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Suggested Citation:"List of Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences. 2009. Global Security Engagement: A New Model for Cooperative Threat Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12583.
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Suggested Citation:"List of Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences. 2009. Global Security Engagement: A New Model for Cooperative Threat Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12583.
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Suggested Citation:"List of Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences. 2009. Global Security Engagement: A New Model for Cooperative Threat Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12583.
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Suggested Citation:"List of Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences. 2009. Global Security Engagement: A New Model for Cooperative Threat Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12583.
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List of Acronyms AFRICOM U.S. Africa Command ASM Air-to-Surface Missiles BS&S Biosecurity and Biosafety BTRP Biological Threat Reduction Program CBR Cooperative Biological Research CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CTR Cooperative Threat Reduction CWC Chemical Weapons Convention CWD Chemical Weapons Destruction DASD/ISP Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense for International Security Policy DMC Defense and Military Contacts Program DOD Department of Defense DOD CTR Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction DOE Department of Energy DPRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency EDP Especially Dangerous Pathogens EPA Environmental Protection Agency EU European Union FMSF Fissile Material Storage Facility FSU Former Soviet Union 123

124 ACRONYMS FTE Full-Time Equivalent G8 Group of Eight G8 GP G8 Global Partnership GAO Government Accountability Office GICNT Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism GP Global Partnership GSE Global Security Engagement HEU Highly Enriched Uranium HHS Department of Health and Human Services HSC Homeland Security Council IED Improvised Explosive Device IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles ICP International Counterproliferation ISTC International Science and Technology Center IUPAC International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry JVE Joint Verification Experiment LEU Low-Enriched Uranium MPC&A Material Protection, Control and Accounting NAS National Academy of Sciences NCID National Center for Infectious Diseases NDF Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund NGO Nongovernment Organization NIS Newly Independent States NRC National Research Council NSC National Security Council NTI Nuclear Threat Initiative NWSS Nuclear Weapons Storage Security Program NWTS Nuclear Weapons Transportation Security Program OMB Office of Management and Budget OPCW Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OSAC Overseas Security Advisory Council OTA Congressional Office of Technology Assessment PART Program Assessment Rating Tool PNSR Project on National Security Reform

ACRONYMS 125 PPI Proliferation Prevention Initiative PSI Proliferation Security Initiative RDD Radiological Dispersion Device, or Dirty Bomb RMTC Russian Methodological and Training Center SAIC Science Applications International Corporation SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile SNA Social Network Analysis SNAE Strategic Nuclear Arms Elimination SNF Spent Nuclear Fuel SOAE Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination Program SSBN Strategic Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine SSD Safety, Security, and Dismantlement START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty STCU Science and Technology Center in Ukraine STC Science and Technology Centers TADR Threat Agent Detection and Response TCTs Traveling Contact Teams UN United Nations UNIFIL United National Interim Force in Lebanon UNSCR United Nations Security Council Resolution USAID United States Agency for International Development USAMRIID U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases USDA United States Department of Agriculture USG United States Government USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction WMDIE Weapons of Mass Destruction Infrastructure Elimination Program

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The government's first Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) programs were created in 1991 to eliminate the former Soviet Union's nuclear, chemical, and other weapons and prevent their proliferation. The programs have accomplished a great deal: deactivating thousands of nuclear warheads, neutralizing chemical weapons, converting weapons facilities for peaceful use, and redirecting the work of former weapons scientists and engineers, among other efforts. Originally designed to deal with immediate post-Cold War challenges, the programs must be expanded to other regions and fundamentally redesigned as an active tool of foreign policy that can address contemporary threats from groups that are that are agile, networked, and adaptable. As requested by Congress, Global Security Engagement proposes how this goal can best be achieved.

To meet the magnitude of new security challenges, particularly at the nexus of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism, Global Security Engagement recommends a new, more flexible, and responsive model that will draw on a broader range of partners than current programs have. The White House, working across the Executive Branch and with Congress, must lead this effort.

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