This category is for sites on issues surrounding the disarming of world powers from the use and possession of various weapons. These issues include arms control and the reduction of arsenals.
Sites on Pacifism, Landmines, Specific Conflicts or Politics should be submitted to the most appropriate subcategory.
Please do not submit sites selling products in this category. Such sites should be submitted under Shopping.
Please submit your site to the most appropriate subcategory possible.
Websites submitted here must be disarmament related and in
English. Sites in other languages should be submitted to the
appropriate World subcategory.
Information and analysis for peace and environmental activists. Provides WSLF publications, government documents on nuclear weapons policy and related topics, and web links. www.wslfweb.org
Provides information and advice on topical defense, foreign and security policy questions that affect Europe, especially within European security institutions. CESD was established in 1993, evolving from the NATO Alerts Network. www.cesd.org
Foster research, teaching, and public discussion of military and strategic issues of national and international significance. Research activities on military history and the strategic analysis of defence operations, peace-keeping, and arms control. www.wlu.ca/~wwwmsds
German based organization providing independent expertise on military security issues, especially in the field of nuclear and conventional disarmament and arms control, non-proliferation, and NATO-Russian relations. www.bits.de
Applied-physics research for automatic sensor systems which could be used in the verification of disarmament and peace-keeping. www.ep3.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/bvp/index.html
Consolidates a variety of US Defense Department functions to deal more effectively with the threats posed by nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons. Information on the activities and technology of the agency. www.dtra.mil
Analyses public policy for global security; covers Arms Sales Monitoring, Biological Weapons, CyberStrategy, Intelligence Reform, Military Analysis, Monitoring Emerging Diseases, Nuclear Weapons, Secrecy and Government and Space Policy. www.fas.org
Enhances global security by fighting nuclear terrorism and proliferation, preventing war, reducing defense spending, restraining arms trading, cleaning up radioactive waste, and banning landmines. www.ploughshares.org
Message to the General Assembly of the United Nations stating that disarmament efforts cannot concern only some countries or be centered one type of weapon. www.cin.org/jp2ency/disarm.html
Verification as a means of ensuring confidence in the implementation of treaties or other agreements in areas of peace, security, arms control, disarmament and the environment. www.vertic.org
An independent source of facts and analysis on all aspects of nuclear, chemical, biological weapons and missile proliferation. Links for resources, news and related issues. www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif
ISIS based in London, provides information and briefings on important issues particularly weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and humanitarian intervention. www.isisuk.demon.co.uk
Links to disarmament topics including: Canadian National Authority, Chemical Weapons Convention, Canadian Disarmament Digest. Comments on Canadian Disarmament Policy. (Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/ni-ka/peace/disarm-e.asp
Articles on nuclear, biological, and terrorism. Copywrited in 1999 by The Acronym Institute. Disarmament Diplomacy, published since January 1996, is the successor journal to Nuclear Proliferation News. www.acronym.org.uk
Policy oversight for the missions of arms control, nonproliferation, and political-military affairs. Merged with the former Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Many fact sheets, treaties and reports. www.state.gov/www/global/arms/bureauac.html
Educate the public about nuclear weapons, the dangers of the arms race, and the search for peaceful alternatives. Provides news and resources. www.clw.org
Published under the auspices of the NGO Committee on Disarmament to report on disarmament developments in the U.N. system. www.igc.apc.org/disarm/fPubls.htm
Research projects, databases and publications about the global proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons of mass destruction. Monterey Institute of International Studies provides training on nonproliferation issues. cns.miis.edu
National nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to promoting public understanding and support for effective arms control policies. www.armscontrol.org
Working for nuclear nonproliferation and decreased weapons production. Employing science like satellite imagery in the pursuit of international peace. www.isis-online.org
A first-rank research center, with support from the Swedish government. Arms and military research areas including publications and database. www.sipri.se
Responsible for the missions of arms control, nonproliferation, and political-military affairs. Merged with the former Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Many fact sheets, treaties and reports. www.state.gov/www/global/arms/bureaunp.html