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Fact Sheets & Briefs
Arms Control Association fact sheets provide a brief summary of a treaty or subject. They are intended to give you a snapshot of the most important information on a particular issue. Fact sheets are a good place to begin researching an unfamiliar topic or to review the most important elements of any arms control issue. To speed your search, we have organized the fact sheets into the following categories: Country Profiles, Chemical/Biological Arms Control, Conventional Arms Issues, Missile Defense, Nuclear/Ballistic Missile Nonproliferation, Nuclear Testing and Strategic Arms Control and Policy. Scroll down for the various sections.
Country Profiles
- Arms Control and Proliferation Profile: Pakistan
Fact Sheet, November 2007; This profile summarizes the major arms control agreements, regimes, initiatives, and practices that Pakistan subscribes to and those that it does not. It also describes the major weapons programs, policies, and holdings of Pakistan, as well as its proliferation record. (Continue)
- Chronology of Bush Administration Claim that Iraq Attempted to Obtain Uranium from Niger (2001-2003)
Fact Sheet, November 2005
- Disarming Saddam-A Chronology of Iraq and UN Weapons Inspections From 2002-2003
Fact Sheet, July 2003
Chemical/Biological Arms Control
Conventional Arms Issues
- Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008
Fact Sheet, March 2009
- Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007
Fact Sheet, February 2008
- Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006
Fact Sheet, August 2007
- Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005
Fact Sheet, August 2006
- Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004
Fact Sheet, January 2005
- Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003
Fact Sheet, April 2004
- Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002
Fact Sheet, January 2003
- Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001
Fact Sheet, January 2002
- Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000
Fact Sheet, January 2001
- Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements Reported to Congress from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999
Fact Sheet, January 2000
- Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements Notified to Congress from January 1, 1998 to December 31, 1998
Fact Sheet, January 1999
- Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997
Fact Sheet, January 1998
Nuclear Testing
Nuclear/Ballistic Missile Nonproliferation
- Chronology of U.S.-North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy
For years, the United States and the international community have tried to negotiate an end to North Korea’s nuclear and missile development and its export of ballistic missile technology. Those efforts have been replete with periods of crisis, stalemate, and tentative progress towards denuclearization, and North Korea has long been a key challenge for the global nuclear nonproliferation regime. (Continue)
- Chronology of Libya's Disarmament and Relations with the United States
Fact Sheet, May 2008: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued a report Sept. 12 indicating that Libya did not provide a full picture of its past nuclear fuel cycle procurement efforts following its renunciation of nonconventional weapons in December 2003. The omissions, however, did not point to any attempt to maintain a weapons-related capability and were only important for uncovering the timeline of Libya’s contacts with the nuclear smuggling network led by Pakistani nuclear official Abdul Qadeer Khan and other avenues Tripoli pursued to obtain nuclear weapons. (Continue)
Missile Defense
Strategic Arms Control and Policy
- 1999 CTBT Safeguards
The six safeguards proposed by President Clinton to assuage skeptics during the 1999 Senate ratification debate.
- The Presidential Nuclear Initiatives (PNIs) on Tactical Nuclear Weapons At a Glance
Fact Sheet, March 2006
ACA In The News
Iran nuclear program takes another step up escalation ladder
Christian Science Monitor
February 8, 2010
U.S., Russia Agree to Nuclear-Arms Accord
Wall Street Journal
February 3, 2010
Obama budget seeks 13.4 percent increase for National Nuclear Security Administration
Washington Post
February 3, 2010
U.S., Russia near new treaty to reduce nuclear arsenals
Kansas City Star
February 1, 2010
Obama to Seek $5B Nuclear-Weapon Complex Spending Boost
Global Security Newswire
January 29, 2010
Christian Science Monitor
February 8, 2010
U.S., Russia Agree to Nuclear-Arms Accord
Wall Street Journal
February 3, 2010
Obama budget seeks 13.4 percent increase for National Nuclear Security Administration
Washington Post
February 3, 2010
U.S., Russia near new treaty to reduce nuclear arsenals
Kansas City Star
February 1, 2010
Obama to Seek $5B Nuclear-Weapon Complex Spending Boost
Global Security Newswire
January 29, 2010
Arms Control TV
The Nuclear Tipping Point
January 2010
January 2010
The Nuclear Tipping Point is a warning about modern nuclear dangers, based on the efforts of Sen. Sam Nunn, Fmr. Secs. of State Henry Kissinger and George Schultz, and Fmr. Sec. of Defense William Perry.