Their Nuclear Choices.
Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
 Sagan, Scott D. “Why Do States Build Nuclear Weapons? : Three
Models in Search of a Bomb.” International Security 21, no. 3
(Winter, 1996-1997): 54-86.
 Jo, Dong-Joon and Erik Gartzke. “Determinants of Nuclear Weapons
Proliferation.” The Journal of Conflict Resolution 51, no. 1 (Feb
2007): 167-195.
 Ogilvie-White, Tanya. “Is There a Theory of Nuclear Proliferation? An
Analysis of the Contemporary Debate.” Nonproliferation Review 4,
no. 1 (1996): 43-60.
Suggested Further Reading (optional):
 Hymans, Jacques E. C. The Psychology of Nuclear Proliferation.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Solingen, Etel. Nuclear Logics: Contrasting Paths in East Asia and
the Middle East. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007.
Paul, T. V. Power Versus Prudence: Why Nations Forgo Nuclear
Weapons. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2000.
Reiss, Mitchell. Bridled Ambition: Why Countries Constrain Their
Nuclear Capabilities. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press,
1995.
Assignment:
 Complete all required readings
 Continue working the essay for Part 3
 Post in response to the discussion questions and to your peers
Unit 7:
Nonproliferation Trends
Activities:
Topic:
Readings:
Nonproliferation has returned to the forefront of domestic and international issues.
Not all the current trends and issues in nonproliferation can be captured in a one
week unit, therefore the readings this week serve as an introduction.
Required:
 Shultz, George P., Perry, William J., Kissinger, Henry A., & Nunn,
Sam. A World Free of Nuclear Weapons. Wall Street Journal, Jan.
04, 2007.
 Shultz, George P., Perry, William J., Kissinger, Henry A., & Nunn,
Sam. Toward a Nuclear-Free World. Wall Street Journal, Jan. 15,
2008.
 Brown, Harold & Deutch, John. The Nuclear Disarmament Fantasy.
Wall Street Journal, November 10, 2007.
 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey
Institute of International Studies. “In Focus: NTI Website Resources
on New START” The Nuclear Threat Initiative.
http://www.nti.org/e_research/in_focus_new_start.html
 Chivers, Daniel H., Bethany F. Lyles Goldblum, Brett H. Isselhardt
and Jonathan S. Snider. “Before the Day After: Using Pre-Detonation
Nuclear Forensics to Improve Fissile Material Security.” Arms Control
Today 38, no. 6 (July/August 2008): 22-28.
 Bunn, Matthew. Securing the Bomb 2010. Cambridge, Mass. and
Washington, D.C.: Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for
Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School and
Nuclear Threat Initiative, April 2010: v-xvi. Available at:
http://www.nti.org/e_research/Securing_The_Bomb_2010.pdf
 UN Security Resolution 1540
Suggested Further Reading (optional):
 Lewis, Jeffery. “Arms Control Wonk.” http://armscontrolwonk.com/
(there is no particular entry required on this website, just explore the
blog to learn more about current issues and debates. There are
several good posts on the New Start Treaty)
 PONI Debates the Issues: the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
(CTBT).” http://csis.org/multimedia/video-poni-debates-issuescomprehensive-test-ban-treaty-ctbt (11 June 2011)
 CTBTO Preparatory Commission. “Home.” http://www.ctbto.org/
 “Proliferation Security Initiative.” Global Security.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/psi.htm
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Assignment:
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Unit 8:
Nuclear Terrorism
Topic:
Readings:
Complete all required readings
Submit Part 3 by Monday at 11:55pm.
Begin Part 4 of the term project. This is due Monday at 11:55pm in week 9.
Post in response to the discussion questions and to your peers
This unit focuses on possible scenarios in which a nuclear terrorist attack may be
carried out. A nuclear terrorist attack may occur if the terrorist can acquire a
nuclear weapon, develop an improvised nuclear device, or build a dirty bomb. The
contributing factors of nuclear terrorism are also discussed.
Required:
 Peter Zimmerman and Jeffery Lewis. “The Bomb in the Backyard”
Foreign Policy vol. 157 (December 2006): 33-39.
 Bunn, Matthew and Anthony Weir. “Terrorist Nuclear Weapon
Construction: How Difficult?” Annals of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science vol. 607 (September 2006): 133-149.
 Coll, Steve. “The Unthinkable.” The New Yorker 83, no. 3 (12 March
2007): 48-57.
 “Nuclear Terrorism Tutorial.” Nuclear Threat Initiative
http://www.nti.org/h_learnmore/nuctutorial/index.html
 Frost, Robert. “Adelphi Paper 378” (2005): page 7-40.
 Hecker, Siegfried S. “Why We Need a Comprehensive Safeguards
System to Keep Fissile Materials Out of the Hands of Terrorists.” in
Nuclear Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation: Achieving
Security with Technology and Policy. St. Louis: ButterworthHeinemann, 2008: 415-431.
 Ferguson, Charles D. and Williams C. Potter. “Nuclear Terrorism and
Improvised Nuclear Devices.” in Nuclear Safeguards, Security, and
Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy. St.
Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008: 415-431.
Suggested Further Reading (optional):
 Ferguson, Charles et al. The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism. Center
for Nonproliferation Studies; (January 1, 2004)
 Levi, Michael. On Nuclear Terrorism. Cambridge, Massachusetts:
Harvard University Press: in cooperation with the Council on Foreign
Relations, 2009.
 Allison, Graham. Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable
Catastrophe. 2004.
 Van Tuyle, Greg and James E. Doyle. “Radiological Dispersal
Devices.” in Nuclear Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation:
Achieving Security with Technology and Policy. St. Louis:
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008: 415-431.
Activities:
Assignment:
 Complete all required readings
 Continue working the essay for Part 4
 Post in response to the discussion questions and to your peers
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Unit 9: Nuclear Black Market: A Khan Case Study
Topic:
Readings:
A. Q. Khan, the Father of the Pakistani Bomb, established a nuclear black market
that exploited export control loopholes and undermined the international
nonproliferation regime.
Required:
 Kutchesfahani, Sara. “Case Study: The Khan Network.” in Nuclear
Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with
Technology and Policy. St. Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008: 561574.
 The New York Times. “Infiltrating a Nuclear Network.”
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2008/08/22/world/1194817113951/infilt
rating-a-nuclear-network.html
 Albright, David and Corey Hinderstein. “Unraveling the A. Q. Khan
and Future Proliferation Networks.”The Washington Quarterly 28, no.
2 (Spring 2005): 111-128.
 Balatsky, Galya I., Stacey Lee Eaton and William R. Severe. “Illicit
Trafficking of Nuclear and Radiological Materials.” in Nuclear
Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with
Technology and Policy. St. Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008: 415431.
 “Illicit Trafficking Database.” International Atomic Energy Agency.
http://www-ns.iaea.org/downloads/security/itdb-fact-sheet.pdf
 “Illicit Trafficking Database” International Atomic Energy Agency.
http://www-ns.iaea.org/security/itdb.asp (29 November 2010)
Suggested Further Reading (optional):
 MSN. “Nuclear Technology for Sale.”
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/nuclear-technology-forsale/66uefag (12 October 2006)
 Frantz, Douglas and Catherine Collins. The Man from Pakistan: The
True Story of the World's Most Dangerous Nuclear Smuggler
Shopping for the Bomb. New York: Twelve, 2007.
 Levy, Adrian and Catherine Scott-Clark. Nuclear Deception: the
dangerous relationship between the United States and Pakistan. New
York: Walker and Company, 2007.
 Albright, David. Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms
America's Enemies. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Activities:
Assignment:
 Complete all required readings
 Submit Part 4 by Monday at 11:55pm.
 Begin creating your final presentation, including Part 5 of the term project
outline. This is due Monday at 11:55pm after week 10 ends.
 Post in response to the discussion questions and to your peers
Unit 10:
Case Study : Iraq
Topic:
Readings:
Activities:
x
Required:
 X
 X
 X
 X
Suggested Further Reading (optional):
 Complete all required readings
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Assignment:
 Submit the final presentation, including Part 5 of the term project outline, by
Monday at 11:55pm after week 10 ends.
 Post in response to the discussion questions and to your peers
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