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 Contents


Front Matter
Summary
Introduction: From Assistance to Partnership
Political Challenges to Cooperation on Nonproliferation
Legal Obstacles and Opportunities
Program Organization and Management
Scientific and Technical Cooperation
Conclusion: The End of the Beginning
Appendix A Glossary of Acronyms
Appendix B Committee Biographies
Appendix C Cooperative Threat Reduction Negotiations: Lessons
Learned, Susan Koch
Appendix D The Experience of Cooperation in Accounting, Control,
and Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials Between the Ministry
of Defense of Russia and the Department of Energy of the United
States, N. N. Yurasov
Appendix E Meetings and Discussions
Appendix F On Some Issues of Global Security and Nonproliferation
of Nuclear Weapons, L. D. Ryabev
Appendix G Analysis of the Legal and Regulatory Environment
Governing the Disposition of Nuclear-Powered Submarines: Major
Difficulties and Obstacles in Improvement of International
Cooperation and Ways to Mitigate or Overcome Them, V. N. Barinov,
and A. P. Zotov
Appendix H Development of a Strategic Master Plan for Disposition
of Decommissioned Russian Nuclear-Powered Fleet and Rehabilitation
of Hazardous Radioactive Sites and Facilities of Its Support
Infrastructure, S. Antipov, L. Bolshov, and A. Sarkisov
Appendix I Overcoming Impediments to Cooperation Between the United
States and Russia: Improving Communication During Project
Definition, Michael S. Elleman and Wendin D. Smith
Appendix J Overcoming Impediments to Cooperation Between the United
States and Russia: Elements of Successful Project Preparation,
Michael S. Elleman and Wendin D. Smith
Appendix K Means and Methods of Overcoming Barriers in Cooperation:
Mindset Gap as a Legacy of the Cold War; Cooperation in Exploration
and Utilization of Cosmic Space, S. A. Popov
Appendix L Radiological Terrorism in the Context of
Nonproliferation, R. V. Arutyunyan and V. P. Bilashenko