OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Albright, David and Basu, Susan, Separating Indian Military and Civilian Nuclear Facilities, Institute For Science and International Security, December 19, 2005, 6 pp.
Lugar, Richard G., and Obama, Barack, “Junkyard Dogs of War,” The Washington Post, December 3, 2005, p. A23.
Perkovich, George, Toward Transatlantic Cooperation in Meeting the Iranian Nuclear Challenge, Ifri Proliferation Papers, Winter 2005, 18 pp.
Weiss, Leonard, “A High-Stakes Nuclear Gamble,” The Los Angeles Times, December 30, 2005.
I. PROLIFERATION
DeVolpi, Alexander, Vladimir E. Minkov, Vadim A. Simonenko, and George S. Stanford, Nuclear Shadowboxing: Contemporary Threats From Cold-War Weaponry, Volume II, Fidlar Doubleday, Kalamazoo, MI, August 2005, 550 pp.
INDIA
Giacomo, Carol, “ Canada Urges India to Oopen up Nuclear Reactor,” Reuters, December 19, 2005.
Kralev, Nicholas, “Bush Nuclear Plan Draws Bipartisan Ire,” The Washington Times, December 5, 2005, p. A15.
Nayan, Rajiv, “Agni-III Missile Aimed to ‘Counter’ China’s Strategic Threat,” Bangalore Deccan Herald, December 12, 2005.
Speck, Mary, “ India Hands Congress a Nuclear Dilemma,” CQ Weekly, December 12, 2005.
Subrahmanyam, K., “ India and the Nuclear Deal,” Times of India, December 12, 2005.
Times of India, “ India Objects to US Sanctions Against Indian Companies,” December 28, 2005.
Varadarajan, Siddharth, “ India, Russia Inching Towards Fresh Nuclear Cooperation,” The Hindu, December 7, 2005.
IRAN
Adler, Michael, “EU, Iran on Nuclear Collision Course,” Mail & Guardian Online, December 22, 2005.
Agence France-Presse, “World Impatient Over Iran Nuclear Program Says ElBaradei,” December 7, 2005.
Bernstein, Richard, “ Iran Hints at Warmer Reception to Russian Nuclear Proposal,” The New York Times, December 28, 2005.
Daniszweski, John, “Pressure to Isolate Iran Gathers Steam,” The Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2005.
Goldin, Megan, “Iran Could Have Nuke Bombs in 3 years – Israeli army,” Reuters, December 13, 2005.
Heinrich, Mark, “Analysis-Showdown Over Iran Atom Drive Looms Despite new Talks,” Reuters, December 23, 2005.
Isenberg, Alan, “ Iran: Tehran has Exploited the Gap Between Washington and Europe,” The Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2005.
Khouri, Rami G., “For the U.S. and Iran, Threats or Promise?” The Daily Star, December 7, 2005.
Linzer, Dafna, “Pro-Israel Group Criticizes White House Policy on Iran,” The Washington Post, December 25, 2005, p. A9.
Mahnaimi, Uzi, and Baxter, Sarah, “ Israel Readies Forces for Strike on Nuclear Iran,” The Sunday Times, December 11, 2005.
Sanger, David E., “ U.S. to Punish 9 Companies Said to Help Iran on Arms,” The New York Times, December 28, 2005.
Smyth, Gareth, “ Iran Signals Some Flexibility in Talks on Nuclear Ambitions,” The Financial Times, December 6, 2005.
Sokolski, Henry, and Clawson, Patrick, eds., Getting Ready for a Nuclear-Ready Iran, Strategic Studies Institute, October 2005, 314 pp.
Svetlova, Ksenia, “Nuclear Iran Wouldn’t Benefit Russia,” The Jerusalem Post, December 29, 2005.
Takeyh, Ray, “Diplomacy Will Not End Iran’s Nuclear Programme,” The Financial Times, December 21, 2005, p. 17.
Takeyh, Ray, “ U.S. Must Take Active Role to Stop Nuclear Iran,” The Baltimore Sun, December 29, 2005.
Vick, Karl, “ Iran Plans to Build Two More Reactors,” The Washington Post, December 6, 2005, p. A22.
ISRAEL
Associated Press, “UK Accused of Water Sales Cover-up: Lawmakers say Government Helped Israel Launch Program,” December 9, 2005.
NORTH KOREA
Qian, Jason and Wu, Anne, “ China’s Role in North Korea,” The Boston Globe, December 19, 2005.
PAKISTAN
Kapur, S. Paul, “India and Pakistan’s Unstable Peace: Why Nuclear South Asia Is Not Like Cold War Europe,” International Security, Vol. 30, No. 2, Fall 2005, p. 127.
Nuclear Fuels, Vol. 30, No. 24, “KRL Hid Purchase of Sensitive Goods in Orders for ‘Junk,’ Records Say,” November 21, 2005, p. 7.
RUSSIA
Rodriguez, Alex, “NATO: Russia Resisting Efforts to Secure WMD,” The Chicago Tribune, December 22, 2005.
II. MISSILE DEFENSE
Hartung, William D., Frida Berrigan, Michelle Ciarrocca, and Jonathan Wingo, Tangled Web 2005: A Profile of the Missile Defense and Space Weapons Lobbies, World Policy Institute, 35 pp.
John, Libby, “ABL Officials Complete Key Test of High-Energy Laser Weapon,” Inside Missile Defense, Vol. 11, No. 27, December 21, 2005, p. 7.
Kurlantzick, Joshua, “Shots in the Dark,” The American Prospect, December 2005, p. 42.
Liang, John, “Israeli Arrow Missile Shoots Down Target,” Inside Missile Defense, Vol. 11, No. 26, December 7, 2005, p. 1.
Puttre, Michael, and Mckenna, Ted, “From the Ground Up: The US deploys Ground-Based Midcourse Defense against ICBMs,” eDefense, November 21, 2005.
Reuters, “ Russia Annoyed at Poland Missile Shield Plan: Paper,” December 2, 2005.
Wall, Robert, “Primed Pump: Flush with Cash, UAE and its Neighbors Look to Enhance Their Military Arsenals,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, December 5, 2005, p. 63.
III. NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
Associated Press, “ Oak Ridge Helps Russia Protect Nuclear Materials,” December 31, 2005.
Montgomery, Alexander H., “Ringing in Proliferation: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Network,” International Security, Vol. 30, No. 2, p. 153.
IV. CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL AND ARMS TREATIES
Agence France-Press, “ Taiwan Leader Urges Support For Controversial Arms Package,” December 17, 2005.
Agence France-Presse, “ India to Buy MiG Jets from Russia,” December 7, 2005.
Agence France-Presse, “ Taiwan Set for Delivery of Two US-Built Kidd-Class Destroyers,” December 6, 2005.
Boian, Christopher, “ Russia Defends Iran Missile Sale,” Agence France-Presse, December 5, 2005.
Cloud, David S., “Navy to Expand Fleet With New Enemies in Mind,” The New York Times, December 5, 2005.
Davis, Ian and Mayhew, Emma, What Happens When A White Elephant Meets a Paper Tiger? The Prospective Sale of Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft to Saudi Arabia and the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, British American Security Information Council, Occasional Papers on International Security Policy Number 49, December, 2005.
Fidler, David P., “The Use of White Phosphorus Munitions by U.S. Military Forces in Iraq,” ASIL Insight, December 6, 2005.
Harding, Gareth, “EU Arms Flow To China Despite Ban,” UPI, December 13, 2005.
Provnina, Lyubov, “Russian Arms Sale to Iran Draws U.S. Scrutiny,” Defense News, December 12, 2005, p. 6.
Rivlin, Paul, The Russian Economy and Arms Exports to the Middle East, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, November 2005, 65 pp.
Wall, Robert, “Gulf Links: Arabian Peninsula Countries Eye Improved Surveillance, Ballistic Missile Defense Capability,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, December 5, 2005, p. 62.
Wolf, Jim, “Pentagon Official Says Taiwan Short on Weapons,” Reuters, December 7, 2005.
V. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ISSUES
Agence France-Presse, “ Iran Wants Saddam Tried for Gassing Iranians,” December 21, 2005.
Burns, John F., “24 Ex-Hussein Officials Freed From U.S. Custody,” The New York Times, December 20, 2005.
Canon, Scott, “Biotech Advances Hold Terrifying Possibilities,” The Kansas City Star, December 12, 2005.
Liu, Melinda, “What Mrs. Anthrax Told Me,” Newsweek, December 22, 2005.
Shrader, Katherine, “ Arms Center to Give Biothreats New Focus,” Associated Press, December 21, 2005.
VI. U.S. POLICY
Cahlink, George, “Defense Department Not Giving Up Work On Nuclear ‘Bunker Buster’ Weapon,” Defense Daily, December 6, 2005.
Costa, Keith J., “Dems Call for Review of Draft Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Ops,” Inside Missile Defense, Vol. 11, No. 26, December 7, 2005, p. 1.
Glaser, Charles L., and Fetter, Steve, “Counterforce Revisited: Assessing the Nuclear Posture Review’s New Missions,” International Security, Vol. 30, No. 2, Fall 2005, p. 84.
Horner, Daniel, “U.S.-Russia Nuclear Agreement in the Offing?” Nuclear Fuels, Vol. 30, No. 26, December 19, 2005, p. 1.
Jehl, Douglas, “Bush Cited 2 Allies Over Arms, Book Says,” The New York Times, October 14, 2005.
Joseph, Jofi, “The Exercise of National Sovereignty: The Bush Administration’s Approach to Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation,” Nonproliferation Review, Volume 12, Number 2, July 2005, p. 373.
Robberson, Tod, “Yankee Nukes, Go Home: Europeans are Increasingly Calling for the Removal of American Nuclear Arsenals,” National Post, December 22, 2005, p. A26.
Robbins, Carla Ann, “ U.S. Weighs Whether to Build Some New Nuclear Warheads,” The Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2005, p. A1.
Ruppe, David, “Democrats Object to Nuclear Pre-Emption Doctrine,” Global Security Newswire, December 6, 2005.
Tucker, Jonathan, “The Wrong Weapon In The Wrong Place,” The Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2005.
VII. SPACE
SPX , “ US Air Force Space Command Commander To Retire,” December 16, 2005.