Publications
Wyn Q. Bowen
Books
o The Global Partnership against WMD: Success and Shortcomings of G8
Threat Reduction since 9/11 (with Alan Heyes and Hugh Chalmers) (Taylor and
Francis, September 2011), 133pp (ISBN 0855161787).
o Libya and Nuclear Proliferation: Stepping Back from the Brink, (Routledge,
2006), 103pp (ISBN 0-415-41238-2)
Arabic version published by the Gulf Research Centre, Dubai, in February
2008 (ISBN 9948-432-89-4, 138pp)
o The Politics of Ballistic Missile Non-proliferation (Macmillan Press Ltd, 2000)
276pp (ISBN 0312226187).
o American Security Policy in the 1990s: Beyond Containment (with David H.
Dunn) (Dartmouth, 1996) 202pp (ISBN 1855216159).
o Terrorism in the UK: Broadening the Government’s Counter-Terrorist Response
– CONTEST (edited with Andrew Stewart), Occasional Paper No.50, Strategic
& Combat Studies Institute (Swindon: Strategic & Combat Studies Institute,
2005), 91pp (ISBN 1874346402).
Journal editorship
o Founding co-editor of Defence Studies (ISSN 1470-2436), the peer-reviewed
journal of the Joint Services Command and Staff College (originally published
by Frank Cass Publishers subsequently by Taylor and Francis). Co-edited
Volumes 1 and 2 (2001-02) with David Hall. Stepped down in December 2002
to focus on other duties.
o Associate Editor of US-based peer reviewed journal The Nonproliferation
Review from July 1995 to June 1997.
Other publications
2012
o ‘Multilateral Cooperation and the Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism: Pragmatism
Over Idealism’ (with Matthew Cottee and Christopher Hobbs), International
Affairs, 88/2 (2012), pp.349-368.
o ‘Preventing Nuclear Proliferation: the Role and Interests of China’, Foreign and
Security Policy, British Embassy Beijing, March 2012,
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o ‘Intelligence, Interdiction, and Dissuasion: Lessons from the Campaign Against
Libyan Proliferation’, in James J. Wirtz and Peter R. Lavoy (eds), Over-theHorizon Threats: WMD Proliferation 2020 (Stanford University Press, 2012),
pp.221-239 (ISBN 978 0 8047 7400 0).
o ‘Radiological Terrorism: Is There a Role for Deterrence?’ (with Jasper Pandza)
in Andreas Wegner and Alex Wilner (eds), Deterring Terrorism: Theory and
Practice (Stanford University Press, forthcoming 2012).
o ‘Libya, Nuclear Rollback and the Role of Negative and Positive Security
Assurances’, in Jeffrey Knopf (ed), Security Assurances (Stanford University
Press, forthcoming 2012).
2011
o ‘Iran’s nuclear challenge: nine years and still counting’ (with Jonathan Brewer),
International Affairs, 87/4 (2011), pp. 923–943
2010
o ‘How China Can Strengthen International Nuclear Security’ (with Ben Rhode
and Shen Dingli), Survival, 52/3 (June-July 2010), pp.11-17.
o ‘Silent partnership: The G-8’s nonproliferation program’ (with Alan Heyes),
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March-April 2010, pp.17-26.
o ‘How India and the United Kingdom can cooperate on nuclear and radiological
security’ (with Rajiv Nayan, Ben Rhode and C.V. Sastry), IDSA Policy Brief,
Institute for Defence and Security Analysis, New Delhi, 2010, 9pp.
o ‘Civilian Nuclear Power in the Middle East: The Technical Requirements’ (with
James Acton) in Henry Sokolski (ed), Nuclear Power's Global Expansion:
Weighing Its Costs and Risks (Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War
College, 2010), pp.423-475 ) (ISBN: 1584874783).
o ‘Strengthening the Non-Proliferation Pillar of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty’, in Malcolm Chalmers (ed), Chinese and British Perspectives on the
Road to NPT 2010, Workshop Report, Royal United Services Institute (Stephen
Austin & Sons Ltd, November 2009), pp.30-36.
2009
o ‘Open Source Intelligence and Nuclear Safeguards’, in Robert Dover and
Michael Goodman (eds), Spinning Intelligence: Why Intelligence Needs the
Media and Why the Media Need Intelligence (Columbia University Press,
2009), pp.91-104 (ISBN: 9780231701143).
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o ‘How might states, or the international community, go about implementing the
dismantlement of nuclear weapons systems in an accurate way which would
engender international confidence?’ (with Andreas Persbo), Research Paper
commissioned by the International Commission for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
and Disarmament, February 2009,
http://www.icnnd.org/Documents/BowenPersb%20CountingNW5ii09.pdf
o ‘Warning Against the Use of Force’, Contemporary Security Policy, 29/3
(December 2008), pp.559-561 (invited response to the findings of an opinion
survey published in the same issue of the journal by C. Christine Fair and
Stephen M. Shellman, ‘Determinants of Popular Support for Iran’s Nuclear
Program: Insights from a Nationally Representative Survey’, pp.538-558.
2008
o ‘Nurturing nuclear neophytes’ (with James Acton), The Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists, 64/4 (September-October 2008), pp. 27-33.
o ‘Behind Iran's nuclear weapons "halt"’ (with Michael S. Goodman), The Bulletin
of the Atomic Scientists Online, 20 February 2008, 6pp,
o ‘Atoms for Peace in the Middle East: The Technical and Regulatory
Requirements (with James Acton)’, NPEC Working Paper Series,
Nonproliferation Policy Education Centre, Washington DC, 2008, 31pp.
o ‘Military Power and the Enforcement of Non-Proliferation’, World Defence
Systems, Volume 2, 2008, pp.166-169.
o ‘Nuclear Reaction: The Intelligence on Iran’s Capabilities’, (with Michael
Goodman), Jane’s Intelligence Review, March 2008, pp.3-5
o ‘Calming the Crisis’ (with Michael Goodman), Iran-The Nuclear Issue, The
World Today (Chatham House), March 2008, pp.9-11.
o ‘Libya’, in James Doyle (ed), Nuclear Safeguards, Security and Nonproliferation
Achieving Security with Technology and Policy (Elsevier; ButterworthHeinemann, 2008) (ISBN: 978-0-7506-8673-0).
2007
o ‘Indicators and Warnings: A Framework for Assessing the Threat’, in Illicit
Nuclear Trafficking: Collective Experience and the Way Forward, Proceedings
of an International Atomic Energy Agency Conference held in Edinburgh, 19-22
November 2007, pp.47-59 (ISBN: 9789201034083).
2006
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o ‘Tracking and Assessing Nuclear Issues in Open Sources: the Case of Libya’,
in James A. Russell (ed), Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the
Middle East: Directions and Policy Options in the New Century (Basingstoke:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), pp.145-163 (ISBN 1403970254).
o ‘Open source research and nuclear safeguards’ (with Joanna Kidd) in
Addressing Verification Challenges, Proceedings of an International Safeguards
Symposium held at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 16-20
October 2006 (ISBN: 9789201047076).
o ‘Deterrence and Asymmetry: Non-State Actors and Mass Casualty Terrorism’,
in Ian R. Kenyon and John Simpson (eds), Deterrence and the New Global
Security Environment (London: Routledge, 2006), pp.46-62 (ISBN 10:
0714683981).
2005
o ‘The Nuclear Capabilities and Ambitions of Iran’s Neighbours’ (with Joanna
Kidd), in Henry Sokolski and Patrick Clawson (eds), Getting Ready for a
Nuclear-Ready Iran (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War
College, forthcoming 2005), pp.51-88. (ISBN 158487211X)
2004
o ‘Iraq’s Asymmetric Counter Strategy’, in Paul Cornish (ed), The Conflict in Iraq,
2003 (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2004), pp.159-171 (ISBN:1403935262).
o ‘Deterrence and Asymmetry: Non-State Actors and Mass Casualty Terrorism’,
Contemporary Security Policy, 25 (April 2004) (ISSN 13523260).
o ‘Iran and Nuclear Safeguards: Establishing the Facts and Seeking Compliance’,
Verification Yearbook 2004 (London: Verification Research, Training and
Information Centre, forthcoming 2004).
o ‘The Iranian Nuclear Challenge’ (with Joanna Kidd), International Affairs, 80/2
(March 2004), pp.257-276 (ISSN 0020-5850).
2002
o ‘Deterring Mass Casualty Terrorism’, in Russell D. Howard and Reid L. Sawyer
(eds), Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Understanding the New Security
Environment (Guildford, CT: McGraw-Hill, 2002) pp.442-447 (ISBN:
0072873078)
o ‘Dimensions of Asymmetric Warfare’, in Andrew Dorman, et al (eds), The
Changing Face of Military Power: Joint Warfare in an Expeditionary Era
(Palgrave, 2002), pp.15-43 (ISBN: 0333918924).
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o ‘Deterring Mass Casualty Terrorism’, Joint Force Quarterly, 31 (Summer 2002),
pp.25-29 (ISSN 10700692).
2001
o ‘Europe Ponders Ballistic Missile Defence’, Jane’s Intelligence Review, August
2001, pp.49-51 (ISSN 1350-6226).
o ‘Missile Defence and the Transatlantic Security Relationship’, International
Affairs, 77/3 (July 2001), pp.553-572 (ISSN 0020-5850).
o ‘La NMD: vue de la Grande-Bretagne’, Défense, No92, Mars-Avril 2001, pp.3940 (ISSN 0337-9434).
o ‘Defending America: National Missile Defence’, Defence Procurement Analysis,
Spring 2001, pp.51-55 (ISSN 1462-0243).
2000
o ‘Rogues No More’, The World Today (Chatham House), Aug-Sept 2000, pp.1415 (ISSN 0043-9134).
o ‘Missile Defence: Shield Against Rogues’, The World Today (Chatham House),
January 2000, pp.4-6 (ISSN 0043-9134).
1999
o ‘Open-source intelligence: a valuable national security resource’, Jane’s
Intelligence Review, November 1999, pp.50-54 (ISSN 1350-6226).
1998
o ‘The Missile Technology Control Regime and EU Expansion’, The
Nonproliferation Review, Spring-Summer 1998, 5/3, pp.84-88 (ISSN 10736700).
1997
o ‘US Policy on Ballistic Missile Proliferation: the Missile Technology Control
Regime’s First Decade (1987-97)’, The Nonproliferation Review, Fall 1997, 5/1,
pp.21-39 (ISSN 1073-6700).
o ’”One Arrow, Three Stars”: China’s Programme to Develop Multiple-Warhead
Missiles, Part II’ (with James A. Lamson), Jane’s Intelligence Review, June
1997, pp.266-269 (ISSN 1350-6226).
o ’”One Arrow, Three Stars”: China’s Programme to Develop Multiple-Warhead
Missiles, Part I’ (with James A. Lamson), Jane’s Intelligence Review, May 1997,
pp.266-269 (ISSN 1350-6226).
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o ‘Ballistic Missile Shadow Lengthens’ (with Tim McCarthy and Holly Porteous),
Jane’s International Defense Review - IDR Extra, February 1997, 8pp (ISSN
002006512).
1996
o ‘Brazil’s Accession to the Missile Technology Control Regime’, The
Nonproliferation Review, Spring-Summer 1996, 3/3, pp.86-91 (ISSN 10736700).
o ‘Living Under the Red Missile Threat’ (with Stanley Shepard), Jane’s
Intelligence Review, December 1996, pp.560-564 (ISSN 1350-6226).
o ‘Brazil Embraces Nonproliferation’ (with Andrew Koch), Jane’s Intelligence
Review, June 1996, pp.283-287 (ISSN 1350-6226).
1995
o ‘The US National Interest and the Future of Military Intervention’, in Andrew
Dorman and Thomas Otte (eds), Military Intervention: From Gunboat Diplomacy
to Humanitarian Intervention (Dartmouth Publishing Company, 1995) pp83-107
(ISBN 1 85521 579 9).
o ‘The West and the Future of Military Intervention’ (with Andrew Dorman and
Thomas Otte), in John Macmillan and Andrew Linklater (eds), Boundaries in
Question: New Directions in International Relations (Pinters, 1995) pp176-190
(ISBN 1 85567 266).
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