Science & Global Security is an international journal for peer-reviewed scientific and technical studies relating to arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation policy.  Its goals are to help create a common understanding of the technical basis for new policy initiatives and to provide an archival source for further works of scholarship and policy analysis.  Articles in the past few years have included technical studies on the characteristics and verification of centrifuge uranium enrichment, the monitoring of containers to detect nuclear material, the risks of accidental launch of ballistic missiles, Russia's nuclear icebreaker fleet, advances in seismic monitoring of underground nuclear weapon tests, and the characteristics and proliferation resistance of new nuclear reactor concepts and fuel cycles.

 

The articles published in the journal are written so that their essential conclusions can be understood by non-specialists, while containing enough technical detail so that results can be checked and reproduced by technical analysts. Beyond providing a basis for policy, the journal publishes review articles and tutorial material suitable for university courses.

Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and outside refereeing, most often by two anonymous referees.