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Improving Nuclear Safety, Security, And Nonproliferation In Northeast Asia Through Multinational Approach, Viet Phuong Nguyen

International Journal of Nuclear Security

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Nuclear Power: Black Sky Liability Or Black Sky Asset?, Sherrell R. Greene

International Journal of Nuclear Security

Ready access to abundant electricity is a key enabler of modern life. During the past decade the vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure sectors in the U.S. to a variety of natural hazards and man-made threats has become increasingly apparent. The electrical infrastructure (the “Grid”) is the foundation for all other critical civil infrastructures upon which our society depends. Therefore, protection of the Grid is an energy security, homeland security, and national security issue of highest importance. Geomagnetic disturbances (GMD) induced by solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs), electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks, and cyber attacks are three events having the potential to plunge …

Addressing The Tunnel Threat At Nuclear Facilities: A Case Study, Md. Mobasher Ahmed

International Journal of Nuclear Security

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Janus Realized: The Use Of Social Media As A Means Of Transparency Nuclear Communication To The Public, Frances Bachstein

International Journal of Nuclear Security

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Letter From The Editor

International Journal of Nuclear Security

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Implementation Of The 1995 Middle East Resolution: A Vital Lifeline To The Extension And Success Of The Non-Proliferation Treaty, Haidy Y. Ghoname, Howard Lewis Hall

International Journal of Nuclear Security

This study highlights the core non-proliferation dilemmas we face and suggests an effective mechanism for reviving the spirit and the hope of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. An indispensable key to the treaty calls for a rethinking of what we believe should be referred to as its four pillars: disarmament, non-proliferation, peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and implementation of the 1995 Middle East Resolution. We seek to contribute to the renaissance of the non-proliferation regime by addressing seven dilemmas that arise from the way various Non-Proliferation Treaty participants pursue the goals of the four pillars undergirding the treaty. This study highlights …

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International Journal of Nuclear Security

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A New Pathway To Enhance The Nuclear Security Regime, Francesca Giovannini

International Journal of Nuclear Security

The paper investigates the approach used by a new set of regional institutions, the Disaster Preparedness and Risk Management Organizations (DPRMOs), in strengthening regional governance and cooperation. It also inquires in what ways these new institutions might indirectly contribute to the establishment of a more cohesive global nuclear security framework. More specifically, through the examination of the case of Southeast Asia, the paper argues that these institutions, albeit without a specific and direct mandate to operate in the nuclear security domain, are fundamentally strengthening states’ capacity to assess risks and threats and to map vulnerabilities in timely fashion. They are …

Evaluation Of Covert Plutonium Production From Unconventional Uranium Sources, Ondrej Chvala, Steven Skutnik, Tyrone Christopher Harris, Emily Anne Frame

International Journal of Nuclear Security

The potential for a relatively non-advanced nation to covertly acquire a significant quantity of weapons-grade plutonium using a gas-cooled, natural uranium-fueled reactor based on relatively primitive early published designed is evaluated in this article. The economic and technical issues that would influence the design decisions of a covert ²³⁹Pu production program are considered.

Several unconventional uranium acquisition approaches were explored. Methods for extracting uranium from enrichment tails, seawater, and coal ash sources were considered. The evaluation indicated that uranium extraction from coal ash or insitu leaching from underground deposits could be performed in economical manner that might be difficult …

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International Journal of Nuclear Security

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Prospects For Cooperation On Tackling Nuclear And Radiological Terrorism In South Asia: India–Pakistan Nuclear Detection Architecture, Muhammad Umer Khan

International Journal of Nuclear Security

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Burroughs As A Political Writer?, Alexander Greiffenstern

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Burroughs as a Political Writer?" Alexander Greiffenstern discusses political elements in William S. Burroughs's work. Greiffenstern looks at Burroughs's text "The Coming of the Purple Better One" written for Esquire about the Democratic National Convention in Chicago 1968. By writing a surprisingly personal text, Burroughs might have captured something about the significance of the convention that many later historical accounts miss. In the end, Burroughs leaves the critical reader no other choice than to attempt a historical and political analysis.

Wacana Negara Maritim Dan Reimajinasi Nasionalisme Indonesia, Caroline Paskarina

Jurnal Wacana Politik

Although Indonesia is an archipelagic state, but the discourse on maritime state is not yet become the main discourse in the construction of nation and state of Indonesia. This discourse is reemerged when President Joko Widodo make it as one of the main strategic agenda of hisadministration. The re-emerging of this maritime nation discourse is interesting to be studied in terms of nationalism, as an attempt to reconstructing the Indonesian national identity imagination. By tracking the dynamics of the arguments that enliven the discourse in Indonesian politics, this paper wants to uncover why this discourse re-emerged and what is the …

Pengawasan Dpr-Ri Dalam Bisnis Militer Sebagai Bagian Dari Reformasi Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Tni), Yusa Djuyandi

Jurnal Wacana Politik

DPR-RI oversight in TNI (military) Business have very important role in forming of professional and reliable TNI, despitefully DPR-RI oversight also useful to link citizen priority and views in rule of policy and law in defence area. The purpose of this research is to analyze the oversight mechanism conducted by DPR-RI in the case of military business. Theory used by researcher in conducting this research is theory of parliamentary oversight, which is conducting through various mechanism which available in parliament, that is: passing debate mechanism; passing existence of commission; and through raised questions when in meeting. This research used qualitative …

Neo Modernisme Islam Indonesia: Wacana Keislaman Dan Kebangsaan Nurcholish Madjid, Suryani Suryani

Jurnal Wacana Politik

Neo modernism emerged as a critical discourse face the phenomenon of modernist Islamic thought that emphasizes reason and ratio in view of the existence of religion in a struggle and debate ideas discourse on Islam and society. In the neo modernism discourse, the phenomenon of religious exclusivity becomes a very important study. Exclusive theology is used by some hard-line Islamic groups to judge other religions or other Islamic groups that are not inline with Islam that they believe to be the real truth. Neo modernism evolved to respons this religious exclusivity and the religious inclusivity comes to make a new …

Pola Relasi Bisnis Dan Politik Di Indonesia Masa Reformasi: Kasus Rent Seeking, Ratnia Solihah

Jurnal Wacana Politik

Patterns of business and political relations in the reform period is one form of transformation of the pattern of political and business relations of the New Order. This relation involving actors in the political and economical sector through the actions taken to share the resources of the state, where the practice of rent seeking is done openly in a democratic regime. Rent seeking in the reform period was transformed through regime change, from the authoritarian New Order regime to democratic regime in reform period. In the transformation process, rent seeking growing not only among economical and political / governmental actors …

Public Policy And Religious Conflict In Indonesia: The Case Of Ahmadiyah, Ari Ganjar Herdiansah

Jurnal Wacana Politik

among conflict cases is Ahmadiyah sect as struggling minorities who spreading their influence in the middle of Sunni Islam majority. The conflict escalated and manifest in violence during the 2000s. The government eventually enacted Joint Ministerial Decree (SKB 3 Menteri) in 2008, which constrained preaching activities of Ahmadiyah who being accused of heresy. However, the decree did not stop the violence against Ahmadiyah. The conflict of Ahmadiyah was not solely about the heresy that charged on the Ahmadis, but also involving the contest of values, ideas, and authority between the liberal and pluralist Muslim groups versus the conservative Muslim groups. …

Sosialisme Islam: Perspektif Pemikiran Politik H.O.S. Tjokroaminoto, Firman Manan

Jurnal Wacana Politik

In several literatures of Indonesian political thought, the ideas of socialism has been claimed as the doctrine came from and influenced by western political thought. On the other side, Islam political thought has been seemed as the doctrine came from Indonesia traditional heritages. These view was rejected by H.O.S. Tjokroaminoto who argues that socialism has been established and flourished inthe Islamic tradition before it was developed in the West. This article tries to describe H.O.S. Tjokroaminoto’s political thought about Islamic socialism which was constructed in the Islamic tradition rooted from Al-Quran and As-Sunnah.

Pertanggungjawaban Politik Presiden Pasca Amandemen Uud 1945, Hendra Hendra

Jurnal Wacana Politik

After the UUD 1945 amendment, there is fundamental change in the Indonesian governmental system. This changes well-marked with the facts that after amandement there is an alteration to the patern of president or vice president election, and the regulation of the relation between president and DPR. This changes has influence the president political responsibility after amandement.

Konflik Internal Partai Nasdem Dan Pemilihan Legislatif 2014, Yunicha Diana

Jurnal Wacana Politik

After election commission passed Nasdem Party to participate in the 2014 elections, the party is now headed by Surya Paloh reap discord. The split was marked by the release of Hary Tanoe Soedibjo, Chairman of the Board of Expert Nasdem Party. Hary Tanoe addition, Secretary-General Ahmad Rofik, Saiful Haq Deputy Secretary-General, and the Chairman of the Internal DPP Nasdem Tirtana Endang also resigned from the party Nasdem. The resignation was caused by disagreement with Surya Paloh who plans to overhaul the management of board center. The purpose of this study was to determine the internal conflict and branding of Nasdem …