OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Albright, David, and Basu, Susan, India’s Gas Centrifuge Program: Stopping Illicit Procurement and the Leakage of Technical Centrifuge Know-How, Institute for Science and International Security, March 10, 2006, 11 pp.
Carter, Jimmy, “A Dangerous Deal with India,” The Washington Post, March 29, 2006, p. A19.
Kelley, Sean Paul, “Interview with Richard Armitage,” The Agonist, March 25, 2006.
Kimball, Daryl G., “Dangerous Deal with New Delhi,” The Baltimore Sun, March 2, 2006.
Lieber, Keir A., and Press, Daryl G., “The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy,” Foreign Affairs, March/April 2006.
Mendelsohn, Jack, “Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons,” Issues in Science and Technology, Spring 2006, p. 67.
Van Diepen, Vann, “Missile Nonproliferation: Accomplishments and Future Challenges,” International Export Control Observer, No. 5, March 2006, p. 16.
Wallsten, Peter, “Bush Confronted on Nuclear Pact,” The Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2006.
I. SRATEGIC ARMS
Agence France-Presse, “Putin Stresses Russia’s Need for Nuclear Deterrent,” March 31, 2006.
Andreasen, Steve and Gormley, Dennis, “Edging Ever Closer To a Nuclear Death Row,” Star Tribune, March 29, 2006.
Fleck, John, “Bomb Designer Questions U.S. Nuclear Policy,”Albuquerque Journal, March 13.
Glitman, Maynard W., The Last Battle of the Cold War: An Inside Account of Negotiating the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, 259 pp.
Hoffman, Ian, “Ex-Lab Director Supports Nuke Plan; Official Cautions That New Weapons Could Be Vulnerable to Undetected Defects,” The Oakland Tribune, March 12, 2006.
Interfax, “Russian Nuclear Deterrent a Key Element in Security Policy - Putin,” March 30, 2006.
Interfax, “ Russia Still Maintaining Nuclear Deterrent With Old Rockets, Says General,” March 3, 2006.
Kristensen, Hans M., Global Strike: A Chronology of the Pentagon’s New Offensive Strike Plan, Federation of American Scientists, March 2006, 250 pp.
Krugler, David F., This Is Only a Test: How Washington D.C. Prepared for Nuclear War, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, 248 pp.
Lieber, Keir A., and Press, Daryl G., “The End of MAD? The Nuclear Dimension of U.S. Primacy,” International Security, Vol. 30, No. 4, Spring 2006, p. 7.
Mukhin, Vladimir, “Generals Dreaming of Cuban Missile Crisis, Sergey Ivanov’s Subordinates Are Prepared To Withdraw From INF Treaty,” Nezavisimaya Gazeta, March 1, 2006.
Pincus, Walter, “ U.S. Plans to Modernize Nuclear Arsenal,” The Washington Post, March 4, 2006, p. A2.
Plesch, Dan, The Future of Britain’s WMD, The Foreign Policy Center, March 2006, 33 pp.
Ruppe, David, “Lawmaker Warns Against Developing New U.S. Nukes,” Global Security Newswire, March 31, 2006.
Sherman, Jason, “Defense Department Advisers Warn U.S. Strategic Capability At Risk,” Inside Missile Defense, March 29, 2006, p. 15.
Smith, Michael, “Revealed: UK Develops Secret Nuclear Warhead,” The Sunday Times, March 12, 2006.
Sterngold, James, “Need for New U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Disputed; Existing Warheads May Last Longer Than Believed, Experts Say,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 21, 2006.
The Economist , “A Ticking Bomb: A Full and Open Debate on the Successor to Trident is the Last Thing Tony Blair Needs,” March 18, 2006, p. 60.
II. NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
Agence France-Presse, “Saudis, With Pakistani Help, Working on Nuclear Programme,” March 28, 2006.
Clary, Christopher O., The A. Q. Khan Network: Causes and Implications, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, December 2005, 105 pp.
Diamond, John, “Official Warns Of Unsecured Nuclear Reactors,” USA Today, March 27, 2006.
Diamond, John, “ U.S. Confronts Issue of ‘Loose Nukes’ On Several Fronts,” USA Today, March 27, 2006.
Hibbs, Mark, and Shahid-ur-Rehman, “NSG, U.S. Won’t Accommodate New Pakistan-China Commerce,” Nucleonics Week, Vol. 47, No. 9, March 2, 2006, p. 6.
Kuperman, Alan J., “Bomb-Grade Bazaar,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2006, p. 44.
Phelps, Timothy M., “Official: Iraq May Still Seek WMDs,” Newsday, March 10, 2006.
Vick, Karl, “ Energy, Iran Spur Turkey’s Revival of Nuclear Plans,” The Washington Post, March 7, 2006, p. A14.
INDIA
Agence France-Presse, “ India’s Training of Iranian Military Could Dampen Nuclear Deal,” March 31, 2006.
Agence France-Presse, “US Congress May Attach Conditions to Nuclear Deal with India,” March 14, 2006.Bishnoi, Rati, “Markey: India Nuke Deal a ‘Nuclear Proliferation Pandora’s Box’,” Inside Missile Defense, March 1, 2006, p. 1.
Cirincione, Joseph, Oh Canada!, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 13, 2006.
Condoleezza Rice, “Our Opportunity with India,” The Washington Post, March 13, 2006, p. A15.
Friedman, Thomas L., “Letting India in the Club?,” The New York Times, March 8, 2006.
Gilani, Iftikhar, “Russian Nuclear Pellets Arrive in India,” Daily Times, March 21, 2006.
Grier, Peter, “ India Nuke Deal Meets Wary Congress,” The Christian Science Monitor, March 24, 2006.
Groppe, Maureen, “India Nuke Deal is Complex; Interview with Sen. Richard Lugar,” The Indianapolis Star, March 20, 2006.
Guha, Seema, “Nuke Act Comes Into Force,” DNA India, March 14, 2006.
Haniffa, Aziz, “Powerful Lobbyist Joins Anti-N-Deal Chorus,” Rediff, March 3, 2006.
Herbert, Bob, “Nuclear Madness,” The New York Times, March 6, 2006.
Johnson, Chris, “Analysts: U.S. Should Not Help India Develop Nuclear Technology,” Inside Missile Defense, March 1, 2006, p. 9.
Kagan, Robert, “ India Is Not A Precedent,” The Washington Post, March 12, 2006, p. B7.
Kaplan, Fred, “The President’s Indian Fantasy,” Slate, February 28, 2006.
Kessler, Glenn, “Nunn Urges Congress to Set Conditions on U.S.-India Nuclear Pact,” The Washington Post, March 21, 2006, p. A9.
Krepon, Michael, The US-India Nuclear Deal: Another Wrong Turn in the War on Terror, Henry L. Stimson Center, March 29, 2006, 5 pp.
Markey, Edward, “No Exemption for India on Nuclear Treaty,” The Boston Globe, March 27, 2006.
Morici, Peter, “Outside View: Kill India Nuke Deal,” United Press International, March 7, 2006.
Nalapat, MD, “Emasculating Nuclear India,” United Press International, March 13, 2006.
Press Trust of India, “US Fails to Persuade NSG to Include Indian N-tech on Agenda,” March 24, 2006.
Rajghatta, Chidanand, “N-Deal to Determine Future Ties,” The Times of India, March 31, 2006.
Richter, Paul, “U.S.-Indian Nuclear Deal No Shoo-In,” Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2006.
Ruppe, David, “German Debate Under Way on U.S.-India Nuclear Deal,” Global Security Newswire , March 21, 2006.
Ruppe, David, “ U.S. Concerns Overridden for India Nuclear Deal,” Global Security Newswire, March 8, 2006.
Sterngold, James, “Bush’s Nuclear Agreement with India on Shaky Legs, Several Countries, Some in Congress Want More Details,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 25, 2006, p. A5.
Waller, Douglas, “Would Congress Block the India Nuclear Deal?” TIME, March 22, 2006.
Weisman, Steven R., “Dissenting on Atomic Deal,” The New York Times, March 3, 2006.
IRAN
Abbas, Maleki and Bunn, Matthew, Finding a Way Out of the Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, March, 2006.
Albright, David, and Hinderstein, Corey, The Clock is Ticking, But How Fast? The Institute for Science and International Security, March 27, 2006, 8 pp.
Allison, Graham, “The Nightmare This Time, A Nuclear Showdown with Iran Could Be this Generation’s Cuban Missile Crisis,” The Boston Globe, March 12, 2006.
Bosco, David, “Who Will Challenge Iran?” Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2006.
Broad, William J., “Small-Scale Atomic Research by Iran Is Risky, Experts Say,” The New York Times, March 8, 2006.
Broad, William J., and Sanger, David E., “As Crisis Brews, Iran Hits Bumps in Atomic Path,” The New York Times, March 5, 2006.
Bruck, Connie, “Exiles; How Iran’s Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat,” The New Yorker, March 6, 2006, p. 48.
Charbonneau, Louis, “EU Might Accept Nuclear Deal with Iran-Germany,” Reuters, March 28, 2006.
Charbonneau, Louis, “ Iran Pleased With Nuclear Fuel Research,” Reuters, March 28, 2006.
The Christian Science Monitor, “Dealing With Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions: Four Approaches,” March 13, 2006.
Doyle, James E., and Kutchesfahani, Sara, Time for a U.S./Iran Patch Up, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 21, 2006, 19 pp.
Heinrich, Mark, “ Russia Atomic Compromise Offer to Iran Ruffles West,” Reuters, March 7, 2006.
Kupchan, Charles A., and Takeyh, Ray, “Dealing with Tehran: The Key Lies in Iran’s History,” International Herald Tribune, March 29, 2006.
LaFranchi, Howard, “Delays Turn to Stalemate over Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions,” The Christian Science Monitor, March 28, 2006.
Landay, Jonathan S., and Strobel, Warren P., “ Iran Closer to Producing Nuclear Weapons Fuel, U.S. Officials Worry,” Knight Ridder, March 23, 2006.
Mark Hibbs, “Iranians Claimed Bearing Impasse Halted Work on P-2 Centrifuge,” Nuclear Fuel, Vol. 31, No. 5, February 27, 2006, p. 3.
Mathews, Jessica T., “Speaking to Tehran, With One Voice,” The New York Times, March 21, 2006.
Perkovich, George, “Premature Capitulation,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 3, 2006.
Reuters, “Military Force Can’t Destroy Our Atomic Program: Iran,” March 27, 2006.
Reuters, “Mubarak Warns US against Hitting Iran,” March 1, 2006.
Robbins, Carla Anne and King, Jr., Neil, “White House Puts Iran at Top of List of Threats to U.S.,” The Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2006.
Ross, Carne, “Could Sanctions Stop Iran?” The Washington Post, March 30, 2006, p. A23.
Rubin, Alissa J., and Farley, Maggie, “ Iran’s Nuclear Steps Quicken, Diplomats Say,” Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2006.
Sanger, David E., “Suppose We Just Let Iran Have the Bomb,” The New York Times, March 19, 2006.
Sciolino, Elaine, “ Russia and West Split on Iran Nuclear Issue,” The New York Times, March 7, 2006.
Shen, Dingli, “ Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions Test China’s Wisdom,” The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2006, pp 55.
Sherwell, Philip, “How We Duped the West, by Iran’s Nuclear Negotiator,” London Sunday Telegraph, March 5, 2006.
Slackman, Michael, “In Iran, Dissenting Voices Rise on Its Leaders’ Nuclear Strategy,” The New York Times, March 15, 2006.
Vick, Karl, “Everyday Iranians Nervous About Push for Atomic Power,” The Washington Post, March 8, 2006, p. A15.
Weisman, Steven R., and Kramer, Andrew, “ U.S. and Russia Divided on Wording of U.N. Statement on Iran,” The New York Times, March 26, p. A20.
Weisman, Steven R., “Cheney Warns of ‘Consequences’ for Iran on Nuclear Issue,” The New York Times, March 8, 2006.
ISRAEL
Jones, Meirion, “ Britain’s Dirty Secret,” New Statesman, March 13, 2006.
Jones, Meirion, “Secret Sale of UK plutonium to Israel,” BBC Newsnight, March 10, 2006.
NORTH KOREA
Brinkley, Joel, “U.S. Squeezes North Korea’s Money Flow,” The New York Times, March 10, 2006.
Chi-dong, Lee, “ Seoul’s Nuclear Envoy Urges N. Korea to Address Counterfeiting Charge,” Yonhap News Agency, March 9, 2006.
Fifield, Anna, “ N. Korea is ‘Looking to Beat’ U.S. Financial Sanctions,” The Financial Times, March 12, 2006.
Kessler, Glenn, “N. Korea Sets Terms for Return to Nuclear Talks,” The Washington Post, March 9, 2006, p. A16.
Kim, Jack, “ Russia Envoy Urges U.S.-N. Korea Flexibility,” Reuters, March 13, 2006.
Marquand, Robert, “ China Changes Game in N. Korea,” The Christian Science Monitor, March 1, 2006.
Nesirky, Martin and Herskovitz, Jon, “ North Korea Seeks Nuclear Talks Return – South,” Reuters, March 23, 2006.
Yonhap News Agency, “ North Korea Proposes Separate Framework to Handle U.S. Financial Sanctions,” March 8, 2006.
PAKISTAN
Paul T. V., The India-Pakistan Conflict: An Enduring Rivalry, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 290 pp.
III. NONPROLIFERATION
Betts, Richard K., “The Osirak Fallacy,” The National Interest, Spring 2006.
Bishnoi, Rati, “DHS Nuclear Detection Test Center May Be Operational By Next Spring,” Inside Missile Defense, March 15, 2006, p. 7.
Bunn, Matthew, “Cooperation to Secure Nuclear Stockpiles, A Case of Constrained Innovation,” Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2006, p. 115.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction, February 13, 2006, 30 pp.
Ferguson, Charles D., Preventing Catastrophic Nuclear Terrorism, Council on Foreign Relations, March 2006, 31 pp.
Flynn, Stephen E., and Kirkpatrick, Jeane J., The Limitations of the Current U.S. Government Efforts to Secure the Global Supply Chain against Terrorists Smuggling a WMD and a Proposed Way Forward, Council on Foreign Relations, March 28, 2006, 8 pp.
Government Accountability Office, Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS Has Made Progress Deploying Radiation Detection Equipment at U.S. Ports-of-Entry, but Concerns Remain, March 22, 2006, 59 pp.
Government Accountability Office, Combating Nuclear Smuggling: Corruption, Maintenance, and Coordination Problems Challenge U.S. Efforts to Provide Radiation Detection Equipment to Other Countries, March 14, 2006, 80 pp.
Hanley, Charles J., “Documents Show Saddam’s WMD Frustrations,” The Baltimore Sun, March 21, 2006.
National Research Council of the National Academies, Strengthening Long-Term Nuclear Security, Protecting Weapon-Usable Material in Russia, 2006, 103 pp.
Nishiyama, George, “Minister Denies He said Japan Might Need Nuclear Arms,” Reuters, March 8, 2006.
RIA Novosti “ Nonproliferation: A Priority of Russia’s G8 Presidency,” March 31, 2006.
IV. MISSILES AND MISSILE DEFENSE
Andreasen, Steve, “A Misguided Missile Proposal,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 14, 2006.
Ben-David, Alon, “Israel Eyes Patriot PAC-3 to Boost Missile Defence,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, March 22, 2006, p. 7.
Center for Nonproliferation Studies, CNS Special Report on North Korean Ballistic Missile Capabilities, March 22, 2006, 13 pp.
Charbonneau, Louis, “ Iran Said to Step Up Plans for Shahab Missiles,” Reuters, March 6, 2006.
Dinmore, Guy, “ UK Chosen As Possible ‘Star Wars’ Site,” The Financial Times, March 23, 2006.
Global Security Newswire, “ North Korea Reportedly Upgrades Mobile Missiles,” March 22, 2006.
Gormley, Dennis M., “Cruise Control,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2006, p. 27.
Government Accountability Office, Missile Defense Agency Fields Initial Capability but Falls Short of Original Goals, March 2006, 84 pp.
Hackett, James, T., “Missile Defense Still A Key,” The Washington Times, March 23, 2006, p. 17.
John, Libby, “MDA Audit Showed Estimates of EKV Design, Life Cycle ‘Unsupportable’,” Inside Missile Defense, March 29, 2006, p. 1.
Katz, Yaakov, “ Arrow Can Block ‘Any Iranian Missile’,” The Jerusalem Post, March 2, 2006.
Kelley, Matt, “ Report: U.S. Missile Science Slumping,” USA Today, March 23, 2006.
Korb, Lawrence, “The U.S. Needs to Build a Smarter Military, Not a Bigger Arsenal: Cut Missile Defense and Expand Resources for the Army and National Guard,” The Christian Science Monitor, March 23, 2006.
Liang, John, “Cartwright: Cruise Missile Defense Needs Wider Focus,” Inside Missile Defense, March 29, 2006, p. 1.
Liang, John, “State Dept. Official: Cruise Missiles Won’t be Included in Missile Control Regime,” Inside Missile Defense, March 1, 2006, p. 1.
Ratnam, Gopal, “Command Not Yet Set for U.S. Missile Shield,” Defense News, March 27, 2006, p. 18.
Russell, Alec, “ Britain is ‘Likely Base for Son of Star Wars’,” The Daily Telegraph, March 24, 2006.
Samson, Victoria, “What If By Sea?,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2006, p. 30.
Scott Tyson, Ann, “Pentagon Seeks to Fund New Force of Conventional-Warhead Missiles,” The Washington Post, March 8, 2006, p. A12.
Sieff, Martin, “Pentagon Unhappy With Missile Defense Agency,” United Press International, March 27, 2006.
Singer, Jeremy, “Obering Defends Missile Defense System, Belittles Agency’s Critics,” Space News, March 27, 2006.
Wolf, Jim, “Experimental U.S.-Japan Missile Tip Passes First Test,” Reuters, March 8, 2006.
Yoo-Seong, Hwang, “ China Testing Missile Defense System,” Dong-A Ilbo, March 28, 2006.
V. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ARMS
Agence France-Presse, “Deep in the Forest, Russia Scraps Chemical Arms at ‘Site 1203’,” March 5, 2006.
Bain, Ben and Cirincione, Joseph, Exaggerating the Threat of Bioterrorism, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 16, 2006.
Burns, Robert, “Pentagon Weighs Helping Libya Destroy Arms,” Associated Press, March 30, 2006.
Francis, David, “ U.S. Program to Secure Soviet Pathogens Grows,” Global Security Newswire, March 29, 2006.
National Research Council of National Academies, Biological Science and Biotechnology in Russia, Controlling Diseases and Enhancing Security, 2006, 146 pp.
RIA Novosti, “ Russia Inaugurates Second Chemical Weapons Destruction Plant,” March 1, 2006.
VI. CONVENTIONAL ARMS
Anderson, Guy, and Novichkov, Nikolai, “Algeria Signs for Russian Arms,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, March 22, 2006, p. 19.
Barrie, Douglas, “Fighter Targets: India leads the Pack in Seeking to Reinforce Its Fighter Inventory in the Coming Years,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, March 13, 2006, p. 57.
BBC News, “UN Arms Bans ‘Repeatedly Defied’,” March 16, 2006.
Control Arms Briefing Note, UN Arms Embargoes: An Overview of the Last Ten Years, March 16, 2006, 18 pp.
Faulconbridge, Guy and Ahmed, Hamid Ould, “ Russia Seals Algeria Arms Deal,” Reuters, March 13, 2006.
Johnson, Chris, “Analyst: Claims that Taiwan’s Defenses are Inadequate are Misguided,” Inside Missile Defense, March 29, 2006, p. 13.
Moshkin, Mikhail, “Farewell to the Slavs: The Last Russian Troops Will Leave Georgia in 2008,” Gazeta, March 3, 2006.
Stohl, Rachel, US Small Arms and Global Transfer Principles, Working Papers, Project Ploughshares, March 1, 2006, 53 pp.
VII. U.S. POLICY
Pillar, Paul R., “Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq,” Foreign Affairs, March/April, 2006.
Solomon, Jay, “Senate Readies Reports on Prewar Intelligence,” The Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2006, p. A4.
Van Natta, Don Jr., “The Reach Of War: Leaders, Bush Was Set on Path to War, Memo by British Adviser Says,” The New York Times, March 27, 2006, p. A1.
Waas, Murray, “Intel Reports Cast Doubt on Iraq War Justifications,” National Journal, March 9, 2006.
The White House, The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, March 2006, 54 pp.
VIII. SPACE
Agence France-Presse, “ Japan Undertaking Cautious Review Of Military Use of Space,” March 29, 2006.
Bender, Bryan, “Pentagon Eyeing Weapons in Space Budget; Seeks Millions to Test New Technologies,” The Boston Globe, March 14, 2006.
Chunsi, Wu, “Development Goals of China’s Space Program,” China Security, No. 2, 2006, p. 107.
Dangen, Sun, “Shenzhou and Dreams of Space,” China Security, No. 2, 2006, p. 58.
Hagt, Eric, “Mutually Assured Vulnerabilities,” China Security, No. 2, 2006, p. 84.
Hitchens, Theresa, Michael Katz-Hyman, and Victoria Samson, Space Weapons Spending in the FY 2007 Defense Budget, The Center for Defense Information, March 6, 2006, 4 pp.
Hui, Zhang, “Space Weaponization And Space Security: A Chinese Perspective,” China Security, No. 2, 2006, p. 24.
Jianqun, Teng, “Trends in China’s Space Program and the Prevention of Outer Space Weaponization,” China Security, No. 2, 2006, p. 65.
Johnson-Freese, Joan, “Strategic Communication with China: What Message About Space?” China Security, No. 2, 2006, p. 37.
Wolter, Detlev, Common Security in Outer Space and International Law, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, 2006, 296 pp.
Xianqi, Chang, and Junqin, Sui, “Active Exploration and Peaceful Use Of Outer Space,” China Security, No. 2, 2006, p. 16.
Xiaobing, Guo, “ U.S. Regulatory Policies on Space Technology Exports to China,” China Security, No. 2, 2006, p. 73.
IX. OTHER
The Age, “ Australia Set to Sell Uranium to China,” March 28, 2006.
Braithwaite, Tom, “ Paris Near Nuclear Deal with Libya,” The Financial Times, March 8, 2006, p. 14.
Flynn, Michael, “ Chernobyl: Hardly the Last Word,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2006, p. 14.
Interfax, “Russian Defence Minister on Arms Sales, NATO and Weapons of Mass Destruction,” March 28, 2006.
Jentleson, Bruce W., and Whytock, Christopher A., “Who ‘Won’ Libya? The Force-Diplomacy Debate and Its Implications for Theory and Policy,” International Security, Vol. 30, No. 3, Winter 2005/06, p. 47.
Scobell, Andrew, Demystifying North Korea, Second in Series: Kim Jong II and North Korea: The Leader and the System, Strategic Studies Institute, March, 2006, 50 pp.
Goldstein, Avery, Rising to the Challenge: China’s Grand Strategy and International Security, Stanford University Press, 2005, 274 pp.
Yarger, Harry R., Strategic Theory for the 21 st Century: The Little Book on Big Strategy, U.S. Army War College, February 2006, 83 pp.