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ABM Treaty
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The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
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AWE
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The UK Atomic Weapons Establishment
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The Ban Treaty
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The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
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CASD
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Continuous at-sea deterrence (as operated by the UK’s Vanguard-class submarines)
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CCND
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The Creating the Conditions for Nuclear Disarmament Initiative (renamed the Creating the Environment for Nuclear Disarmament Initiative)
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CD
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The Conference on Disarmament
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CPACC
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The Government’s Counter Proliferation and Arms Control Centre
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CSA
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Comprehensive Safeguard Agreements
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CTBT
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The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
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CTBTO
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The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation
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DDPR
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NATO’s Deterrence and Defence Posture Review
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DMZ
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The Korean Demilitarized Zone
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FMCT
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A potential fissile material cut-off treaty
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HEU
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Highly enriched uranium
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IAEA
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The International Atomic Energy Agency
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ICAN
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The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
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ICBM
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Intercontinental ballistic missile
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IMS
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The International Monitoring System (part of the CTBT)
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The INF Treaty
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The Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty
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INSTEX
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The Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges is a special-purpose vehicle established in January 2019 by France, Germany and the United Kingdom to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran.
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IPNDV
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The International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification
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JCPOA
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The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the Iran nuclear deal)
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LEU
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Low-enriched uranium
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NIS
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Nuclear Information Service
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NNWS
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Non-Nuclear Weapon States as recognised by the NPT
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NPDI
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Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative
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NPT
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The Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (formally the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons)
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NPR
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The US Nuclear Posture Review
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NSA
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Non-state actor
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NSS
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The UK National Security Strategy
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NTI
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The Nuclear Threat Initiative
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NSG
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The Nuclear Suppliers Group
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Nuclear sharing country
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The five NATO Allies—Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Turkey—that host US nuclear weapons on their territory.
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NWFZ
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Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
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NWS
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Nuclear Weapon State as recognised by the NPT
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P5
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The five NPT-recognised Nuclear Weapons States
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P5+1
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The five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany. Used in relation to the six’s negotiation with Iran regarding its nuclear weapons programme.
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PrepCom
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A Preparatory Committee ahead of a Review Conference of the NPT
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QNVP
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The Quad Nuclear Verification Partnership
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RevCon
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A Review Conference of the NPT
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SDSR
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The UK Strategic Defence and Security Review
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SLBN
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Submarine-launched ballistic missile
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SSBN
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Ship, submersible, ballistic, nuclear (such as the UK’s Vanguard-class submarine)
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Status-6
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A type of long range nuclear torpedo
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Strategic Concept 2010
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The Strategic Concept is an official document that outlines NATO’s enduring purpose and nature, and its fundamental security tasks.
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TPNW
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The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (or Ban Treaty)
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UKNI
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The UK-Norway Initiative
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UNIDR
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The UN Institute for Disarmament Research
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UNODA
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The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
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WMDFZ
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A Weapons of Mass Destruction-Free Zone
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