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Japan's Nuclear Future: Policy Debate, Prospects, and U.S. Interests (open access)

Japan's Nuclear Future: Policy Debate, Prospects, and U.S. Interests

This report examines the prospects for Japan pursuing a nuclear weapons capability by assessing the existing technical infrastructure of its extensive civilian nuclear energy program. It explores the range of challenges that Japan would have to overcome to transform its current program into a military program, including legal and political restraints: averse public and elite opinion, restrictive domestic laws and practices, and the negative diplomatic consequences.
Date: February 19, 2009
Creator: Chanlett-Avery, Emma & Nikitin, Mary Beth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change: The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Enters Kyoto Compliance (open access)

Climate Change: The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Enters Kyoto Compliance

This report discusses the development in global warming as a global issue. Topics include issues that have arisen regarding the ETS and considerations for cap-and-trade.
Date: February 11, 2008
Creator: Parker, Larry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Japan - U.S. relations. The alliance, with its access to bases in Japan, where about 53,000 U.S. troops are stationed, facilitates the forward deployment of U.S. military forces in the Asia-Pacific, thereby undergirding U.S. national security strategy.
Date: February 28, 2006
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma & Cooper, William H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

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Date: February 5, 2003
Creator: Cronin, Richard P.
System: The UNT Digital Library