The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter: November 2014-April 2015

Headlines of the November 2014 – April 2015 issue of the U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter:

• Belfer Center Hosts Conference on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
• Alexei Arbatov: U.S. and Russia Should Mend Fences to Counter Terrorism, Proliferation
• Russian Nuclear Missile Forces Train to Respond to Terrorist Attack, Test Robots
• U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board on Challenges of Nuclear Non-Proliferation
• Elbe Group: Ukraine Crisis Should Not Lead to Suspension of U.S.-Russian Cooperation against Nuclear Terrorism
• Visiting Scholar at CISAC: Virtually No Evidence of Terrorists Seeking Nukes
• U.S. Department of Energy Plans to Continue Nuclear Security Cooperation with Russia
• Igor Ivanov Accepts Nunn-Lugar Award
• Russian Parliament Moves to Toughen Monitoring of Convicted Nuclear Thieves
• Graham and Saradzhyan Urge U.S. and Russia to Jointly Counter ISIS
• Ex-Los Alamos Scientist Sentenced For Offering to Help Venezuela Build Nuclear Bomb
• Russia Refuses Further U.S. Help in Securing Weapons-Grade Materials
• Russia and U.S. Cooperate to Retrieve HEU from Kazakhstan
• Matthew Bunn Calls for Continuation of U.S.-Russian Nuclear Security Cooperation
• Russia’s New Military Doctrine Points to Threat of Radiological Terrorism
• GAO: The U.S. Government Not Quite Prepared To Respond To Nuclear Terrorism
• Moldovan Police Seized Mixture of Uranium 238 and 235 from Smugglers
• U.S. Legislators Passed Bill to Strengthen Domestic Nuclear Security
• Graham Allison on Successful Prevention of Loose Soviet Nukes
• General Ryan Calls for Suspension of U.S.-Russian Nuclear Cooperation over Ukraine
• Russian Nuclear Scientists Ready to Resume Work with U.S. Counterparts
• Russia to Skip Nuclear Security Summit in 2016.