Of Special Interest
Bunn, Matthew. Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: A Progress Update. Harvard University & the Nuclear Threat Initiative, October 22, 2003, 17 pp.
Medalia, Jonathan. Nuclear Weapon Initiatives: Low-Yield R&D, Advanced Concepts, Earth Penetrators, Test Readiness. Congressional Research Service, October 28, 2003, 64 pp.
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Theater Air and Missile Defense History. 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command, September 2003, 112 pp.
Sherwin, Martin J. A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies (3rd ed.). Stanford University Press, 2003, 424 pp.
U.S. General Accounting Office. “Despite Restructuring, SBIRS-High Program Remains at Risk of Cost and Schedule Overruns.” October 2003, 32 pp.
I. PROLIFERATION
Weiss, Leonard. “Atoms for Peace,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, November-December 2003, pp. 41-42.
IRAQ
Diamond, John. “CIA Will Examine Raw Data on Iraq,” USA Today, November 20, 2003, p. 1.
Drogin, Bob. “Friendly Fire: What David Kay Really Found,” The New Republic, October 27, 2003, p. 23.
Efron, Sonni and Greg Miller. “Intelligence Veteran Faults Iraq Arms Data,” the Los Angeles Times, October 29, 2003, p. A1
Starobin, Paul. “The French Were Right,” The National Journal, November 8, 2003, pp. 3406-3413.
NORTH KOREA
Demick, Barbara. “N. Korea’s Ace in the Hole,” The Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2003, p. A1
Gertz, Bill. “U.S. Commander Fears N. Korea Would Sell Nukes,” The Washington Times, November 18, 2003, p. A24.
Kessler, Glenn. “North Korea Reactor Project May End,” The Washington Post, November 4, 2003, p. A22.
“Intelligence Officials Suspect North Korean WMD Exports to Myanmar,” Global Security Newswire, November 18, 2003.
Pinkston, Daniel A. “Domestic Politics and Stakeholders in the North Korean Missile Development Program,” The Nonproliferation Review, Summer 2003, pp. 51-65.
Zarocostas, John. “N. Korea Offers to Give Up Nukes,” The Washington Times, November 14, 2003, p. 1.
IRAN
Sanger, David E. and William J. Broad. “Surprise Word on Nuclear Gains by North Korea and Iran,” The New York Times, November 13, 2003, p. A3.
Vick, Karl. “Iran Says It Will Abandon Development of Longer-Range Missile,” The Washington Post, November 7, 2003, p. A26.
II. MISSILE DEFENSE
Hsu, Emily. “Army OIF Report Reveals Emerging Air Defense Challenges, Threat,” Inside Missile Defense, October 29, 2003, p. 1.
Hughes, Robin. “Interview: Arieh Herzog, Director, Israel Missile Defense Organization,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, October 22, 2003, p. 32.
Taverna, Michael A. and Andy Nativi. “A Missile Shield for Europe,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, November 17, 2003, pp. 28-29.
III. NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
Giacomo, Carol. “U.S. Lags on Approving Protocol Demanded of Iran,” Reuters, November 21, 2003.
Johnson, Rebecca. “Beyond Article XIV: Strategies to Save the CTBT,” Disarmament Diplomacy, October/November 2003, pp.15-22.
Levi, Michael A. “A Nuclear Mixed Message,” The New York Times, November 20, 2003, p. 31.
IV. CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL AND ARMS TRANSFERS
Ben-David, Alon. “Israel Urges U.S. Weapons Ban on Egypt, Saudi Arabia,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, October 29, 2003, p. 16.
Ehrlich, Richard S. “U.S. Said to Supply Missiles to Bangkok,” The Washington Times, November 5, 2003, p. A15.
V. U.S. POLICY
Fearey, Brian. “An Analysis of Reduced Collateral Damage Nuclear Weapons,” Comparative Strategy, vol. 22, no. 4, October/November 2003, pp. 305-324.
Feiveson, Harold A. and Ernst Jan Hogendoorn. “No First Use of Nuclear Weapons,” The Nonproliferation Review, Summer 2003, pp. 90-98.
Hoffman, Ian. “Congress Funds Nuke Research,” Tri-Valley Herald, November 6, 2003.
Hoffman, Ian. “Weaponeers Defend Developing Mini-Nukes,” The Oakland Tribune, November 8, 2003.
Koch, Andrew. “U.S. Panel Urges Radical Nuclear Strike Balance,” Jane’s DefenceWeekly, October 22, 2003, p. 6.
Koch, Andrew. “U.S. Seeks Solution to Space Threats,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, August 13, 2003, p. 7.
Landay, Jonathan. “Nuclear Arms Research OK,” San Jose Mercury News, November 8, 2003, p. 3.
Nelson, Robert W. “Nuclear Bunker Busters, Mini-Nukes, and the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile,” Physics Today, November 2003.
ACT’s 2003 index will be published in the January/February issue. It is currently accessible online at www.armscontrol.org.