The Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC), created in 1980 by the

United States National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nat ...

(NAS), supports the nation and the public with his best members on concerns of international security and

arms control Arms control is a term for international restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation and usage of small arms, conventional weapons, and weapons of mass destruction. Arms control is typically exercised through th ...

. The CISAC maintains

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s with

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(initiated in 1981), China (initiated in 1988) and

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(initiated in 1999).

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