Nuclear Non-proliferation and Arms Control Verification

Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- System Concepts - Structuring an New Verification Approach (Dreicer, Niemeyer, Stein).- Part I Status of Verification Strategies.- History, Status and Challenges for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Verification (Keir, Persbo).- The Evolution of Safequards (Cooley).- Part II Factors Influencing the Development of a Systems Concept for Verification.- Legal Issues Relating to Risk ans Systems Driven Verification (Carlson).- Verification: The Politics of the Unpolitical (Häckel).- Military Dimensions (Richard).- Strategic Export Control (Sevini, Janssens).- Part III Methods and Models.- NTI Nuclear Security Index: A Model for State-level Approaches to Nonproliferation and Arms Control (Meakrase, Nalabandian).- Formalizing Acquisition Path Analysis (Canty, Listner).- Metrics for Detecting Undeclared Materials and Activities (Kyriakopoulos).- Game Theoretical Models for Arms Control and Disarmament Verification (Avenhaus, Krieger).- Societal Verification for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Arms Control (Gastelum).- Part IV Technologies.- Futures Research as an Opportunity for Innovation in Verification Technologies (Schulze, Grüne, John, Neupert, Thorleuchter).- Attribute Information Barriers (Göttsche, Kirchner).- Minimally Intrusive Approaches to Nuclear Warhead Verification (Glaser, Jie).- Advances in Seismic and Acoustic Monitoring (Altmann).- Radiation Detectors and Instrumentation (Williamson, Preston).- Environmental Signatures and Forensics (Mayer, Wallenius, Aregbem Hedberg).- Part V Information Analysis.- Information Management: The Role of Information Technology in Treaty Verification (Kyriakopoulos).- Enhancing Verification with High-Performance Computing and Data Analytics (Brase, McKinzie, Zucca).- Open Source Analysis in Support to Non-Proliferation: a Systems Thinking Perspective (Renda, Cojazzi, Kim).- Open Source Analysis in Support to Non-Proliferation: a Systems Thinking Perspective (Wolfart).- Remote Sensing Data Processing and Analysis Techniques for Nuclear Non-proliferation (Rutkowski, Niemeyer).- Commercial Satellite Imagery: an Evolving Tool in the Non-proliferation Verification and Monitoring Toolkit (Pabian, Renda, Jungwirth, Kim, Wolfart, Cojazzi, Janssens).- Strategic Trade Analysis for Non-Proliferation (Versino, Cojazzi).- Part VI Applications.- A Systems Approach for Evaluating a Warhead Monitoring System (Chen, DeLand, Edmunds).- Physical Model & Acquisition Path Analysis – Applicability to Nuclear Disarmament Verification (Niemeyer, Rutkowski, Stein).- Investigating Development of Nuclear Arms Control Verification – Requirements at the State Level (Allen, Dreicer, Chen, Niemeyer, Stein),- Appendix.