Of Special Interest
“Cooperative Threat Reduction Annual Report,” U.S. General Accounting Office, November 22, 2002, 12 pp.
“Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities,” National Academies Press, 2002, 118 pp.
“Fatally Flawed: Cluster Bombs and Their Use by the United States in Afghanistan,” Human Rights Watch, December 2002, 65 pp.
“National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction,” The White House, December 2002, 6 pp.
“Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions,” CIA Report, January 7, 2003, 12 pp.
I. Arms Control—General
Efron, Sonni. “Nuclear Arming Could Snowball,” The Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2003, p. A1.
Goldblat, Jozef. Arms Control: The New Guide to Negotiations and Agreements, PRIO, 396 pp.
Ramberg, Bennett. “Nuclear Pact Is All Bark and No Bite,” The Los Angeles Times, December 27, 2002, p. B15.
II. Strategic Arms Control
“Suit Over ABM Pact Withdrawal Dismissed,” The Washington Post, December 31, 2002, p. A6.
III. Missile Proliferation and Development
“India Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile,” The Washington Post, January 9, 2003, p. A16.
Shanker, Thom. “Scud Missiles Found on Ship of North Korea,” The New York Times, December 11, 2002, p. 1.
Iraq
“UN Monitor Accepts Invitation for Talks in Iraq on Inspections,” The New York Times, January 2, 2003, p. A9.
“UN Security Council Resolution 1441,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, pp. 28-31.
“The U.S. Catalogs ‘Material Omissions,’” The New York Times, December 20, 2002, p. A14.
DeYoung, Karen. “A Rhetorical Weave on Iraq,” The Washington Post, December 5, 2002, p. A25.
Kerr, Paul. “UN Weapons Inspections Begin in Iraq,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 13.
Lieberman, Joseph I. “Crisis of Our Own Creation,” The Washington Post, January 8, 2002, p. A19.
Lynch, Colum. “UN Broadens Iraqi Import Ban,” The Washington Post, December 31, 2002, p. A10.
MacFarquhar, Neil. “Iraq Gives the UN a List of 500 Weapons Experts,” The New York Times, December 29, 2002, p. A16.
Morin, Richard. “Most Favor Nuclear Option Against Iraq,” The Washington Post, December 18, 2002, p. A18.
Pisik, Betsy. “Iraq’s Report Details Efforts to Build Nukes,” The Washington Times, December 10, 2002, p. A1.
Robbins, Carla Anne and Michael M. Phillips. “U.S. Debates Reaction to Weapons Report; No Military Action Yet,” The Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2002, p. 14.
Sammon, Bill and Nicholas Kralev. “U.S. Troubled by Gaps in Iraq Report,” The Washington Times, December 19, 2002, p. A1.
Scarborough, Rowan. “Iraq Told to Turn Over Weapons Experts,” The Washington Times, December 18, 2002, p. A4.
Wolfowitz, Paul. “United on the Risks of a War With Iraq,” The Washington Post, December 23, 2002, p. A19.
IV. Missile Defense
“Defense Dept. Seeks More Patriot Missiles,” The New York Times, December 4, 2002, p. A17.
“Israel Tests an Anti-Scud Missile System,” The Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2003, p. A9.
“Missile Defence: A Public Discussion,” United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, December 2002, 32 pp.
“Space-Based Laser Put on Hold,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 26.
“Third Sea-Based Missile Intercept Succeeds,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 27.
“U.S. Missile Defense Test Is Failure,” The Washington Post, December 12, 2002, p. 35.
Boese, Wade. “Booster for Missile Interceptor a Disappointment, Priority,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 22.
Boese, Wade. “Congress Authorizes 2003 Missile Defense Funding,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 18.
Boese, Wade. “Weight Jeopardizes ABL Test Schedule,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 22.
Broad, William J. “U.S. Ignores Failure Data at Outset of Flights,” The New York Times, December 18, 2002, p. A16.
Chuter, Andrew. “Missile Defense Talks Focus on U.S. Use of Radar Base in Britain,” DefenseNews, December 16, 2002, p. 3.
Feiler, Jeremy and Thomas Duffy. “Pentagon Outlines Plans for Accelerated National Missile Defense,” Inside Missile Defense, December 25, 2002, p. 9.
Gertz, Bill. “U.S. to Deploy Anti-Missile System by ‘04,” The Washington Times, December 17, 2002, p. A1.
Glasser, Susan B. “Russia Has Warning, and Overture, on Missile Plan,” The Washington Post, December 19, 2002, p. A29.
Graham, Bradley. “Missile Defense to Start in 2004,” The Washington Post, December 18, 2002, p. A1.
Jaffe, Greg. “Missile-Defense Spending to Rise by About $3 Billion,” The Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2002, p. A6.
Lewis, George N. and Lisbeth Gronlund. “Debunking the Missile Defense Agency’s ‘Endgame Success’ Argument,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, pp. 16-18.
Ratnam, Gopal. “Missile Defense Gains Acceptance, Interest,” DefenseNews, December 16, 2002, p. 30.
Reynolds, Maura. “Missile Plan Faces Obstacles,” The Los Angeles Times, December 24, 2002, p. 1.
Schmitt, Eric. “Bush Ordering Missile Shields at Sites in West,” The New York Times, December 18, 2002, p. A1.
Sirak, Michael. “USA Works on Kinetic Energy Interceptor,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, January 8, 2003, p. 2.
Wines, Michael. “Moscow Miffed Over Missile Shield but Others Merely Shrug,” The New York Times, December 19, 2002, p. A15.
V. Nuclear Nonproliferation
“Cuba Accedes to NPT, Joins Tlatelolco,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 26.
“India Shifts Nuclear Command,” The Washington Post, January 5, 2003, p. A17.
Arami, Parinoosh. “Russia to Expedite Work on Iran Plant,” The Washington Times, December 26, 2002, p. A14.
Filipov, David. “New Fears Chechens May Seek Nukes,” The Boston Globe, December 1, 2002, p. A1.
Kessler, Glenn. “Front Firms Aided Iran Nuclear Bomb Effort, Sources Say,” The Washington Post, December 19, 2002, p. A26.
Rohter, Larry. “Brazil Needs A-Bomb Ability, Aide Says, Setting off Furor,” The New York Times, January 9, 2003, p. A5.
Warrick, Joby. “Nuclear Terrorism Focus Shifting to Research Facilities,” The Washington Post, November 28, 2002, p. A1.
Weisman, Steven R. “Iran Is Going Ahead With Nuclear Plant, Despite U.S. Concerns,” The New York Times, December 25, 2002, p. A5.
North Korea
Brooke, James. “Atom Agency Chief Criticizes North Korea,” The New York Times, December 27, 2002, p. A6.
Brooke, James. “China ‘Looming Large’ in South Korea as Biggest Player, Replacing the U.S.,” The New York Times, January 3, 2003, p. A10.
Brooke, James. “South Korea Criticizes U.S. Plan for Exerting Pressure on North,” The New York Times, December 31, 2002, p. A1.
Gertz, Bill. “China Ships North Korea Ingredient for Nuclear Arms,” The Washington Times, December 17, 2002, p. A3.
Goodman, Peter S. “South Korea Dispatches Diplomat to Beijing,” The Washington Post, January 2, 2003, p. A12.
Goodman, Peter S. and Akiko Kashiwagi. “Surveillance Gear Removed, N. Korea Admits,” The Washington Post, December 23, 2002, p. A12.
Kerr, Paul. “KEDO Suspends Oil Shipments to North Korea,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 15.
Kessler, Glenn. “No Support for Strikes Against N. Korea,” The Washington Post, January 2, 2003, p. A10.
Kessler, Glenn. “Security Assurances Possible for N. Korea,” The Washington Post, January 9, 2003, p. A1.
Kimball, Daryl. “North Korea: Time for Results, Not Rhetoric,” DefenseNews, December 16, 2002, p. 17.
Kralev, Nicholas. “Kremlin Divided on How to Disarm Pyongyang,” The Washington Times, December 18, 2002, p. A13.
Mydans, Seth. “North Korea Says It Is Withdrawing From Arms Treaty,” The New York Times, January 10, 2003, p. A1.
Ratnesar, Romesh et al. “How Dangerous Is North Korea,” Time Magazine, January 13, 2003, p. 22.
Sanger, David E. “President Makes Case that North Korea Is No Iraq,” The New York Times, January 1, 2003, p. A1.
Sanger, David E. “U.S. Eases Threat on Nuclear Arms for North Korea,” The New York Times, December 30, 2002, p. A1.
Schweid, Barry. “Bush Promises Talks with N. Korea,” The Washington Times, January 7, 2003, p. A1.
Sherman, Wendy R. “Listen to the South, and Talk to the North,” The Washington Post, December 24, 2002, p. A15.
Sigal, Leon V. “North Korea Is No Iraq: Pyongyang’s Negotiating Strategy,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, pp. 8-12.
Slevin, Peter. “N. Korea Rejects Call for Inspections,” The Washington Post, December 5, 2002, p. A18.
Stevenson, Richard W. “North Korea Begins to Reopen Plant for Processing Plutonium,” The New York Times, December 24, 2002, p. A1.
Weisman, Steven R. “South Korea, Once a Solid Ally, Now Poses Problems for the U.S.,” The New York Times, January 2, 2003, p. A1.
VI. Nuclear Weapons Material Control
Behr, Peter. “Uranium Supplier USEC Picks Ohio Site for Test Plant,” The Washington Post, December 5, 2002, p. E4.
Horner, Daniel. “DCS Replica Now Only Option in Play for Russian MOX Plant, U.S. Official Says,” Nuclear Fuel, November 25, 2002, p. 3.
Kucia, Christine. “Congress Gives Bush Three-Year Waiver for Threat Reduction,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 24.
Lyman, Edwin S. and Paul L. Leventhal. “Nonessential Nukes,” The Washington Post, November 26, 2002, p. A29.
VII. Nuclear Testing
Kucia, Christine. “Pentagon Memo Raises Possibility of Nuclear Testing,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 14.
VIII. Conventional Arms Control
“Brazil Suspends Fighter Jet Deal,” The Washington Post, January 4, 2003, p. A11.
“2001 UN Register of Conventional Arms,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, pp. 32-34.
“UN Says Liberia Illegally Importing Arms,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 26.
Gertz, Bill. “China’s Arms Sales, Stance on Taiwan Chill Talks With U.S.” The Washington Times, December 10, 2002, p. A7.
Filkins, Dexter and Marc Lacey. “Kenya’s Porous Border Lies Open to Arms Smugglers,” The New York Times, December 4, 2002, p. A18.
Lachowski, Zdzislaw. “The Adapted CFE Treaty and the Admission of the Baltic States to NATO,” Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), December 2002, 52 pp.
Pomfret, John. “China Suggest Missile Buildup Linked to Arms Sales to Taiwan,” The Washington Post, December 10, 2002, p. A1.
IX. Arms Transfers
“U.S., U.K. Leave Ukraine With Few Answers,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 26.
Svitak, Amy and Gail Kaufman. “Why Poland Bought Lockheed’s F-16 Fighter,” DefenseNews, January 6, 2003, p. 1.
Wall, Robert. “Polish F-16 Deal May Ease Path to JSF,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 6, 2003, p. 24.
Weisman, Steven R. “U.S. to Sell Weapons to Algeria to Help Fight Islamic Radicals,” The New York Times, December 10, 2002, p. A14.
X. Chemical/Biological Weapons Issues
“Chemical Arms Incineration Backed,” The Washington Post, December 14, 2002, p. A9.
Boyd, Kerry. “BWC Review Conference Meets, Avoids Verification Issues,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 21.
Boyd, Kerry. “Report Calls for Development of Nonlethal Weapons,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 25.
Connolly, Ceci and Dana Milbank. “U.S. Revives Smallpox Shot,” The Washington Post, December 14, 2002, p. A1.
Engleman, Eric. “Russian Official Cites Progress in Chemical Disarmament,” The Boston Globe, December 24, 2002, p. A11.
Gellman, Barton. “Report Cites al Qaeda Deal for Iraqi Gas,” The Washington Post, December 12, 2002, p. A1.
Gugliotta, Guy. “Mass Inoculations Pose Complexities,” The Washington Post, December 13, 2002, p. A20.
Isenberg, David. “Moscow Deaths Illustrate ‘Non-Lethal’ Danger,” DefenseNews, January 6, 2003, p. 21.
Leary, Warren E. “Scientific Panel Urges Incinerating Obsolete Chemical Arms,” The New York Times, December 4, 2002, p. A20.
Meier, Oliver. “Bare-Bones Multilateralism at the BWC Review Conference,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, pp. 19-20.
Wheelis, Mark and Malcolm Dando. “Back to Bioweapons,” The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2003, pp. 40-46.
XI. U.S. Policy
Allen, Mike and Barton Gellman. “Preemptive Strikes Part of Strategy, Officials Say,” The Washington Post, December 11, 2002, p. A1.
Berger, Samuel R. and Robert L. Gallucci. “Two Crises, No Back Burner,” The Washington Post, December 31, 2002, p. A17.
Burr, William and Jeffrey Kimball. “Nixon’s Secret Nuclear Alert: Vietnam War Diplomacy and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Readiness Test, October 1969.” Cold War History, January 2003, pp. 113-156.
Christopher, Warren. “Iraq Belongs on the Back Burner,” The New York Times, December 31, 2002, p. A21.
Fialka, John J. “USEC Will Build a Pilot Facility for Nuclear Fuel,” The Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2002, p. A5.
Kimball, Daryl. “National Insecurity Strategy,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 2.
Kucia, Christine. “Congress Approves Nuclear ‘Bunker Buster’ Research,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 25.
Lugar, Richard G. “The Next Steps in U.S. Nonproliferation Policy,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, pp. 3-7.
Mohan, C. Raja. “A Paradigm Shift Toward South Asia,” The Washington Quarterly, Winter 2002-2003, pp. 141-155.
XII. Regional Security Alliances and Issues
Europe and Nato
Boese, Wade. “NATO Expands; Members Support Iraqi Disarmament,” Arms Control Today, December 2002, p. 24.