Of Special Interest
VanDeMark, Brian. Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb. Little, Brown and Company, 2003, 399 pp.
I. Arms Control—General
“New Tools for Arms Control,” The New York Times, June 7, 2003, p. A28.
II. Strategic Arms Control
Boese, Wade. “Bush, Putin Mending Ties, Sign SORT,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 40.
III. Missile Defense
“Missile Defense: Knowledge-Based Practices Are Being Adopted, but Risks Remain,” General Accounting Office, April 2003, 26 pp.
“U.S. Missile Defense Programs at a Glance,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, pp. 25-28.
“U.S. Pushing for Missile Defense in Taiwan,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 46.
Boese, Wade. “GAO Faults Missile Defense Satellite Plan,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 39.
Boese, Wade. “Missile Defense Post-ABM Treaty: No System, No Arms Race,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, pp. 20-24.
Graham, Bradley. “GAO Cites Risks in Missile Defense,” The Washington Post, June 5, 2003, p. A6.
Hobson, Sharon. “Canada Open to Talks on U.S. Defence System,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, May 14, 2003, p. 6.
Kahwaji, Riad. “Kuwaiti, U.S. Patriots Found Success Against Iraqi Missiles,” DefenseNews, June 23, 2003, p. 14.
Ratnam, Gopal. “Pentagon Pursues Mini Missile Killers,” DefenseNews, June 16, 2003, p. 32.
Singer, Jeremy. “Report Doubts Value of Planned Missile-Tracking Test,” DefenseNews, June 9, 2003, p. 34.
IV. WMD Proliferation
“U.S. Sanctions Firms in China, Iran, and Moldova,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 46.
Champion, Marc. “Despite Split on Iraq, Leaders to Combat Spread of Weapons,” The Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2003, p. A4.
Gertz, Bill. “CIA Says al Qaeda Ready to Use Nukes,” The Washington Times, June 3, 2003, p. A1.
Kralev, Nicholas. “U.S. Asks Aid Barring Arms from Rogue States,” The Washington Times, June 5, 2003, p. A15.
Tagliabue, John and Elisabeth Bumiller. “G-8 Leaders Talk Tough on Spread of Nuclear Arms,” The New York Times, June 3, 2003, p. A1.
Iran
“Iran Faces Heat Over Protests, Nuclear Program,” The Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2003, p. A15.
“World Scene: Iran,” The Washington Times, June 8, 2003, p. A6.
Baker, Peter. “Russians Pressure Iran on Weapons,” The Washington Post, June 5, 2003, p. A24.
Barringer, Felicity. “Iran Is Urged to Sign Pact Giving Power to Inspectors,” The New York Times, June 17, 2003, p. A12.
Barringer, Felicity. “Plans by Iran for a Reactor Pose Concerns About Arms,” The New York Times, June 7, 2003, p. A8.
Behn, Sharon. “UN Faults Iran’s Nuclear Program,” The Washington Times, June 7, 2003, p. A1.
Crawford, David. “Iran Denies UN Inspection Team Access to Nuclear Power Plant,” The Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2003, p. A14.
Dobbs, Michael. “Iran Faces Pressure on Atomic Program,” The Washington Post, June 17, 2003, p. A14.
Dobbs, Michael. “U.S. Using UN to Thwart Iran’s Nuclear Program,” The Washington Post, June 23, 2003, p. A15.
Dobbs, Michael and Glenn Kessler. “U.S. Penalizes Chinese Firm Over Alleged Missile Aid to Iran,” The Washington Post, May 23, 2003, p. A20.
Kerr, Paul. “U.S. Levels Accusations Against Iranian Weapons Programs,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 44.
Kessler, Glenn. “Powell Backs Iran Protests, But Says Talks Are Possible,” The Washington Post, June 18, 2003, p. A20.
Landler, Mark. “U.S. and UN Agency Press Iran on Its Nuclear Program,” The New York Times, June 18, 2003, p. A3.
Robbins, Carla Anne and David Crawford. “Iran Poses Nuclear Challenge That Stymies U.S. Crackdown,” The Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2003, p. A1.
Struck, Doug. “Japan Arrests Five in Iran Missile Case,” The Washington Post, June 13, 2003, p. A25.
Warrick, Joby. “U.N. Nuclear Agency Says Iran Breached Agreements,” The Washington Post, June 7, 2003, p. A19.
White, Gregory L. and Marc Champion. “Russia Raises Stakes on Iran’s Nuclear Program,” The Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2003, p. A15.
Iraq
“Senators Seek Answers About Iraq Arms,” The Washington Times, June 2, 2003, p. A4.
Ackerman, Spencer and John B. Judis. “The First Casualty,” The New Republic, June 30, 2003, pp. 14-25.
Allen, Mike. “President Assails Iraq War Skeptics,” The Washington Post, June 18, 2003, p. A13.
Barringer, Felicity. “Getting Ready to Bow Out, Hans Blix Speaks His Mind on How U.S. Doubted Him,” The New York Times, May 23, 2003, p. A12.
Barringer, Felicity. “Security Council Almost Unanimously Approves Broad Mandate for Allies in Iraq,” The New York Times, June 19, 2003, p. A14.
Barringer, Felicity. “UN Inspectors Say Baghdad Never Resolved Arms Issues,” The New York Times, June 3, 2003, p. A13.
Cloud, David S. “Iraq Weapons-Hunt Showdown,” The Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2003, p. A4.
Cummings, Jeanne. “Public Support Aids Bush Effort to Deflect Flak Over Iraq WMD,” The Washington Post, June 13, 2003, p. A4.
Drogin, Bob. “Iraqi Weapons Expert Insists Search Is Futile,” The Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2003, p. A1.
Gellman, Barton. “Covert Unit Hunted for Iraqi Arms,” The Washington Post, June 13, 2003, p. A1.
Gertz, Bill. “CIA Chief Defends Agency Job in Iraq,” The Washington Times, June 4, 2003, p. A17.
Hoge, Warren. “Iraq Arms Report Mishandled, Blair Aide Concedes in Letter,” The New York Times, June 9, 2003, p. A14.
Kerr, Paul. “With War in Iraq Over, Where Are the Weapons?” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 29.
Kimball, Daryl. “The Case of Iraq’s ‘Missing’ Weapons,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 2.
Kristof, Nicholas D. “White House in Denial,” The New York Times, June 13, 2003, p. A31.
Lakely, James G. “GOP Lawmakers Rule Out Hearings on Iraq War,” The Washington Times, June 12, 2003, p. A1.
Lakely, James G. “Official Rebuts Story of Iraq Intelligence Shortcomings,” The Washington Times, June 7, 2003, p. A3.
Lakely, James G. “Questions of ‘Hype’ Come After Iraq War,” The Washington Times, June 4, 2003, p. A1.
Lynch, Colum. “Blix Urges UN to Keep Weapons Team Intact,” The Washington Post, June 3, 2003, p. A16.
Lynch, Colum. “Security Council Ends Iraq Sanctions,” The Washington Post, May 23, 2003, p. A16.
Lynch, Colum and Bradley Graham. “U.N. Presses Bush on Iraq,” The Washington Post, June 6, 2003, p. A21.
Milbank, Dana. “War in Iraq Was ‘Right Decision,’ Bush Says,” The Washington Post, June 10, 2003, p. A1.
Miller, Judith and William J. Broad. “Some Analysts of Iraq Trailers Reject Germ Use,” The New York Times, June 7, 2003, p. A1.
Pincus, Walter. “CIA Did Not Share Doubt on Iraq Data,” The Washington Post, June 12, 2003, p. A1.
Pincus, Walter. “CIA Says It Cabled Key Data to White House,” The Washington Post, June 13, 2003, p. A16.
Pincus, Walter. “Iraqi Scientist Links Weapons to ‘Dual-Use’ Facilities, White House Says,” The Washington Post, June 2, 2003, p. A14.
Pincus, Walter. “Officials Defend Iraq Intelligence,” The Washington Post, June 9, 2003, p. A1.
Pollack, Kenneth M. “Saddam’s Bombs? We’ll Find Them,” The New York Times, June 20, 2003, p. A25.
Richburg, Keith B. “Blair Rejects Criticism of Arms Evidence,” The Washington Post, June 3, 2003, p. A18.
Risen, James. “Iraq Arms Report Now the Subject of a CIA Review,” The New York Times, June 4, 2003, p. A1.
Risen, James. “Word that U.S. Doubted Iraq Would Use Gas,” The New York Times, June 18, 2003, p. A12.
Risen, James. “U.S. Asks Ex-UN Inspector to Advise on Arms Search,” The New York Times, June 12, 2003, p. A14.
Sanger, David E. and Carl Hulse. “G.O.P. Dismisses Questions on Banned Arms Proof in Iraq,” The New York Times, June 18, 2003, p. A13.
Scarborough, Rowan. “Retired General Confident Iraqi Weapons Will Be Found,” The Washington Times, June 16, 2003, p. A12.
Scarborough, Rowan. “U.S. to Field New Arms Team to Search Iraq,” The Washington Times, June 2, 2003, p. A1.
Schmidt, Susan. “Senate Panel to Review Weapons Data,” The Washington Post, June 16, 2003, p. A18.
Struck, Doug. “Asia-Pacific Allies Forced to Defend Role in Iraq War,” The Washington Post, June 4, 2003, p. A14.
North Korea
“Lawmakers Told of Plan to Expand Nuke Program,” The Washington Times, June 3, 2003, p. A14.
Doran, D’arcy. “U.S. Seeks Asian Allies to Pressure N. Korea,” The Washington Times, June 1, 2003, p. A1.
Fairclough, Gordon. “U.S. Forges United Front on North Korea Approach,” The Wall Street Journal, June 9, 2003, p. A26.
French, Howard W. “Official Says U.S. Will Reposition Its Troops in South Korea,” The New York Times, June 3, 2003, p. A6.
Katz, Jonathan M. “Congress Divided on North Korea, Confused by Bush Policy,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 30.
Kerr, Paul. “North Korea Nuclear Crisis Chronology,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, pp. 32-33.
Kerr, Paul. “North Korea Ups the Ante in Nuclear Standoff,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 30.
Kralev, Nicholas. “U.S. Seeks Asian Aid for Ship Searches,” The Washington Times, June 18, 2003, p. A1.
Kremmer, Janaki. “N. Korean Threat Concerns Canberra,” The Washington Times, June 9, 2003, p. A15.
Nesirky, Martin. “Nukes Called Effort to Save on Spending,” The Washington Times, June 10, 2003, p. A11.
Sanger, David E. “North Korea Says It Seeks to Develop Nuclear Arms,” The New York Times, June 9, 2003, p. A9.
Struck, Doug. “N. Korea Vows to Fight Any Blockade,” The Washington Post, June 18, 2003, p. A21.
Struck, Doug. “U.S. Focuses on N. Korea’s Hidden Arms,” The Washington Post, June 23, 2003, p. A16.
Solomon, Jay. “North Korea Vows to Expand Its Atomic-Weapons Program,” The Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2003, p. A13.
Weisman, Steven R. “Plan to Block North Korean Nuclear Shipments Gains Support,” The New York Times, June 18, 2003, p. A5.
V. Nuclear Nonproliferation
“CTBT Milestone: 101 Ratifiers,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 46.
Kucia, Christine. “NPT Meeting Confronts New Nuclear Threats,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 41.
Sanger, David E. “2 Nuclear Weapons Challenges, 2 Different Strategies,” The New York Times, June 21, 2003, p. A3.
VI. Threat Reduction
Kucia, Christine. “G-8 Gauges Progress of Threat Reduction Partnership,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 39.
Luongo, Kenneth N. and William E. Hoehn III. “Reform and Expansion of Cooperative Threat Reduction,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, pp. 11-15.
Weldon, Curt and Chet Edwards. “The Post-Hussein Era: America, Russia, Terrorism, and Weapons of Mass Destruction,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, pp. 16-19.
VII. Chemical/Biological Weapons Issues
“Russia Destroys 1 Percent of CW Stockpile,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 47.
Boyd, Kerry. “Albania Has Chemical Arms; CWC Review Conference Meets,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, pp. 35-36.
Boyd, Kerry. “U.S. Army Obtains Patent for Bio-Weapon Launcher,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 36.
Hsu, Spencer S. “GAO Triples Estimates of Gulf War Fallout,” The Washington Post, June 3, 2003, p. A21.
Ramstack, Tom. “Germ Research Gets Urgent,” The Washington Times, June 9, 2003, p. A1.
Tucker, Jonathan B. “Preventing the Misuse of Pathogens: The Need for Global Biosecurity Standards,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, pp. 3-10.
VIII. Conventional Arms Control
Boese, Wade. “Draft on Unexploded Munitions Could Prove Controversial,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 40.
IX. Arms Transfers
Ivanov, Henry. “Malaysia Sets Up $1.4Bn Deal for Russian Fighters,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, May 28, 2003, p. 4.
Opall-Rome, Barbara. “Israel Unveils Improved Weapon Export Figures,” DefenseNews, June 16, 2003, p. 12.
Scott, Richard. “Exports Keep Russia’s Warship Industry Afloat,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, May 28, 2003, p. 21.
X. U.S. Policy
Cummings, Jeanne. “Bush Steps Up Pressure on ‘Evil Axis,’” The Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2003, p. A3.
Shenon, Philip. “U.S. Widens Checks at Foreign Ports,” The New York Times, June 12, 2003, p. A1.
Nuclear Weapons Policy
Kucia, Christine. “Congress Approves Research on New Nuclear Weapons,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, pp. 42-43.
Kucia, Christine. “New NNSA Head Appointed Amid Controversy,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 45.
Matthews, William. “U.S. Congress Eases Nuke Study Rules,” DefenseNews, May 26, 2003, p. 4.
XI. Regional Security Alliances and Issues
Europe and Nato
“NATO-Russia TMD Cooperation in New Phase,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 46.
Boese, Wade. “Senate Approves NATO Expansion for Seven New Members,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, p. 34.
South Asia
Allen, Mike. “Musharraf to Visit Camp David,” The Washington Post, June 13, 2002, p. A8.
Bedi, Rahul. “Country Briefing, India: Divided Interests,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, May 21, 2003, pp. 18-24.
Denyer, Simon. “Pakistan Seeks Greater Rewards,” The Washington Times, June 6, 2003, p. A13.
Ganguly, Sumit. “The Start of a Beautiful Friendship? The United States and India,” World Policy Journal, Spring 2003, pp. 25-30.
Gordon, Rose. “Slow Moving Diplomacy in South Asia Makes Headway,” Arms Control Today, June 2003, pp. 37-38.