1. Introduction : nuclear weapons and the Russian littoral / George Quester -- 2. The post-Soviet states and the nuclear nonproliferation regime / William C. Potter -- 3. Technical aspects of proliferation and nonproliferation / Oleg Bukharin -- 4. Russian control of nuclear weapons / Bruce G. Blair -- 5. Russia and nuclear weapons / Steven E. Miller -- 6. Is START stalling? / John W.R. Lepingwell -- 7. The sources and conduct of Ukrainian nuclear policy : November 1992 to January 1994 / Sherman W. Garnett -- 8. Belarusian denuclearization policy and the control of nuclear weapons / Vyachaslau Paznyak -- 9. Kazakhstan's nuclear policy and the control of nuclear weapons / Murat Laumulin -- 10. The nuclear problem in the post-Soviet transition / Craig Nation -- 11. U.S. nuclear arms control policies toward Russia and the former Soviet Union / Michael Nacht -- 12. Conclusion : the importance of nuclear weapons / George Quester