Reviewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) /

"As currently interpreted, it is difficult to see why the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) warrants much support as a nonproliferation convention. Most foreign ministries, including that of Iran and the United States, insist that Article IV of the NPT recognizes all states' "inalienable right" of all states to develop "peaceful nuclear energy". This includes money-losing activities, such as nuclear fuel reprocessing, which can bring countries to the very brink of acquiring nuclear weapons. If the NPT is intended to ensure that states share peaceful "benefits" of nuclear energy and to prevent the spread of nuclear bomb making technologies, it is difficult to see how it can accomplish either if the interpretation identified above is correct."--P. 3

Endgame for the West in Afghanistan? : explaining the decline in support for the war in Afghanistan in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, France and Germany /

Analyses of the War in Afghanistan frequently mention the declining or shaky domestic support for the conflict in the United States and among several U.S. allies. This paper dates the beginning of this decline back to the resurgence of the Taliban in 2005-06 and suggests that the deteriorating course of the war on the ground in Afghanistan itself along with mounting casualties is the key reason behind this drop in domestic support for the war.

The PLA at home and abroad : assessing the operational capabilities of China's military /

The chapters presented in this volume have demonstrated first, Chinese and PLA leaders have a strong sense of mission and concern for China's security and well-being. Second, the PLA is committed to the transformation in military affairs with Chinese characteristics. Third, the PLA is eager to learn from the U.S. military to expand and improve its operational capabilities. Finally, the PLA has made progress in its transformation and operational capabilities. For a long time, American leaders have been surprised with the PLA's advances. This volume (and many of the previous volumes from past PLA conferences) show that these advances did not come out of the blue. Although much of the learning and many of the improvements are still far from what is desired (from Chinese expectations and American critiques), and some of the learning has even created contradictions for the PLA, these persistent and diligent learning practices will eventually bring the PLA to a higher level of proficiency in its capabilities. The emergence of a much more sophisticated PLA in the coming years should not be a surprise.

Vision Working Group report and scenarios /

"July 2010."

The Russian military today and tomorrow : essays in memory of Mary Fitzgerald /

"July 2010."

State-of-the-art for assessing earthquake hazards in the United States.

Includes abstract.

Colonial nesting sea and wading bird use of estuarine islands in the Pacific Northwest /

"Final report."

National Wetland Mitigation Banking Study : an examination of wetland programs : opportunities for compensatory mitigation /

"March 1994."

Resource management.

Title from cover.

Workability of mass concrete.

Mode of access: Internet.

Methods of preparing horizontal construction joints in mass concrete /

Mode of access: Internet.

Applications of precast concrete in repair and replacement of civil works structures /

Mode of access: Internet.

Performance of electric and microwave batch plant moisture meters in determining the moisture contents of fine-aggregate materials for concrete production /

Mode of access: Internet.

United States naval medical bulletin.

Mode of access: Internet.

Gazetteer to maps of Kyūshū. Map series AMS L772. Scale 1:50,000. July 1945.

"The names are transcribed by the modified Hepburn (Romaji) system of romanization."--p. ii.