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	<title>FAS Strategic Security Blog &#187; Russia</title>
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		<title>20th Anniversary of START</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 31st is the 20-year anniversary of signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between the United States and the Soviet Union. The treaty, also known as START I, marked the beginning of a treaty-based reduction of U.S. and Soviet (later Russian) strategic nuclear forces after the end of the Cold War. START I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Watch &#8211; November 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/12/missile-watch-november-2010.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<title>New Study Examines Global Trade in Ammunition</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/06/new-study-examines-global-trade-in-ammunition.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The global trade in ammunition for small arms and light weapons is worth an estimated $4.3 billion, according to a comprehensive new study released today. Findings from the study, which is co-authored by Matt Schroeder of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), appears as a chapter in Small Arms Survey 2010: Gangs, Groups, and Guns. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soviet Bioweapon Researchers Discuss Past, Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Dodson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two leading Russian biological weapons scientists presented their inside view of the Soviet bioweapons program at a March 29th panel sponsored by the George Mason University Biodefense Program.  Dr. Guennady Lepioshkin, who headed the Anthrax production plant at Stepnogorsk in Kazakhstan, and GMU Professor Sergey Popov, who headed projects at the Vector Institute and other laboratories in Obolensk, Russia, presented candid personal accounts of life as bioweapons researchers.   Beyond their individual tales, the session offered several lessons that remain relevant to the modern discussion of biosecurity – cautionary tales about the publication of dual use research and the destructive potential of synthetic biology.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Capitol Briefing on Biological Weapon Threats</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/03/capitol-briefing-on-biological-weapon-threats.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Dodson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A March 19th briefing at the US Capitol brought together a panel of experts to discuss the threat of biological weapons.  The briefing, titled “Deterring Biological Threats”, was hosted by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and focused heavily on the historical records of the destructive potential of the Cold War bioweapons programs in the US and the USSR.  With more modern threats, such as Al Qaeda’s well-documented search for Anthrax, the amount of interest in biological attacks appears to be increasing.  The means of actually deterring and preventing these biological threats remain less clear.]]></description>
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		<title>CTBT ratification and fact-twisting arguments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Godsberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Alicia Godsberg On Friday, February 5 the EastWest Institute (EWI) held a seminar at their office in New York to discuss its recently released report on the CTBT, entitled, “The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: New Technology, New Prospects?” Speaking at the event for the pro-CTBT ratification camp was Ambassador Robert T. Grey, Jr. (Director, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Watch &#8211; February 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/02/missile-watch-february-2010.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/02/missile-watch-february-2010.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missile Watch A publication of the FAS Arms Sales Monitoring Project Vol. 3, Issue 1 February 2010 Editor: Matt Schroeder Contributing Author: Matt Buongiorno Graphics: Alexis Paige Contents: Global Overview Afghanistan: No recent discoveries of shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles in insurgent arms caches Eritrea: UN slaps arms embargo on major missile proliferator Iraq: Fewer public reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Watch: Global Update (April &#8211; October 2009)</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/11/missile-watch-global-update-april-october-2009.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/11/missile-watch-global-update-april-october-2009.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missile Watch A publication of the FAS Arms Sales Monitoring Project Vol. 2, Issue 2 October 2009 Written by Matt Schroeder and Scoville Fellow Matt Buongiorno &#160; Table of Contents: Honduras/Mexico: Alleged arms trafficker offered to sell &#8220;17 or 18 surface-to-air missiles,&#8221; claims US informant Kenya: MANPADS threat affects US air travel to Nairobi Russia: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Documents obtained by FAS shed some light on Viktor Bout case, but key questions remain</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/documents-obtained-by-fas-shed-some-light-on-viktor-bout-case-but-key-questions-remain.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/documents-obtained-by-fas-shed-some-light-on-viktor-bout-case-but-key-questions-remain.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Matt Schroeder Documents provided to the Federation of American Scientists by the US Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Southern District of New York provide additional details about the case against alleged arms trafficker Viktor Bout, but many important questions remain (publicly) unanswered. Below is a brief summary of these documents and their significance. Background Viktor Bout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Picture &#8211; what is really at stake with the START follow-on Treaty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Godsberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Alicia Godsberg There is cause for cautious optimism after Presidents Obama and Medvedev signed their START follow-on Joint Understanding in Moscow last Monday – the goal of completing a legally binding bilateral nuclear disarmament agreement with verification measures is preferable to letting START expire without an agreement or without one that keeps some sort [...]]]></description>
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