International Journal of Nuclear Security

This open access journal provides a forum for multi-disciplinary, international research on best practices in all ares of nuclear security. Topics include: policy, education, technology, human reliability, and real-world missions. The encourages diversity theoretical foundations, methods, approaches, asking contributors to analyze include implications policy practice. It invites submissions the following areas: Science Technology: Discoveries developments science technology that impact These relevant cyber-security, forensic chemistry, radiochemistry, as well new operational systems, understandings threat space, novel methods discerning or discovering threats. Operational Intelligence Capabilities: Initiatives improving capabilities (military civilian) intelligence systems bear includes descriptions analyses security issues involving detection, manipulation, transportation, guarding materials, studies counterterrorism, extremist ideology, global policing, insurgencies, irregular warfare, radicalization, risk management, violent crimes regarding materials facilties, failing/fragile states, transnational crime, etc. Policy, Law, Diplomacy: Studies political initiatives processes, legal proliferation nonproliferation, export control, monitoring/verification, physical safety, other Education Training: Reports scholarly investigations pedagogical security, programs professional development training (“continuing education”). Human Reliability: mitigation areas insider threats, assurance, performance factors. Modern advances psychological screening, credibility assessment technologies, techniques, investigations, monitoring, Also retrospective historical cases espionage related Real-World Missions: engagements with counterterrorist operations, smuggling interdictions, prevention, inspections, recovery law enforcement initiatives, Networking, Partnering, Engagement, Promotion: National, regional, promoting cooperation among government agencies, universities, centers, institutes, sponsors, donors, figures, etc.—as events outreach affecting public opinion awareness In addition publishing articles these areas, International Journal Nuclear Security runs an annual competition graduate students submitting about security; winners are published and, funding allows, receive prize/scholarship money support them their studies. also publishes book reviews, news conferences, seminars, educational courses International (IJNS) supports interdisciplinary collaboration. We invite value contributions from every kind discipline, professional, student, scholar country interested maintaining world secured aggression illicit use while supporting enriched by proper technologies. was launched 2015 fill need open, international, discussion insights scholars, students, practitioners, experts academia, government, industry, private sector—as intelligence, military, communities. Security is free available at this website; present, it exists only electronic form.