Of Special Interest
Hersh, Seymour M., “The Iran Plans,” The New Yorker, April 17, 2006, p. 30.
Secretaries of Defense and Energy and the Nuclear Weapons Council, Interim Report on the Feasibility of the Reliable Replacement Warhead Program, March 1, 2006, 10 pp.
Warrick, Joby, “Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War,” TheWashington Post, April 12, 2006, p. A1.
Woods, Kevin, James Lacey, and Williamson Murray, “Saddam’s Delusions; The View from the Inside,” Foreign Affairs, May/June 2006, p. 2.
Zarif, Javad, “We Do Not Have a Nuclear Weapons Program,” The New York Times, April 6, 2006.
I. Strategic Arms
Abdullaev, Nabi, “ Russia Won’t Seek Nuclear Parity with West,” Defense News, April 10, 2006, p. 12.
Associated Press, “Top Designer says New Russian Missiles Will Have No Rivals for 15-20 Years,” April 13, 2006.
Associated Press, “Military Chief: Russian Nuclear Forces Enough to Deter Aggression Even Without Parity With U.S.,” April 3, 2006.
Costa, Keith J., “NNSA Offers Blueprint for Transforming Nuclear Weapons Complex,” Inside Missile Defense, April 12, 2006, p. 7.
Interfax, “ Russia Honored Its Commitment to Cut Tactical Nuclear Weapons, General Says,” April 13, 2006.
Interfax, “ Russia’s Unilateral Withdrawal from INF Treaty Inexpedient,” April 11, 2006.
ITAR-TASS, “Russian Designer: Bulava Missile May Have Sea, Ground-Launched Versions,” April 13, 2006.
Kampelman, Max M., “Bombs Away,” The New York Times, April 24, 2006.
Litovkin, Dmitri, “Six Warheads per Missile,” Izvestia, April 26, 2006.
Phelan, Benjamin, “Buried Truths,” Harper’s Magazine, April 17, 2006.
Pincus, Walter, “ U.S. Prepares to Overhaul Arsenal of Nuclear Warheads,” The Washington Post, April 15, 2006, p. A1.
RIA Novosti, “Russian Minister Sees INF Treaty as ‘Cold War Relic’ but Withdrawal Not In Cards,” April 24, 2006.
RIA Novosti, “ Russia Should Make 20-30 Ballistic Missiles A Year,” April 11, 2006.
Rosenberg, Eric “ U.S.-Russian War Center Still Stalled,” The Arizona Republic, April 9, 2006.
Ruppe, David, “Warhead Program Undermines U.S. Nuclear Deterrent, Critics Say,” Global Security Newswire, April 26, 2006.
Sokov, Nikolai, “New Details on Russian Strategic Subs Emerge, As Keel for Third Borey Class Boat is Laid,” WMD Insights, April 2006, p. 27.
Skinner, Tony, “Nuclear Debate,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, April 12, 2006, p. 22.
Sterngold, James, “Funding Boost Possible for Warhead Program,” The San Francisco Chronicle, April 27, 2006.
Vartabedian, Ralph, “ U.S. Rolls Out Nuclear Plan,” Los Angeles Times, April 6, 2006.
Weir, Fred, “In Moscow, Buzz over Arms Race II,” The Christian Science Monitor, April 24, 2006.
II. Nuclear Proliferation
Abdullaev, Nabi, “ Russia Compiles List of Alleged WMD Spreaders,” Defense News, April 17, 2006, p. 28.
Agence France-Presse, “ Russia Publishes WMD Blacklist,” April 12, 2006.
International Export Control Observer, “Suspected A.Q. Khan Network Middleman Goes on Trial in Germany,” April 2006, p. 5.
International Export Control Observer, “ China and Pakistan Agree to More Nuclear Cooperation; NSG Exemption Needed But Unlikely,” April 2006, p. 13.
India
Agence France-Presse, “ Pakistan’s Top Nuclear Command Concerned Over India-US Deal,” April 13, 2006.
Albright, David and Basu, Susan, Neither a Determined Proliferator Nor a Responsible Nuclear State: India’s Record Needs Scrutiny, Institute for Science and International Security, April 5, 2006, 4 pp.
Bhushan, Bharat, “ Russia in Nuclear Business Rush,” The Telegraph, April 4, 2006.
Boureston, Jack and Spector, Leonard, S., “Breeder Reactors and India’s Nuclear Strategy,” WMD Insights, April 2006, p. 12.
Cohen, William, “A Pretty Good Deal for America,” The Wall Street Journal, April 5, 2006, p. A20.
Giacomo, Carol, “ Russia Ignores US, Delivers Nuclear Fuel to India,” Reuters, April 25, 2006.Hindustan Times, “US Congress Will Approve Nuke Deal After Mid-Term Polls: Speaker Hastert,” April 12, 2006.
Kessler, Glenn, “ India Nuclear Deal May Face Hard Sell,” The Washington Post, April 3, 2006, p. A1.Kimball, Daryl G., “Civil, Military Separation Plan Not Credible,” Asian Affairs, April 2006, p. 10.
Krepon, Michael, A Guide to the Perplexed, Q & A on the US-India Nuclear Deal, Henry L. Stimson Center, April 24, 2006, 4 pp.
Nalapat, M.D, “ India’s Nuclear Technology Sell Out,” United Press International, April 10, 2006.
Reuters, “US Likely to Pass India Nuclear Deal: Senator,” April 10, 2006.
Ruppe, David, “ U.S. Acknowledges ‘Double Standard’ on Indian Deal,” Global Security Newswire, April 12, 2006.Ruppe, David, “ U.S. Would Assure India Fuel Even If Delhi Tests Nuclear Weapons,” Global Security Newswire, April 7, 2006.
Times of India, “Scrap Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Rajnath,” April 11, 2006.
Weiss, Leonard, “Power Points: The U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement is the Wrong Deal with the Wrong Energy Source,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2006, p. 21.
Wulf, Norman, “Costly Nuke Deal: Exception for India Unsettles Nonproliferation,” Defense News, April 10, 2006, p. 29.
Iran
Afrasiabi, Kaveh L., “A Two-Track Path to Dialogue with Iran,” The Boston Globe, April 3, 2006.
Agence France-Presse, “ EU Mulls Iran Sanctions, Dismisses Military Option,” April 11, 2006.
Associated Press, “ Iran President Warns ‘Aggressors’,” April 18, 2006.
Bellantoni, Christina, “House OKs Tighter Sanctions Against Iran’s Nuclear Aims,” The Washington Times, April 27, 2006, p. A4.
Bloomberg, “ Iran’s Ahmadinejad Rejects UN Deadline on Uranium Enrichment,” April 24, 2006.
Broad, William J. and Sanger, David A., “ Iran Claims Nuclear Steps in New Worry,” The New York Times, April 17, 2006.
Broad, William J., Nazila Fathi, and Joel Brinkley, “Analysts Say a Nuclear Iran Is Years Away,” The New York Times, April 13, 2006, p. A1.
Cordesman, Anthony H. and Al-Rodhan, Khalid R., Iranian Nuclear Weapons? Iran’s Missiles and Possible Delivery Systems, Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 17, 2006.
Cordesman, Anthony H. and Al-Rodhan, Khalid R., Iranian Nuclear Weapons? The Uncertain Nature of Iran's Nuclear Programs, Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 12, 2006.Dareini, Ali Akbar, “ Iran Vows No ‘Retreat’ on its Nukes,” Associated Press, April 14, 2006.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, “Report: IAEA Informed of Iran’s P-2 Centrifuge Programmes,” April 17, 2006.
Dombey, Daniel, “ Bush Adviser Dismisses Call for Talks with Iran,” The Financial Times, April 23, 2006.Dombey, Daniel, “ EU Paper Outlines Tough Action on Tehran,” The Financial Times, April 9, 2006.
Fallows, James, “The Nuclear Power Beside Iraq,” The Atlantic Monthly, May 2006, p. 31.Feinstein, Dianne, “Confronting Iran,” Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2006.
Friedman, Thomas L., “ Iraq II or a Nuclear Iran?,” The New York Times, April 19, 2006.
Hunter, Robert E., “Time to Talk with Iran,” The Washington Post, April 26, 2006.
Ignatius, David, “An Iranian Missile Crisis,” The Washington Post, April 12, 2006, p. A17.
Lieven, Anatol, “How to Get Out of the Iran Trap,” The Washington Post, April 12, 2006.
McGeary, Johanna, “ Will This Man Get The Bomb?” Time, April 3, 2006.
Pisik, Betsy, “ Iran Ignores Order to Halt Enrichment,” The Washington Times, April 29, 2006, p. A1.
Robbins, Carla Anne, “Concerns Mount Over Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions,” The Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2006, p. A3.
Schweid, Barry, “Rice Calls for ‘Strong Steps’ Against Iran,” Associated Press,
April 12, 2006.Sevastopulo, Demetri, “ US Ex-Official Urges Talks with Iran,” The Financial Times, April 12, 2006.
Shannon, Elaine, “A Financial Hit on Iran?,” Time, April 24, 2006.
Smyth, Gareth, “ Iran ’s Former Nuclear Chief Makes Call for ‘Less Emotion’,” The Financial Times, April 21, 2006.
Strobel, Warren P., John Walcott, and Jonathan S. Landay, “ Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions Create a Dilemma,” Knight Ridder, April 16, 2006.
Xinhua, “ China Urges Restraint in Solving Iran Nuclear Issue,” April 20, 2006.
Yen, Hope, “Two Senators Say US Should Pursue Nuclear Talks with Tehran,” Associated Press, April 17, 2006.
Israel
Cohen, Avner and Burr, William, “ Israel Crosses the Threshold,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2006, p. 23.
North Korea
Asahi Shimbun, “Kim: North Korea Could Enhance Nuclear Development during Suspension of Six-Party Talks,” April 13, 2006.
Chang, Jae-Soon, “S. Korea Offers Aid if N. Korea Cooperates,” Associated Press, April 22, 2006.
Chosun Ilbo, “N. Korea’s Nuke Negotiator Digs in After Snub from U.S.,” April 13, 2006.
Faiola, Anthony, “ Tokyo Trip Could Aid Talks on N. Korea,” The Washington Post. April 5, 2006, p. A18.
Fifield, Anna, “Six Party Talks on North Korea in ‘Terminal Decline’,” The Financial Times, April 25, 2006.
Herskovitz, Jon, “N. Korea Marks Founder’s Birthday with Nuclear Boast,” Reuters, April 15, 2006.
Holland, Steve and Zakaria, Tabassum, “Bush Seeks China’s Help on N. Korea,” Reuters, April 20, 2006.
International Export Control Observer, “Swiss Firm Sanctioned by U.S. Government for Assisting North Korea,” April 2006, p. 16.
Johnson, Tim, “Hopes Wither for Resumption of Nuclear Talks,” Knight Ridder, April 5, 2006.
Kim, Jack, “ North Korea Threatens to Boost Nuclear Arsenal,” Reuters, April 13, 2006.
Kim, Jack, “N. Korea Envoy: Restart of Nuclear Talks up to US,” Reuters, April 7, 2006.
Kim, Jack, and Nishiyama, George, “US, China Meet on Reviving N. Korea Nuclear Talks,” Reuters, April 11, 2006.
Kim, Kwang-Tae, “Nuke Envoy Urges N. Korea to Rejoin Talks,” Associated Press, April 12, 2006.
Park, John S., “Path for Seoul’s Sunshine Policy,” The Korea Times, April 5, 2006.
Reuters, “Two Koreas Agree to Ministerial Level Talks,” April 6, 2006.
Salmon, Andrew, “ U.S. Warns Kim of Finance Probe,” The Washington Times, April 14, 2006, p. A15.
III. Nonproliferation
Anufriyev, Vladimir, “ Canada Allocates More Money to Scrap Russian Nuclear Subs,” ITAR-TASS, April 5, 2006.
Ferguson, Charles D., “Nuclear Lessons for Today,” The Christian Science Monitor, April 26, 2006.
Ferguson, Charles D., “Tackling the Risks of Nuclear Terrorism,” The Seattle Times, April 26, 2006.
Harrison, Selig S., “How to Regulate Nuclear Weapons,” The Washington Post, April 23, 2006, p. B7.
Hughes, John, “West Should Close Gaps against Nuclear Terrorism,” The Christian Science Monitor, April 5, 2006.
Sprenger, Sebastian, “ U.S., Russia Close to Extending Cooperative Threat Reduction Deal,” Inside Missile Defense, April 12, 2006, p. 1.
IV. Missiles and Missile Defense
Agence France-Presse, “ Poland Set For Talks On Hosting US Missiles,” April 10, 2006.
Barrie, Douglas, “Firing Away,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, April 10, 2006, p. 33.
Ben David, Alon, “West Doubts Iran Missile Claims,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, April 12, 2006, p. 4.
Dinmore, Guy, “ China Pushes for Lifting of US Sanctions over Weapons Proliferation,” The Financial Times, April 20, 2006.
Duffy, Thomas, “MDA Director Says ABL Operating Costs Could End Program,” Inside Missile Defense, April 26, 2006, p. 1.
Gertler, Jeremiah, The Paths Ahead: Missile Defense in Asia, Center for Strategic and International Studies, March 30, 2006, 56 pp.
Henderson, Simon, “Chinese-Saudi Cooperation: Oil but also Missiles,” Policy Watch, No. 1095, The Washington Institute, April 21, 2006.
Interfax, “General Says Planned US Missile Defense System Threat to Russia,” April 24, 2006.
Pinkston, Daniel A., “ South Korea Unveils New Cruise Missile and MANPAD,” WMD Insights, April 2006, p. 34.
Ruppe, David, “ U.S. Plans Basic Missile Defense Interceptor Tests,” Global Security Newswire, April 19, 2006.
Ruppe, David, “Deployed U.S. Missile Interceptors Contain Questionable Parts,” Global Security Newswire, April 5, 2006.
Schiff, Ze'ev, “ Iran Buys Surface-to-Surface Missiles Capable of Hitting Europe,” Haaretz, April 27, 2006.
V. Chemical and Biological Arms
Ben Ouagrham-Gormley, Sonia, Alexander Melikishvili, and Raymond A. Zilinskas,
The Soviet Anti-Plague System, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, 2006.
Burns, Robert, “Pentagon Considering Whether to Help Libya Destroy Its Chemical Weapons,” Associated Press, March 30, 2006.
Ember, Lois R., “ U.S. Can’t Eliminate Arsenal Until 2017,” Chemical & Engineering News, April 24, 2006, p. 9.
Fischer, Julie E., Stewardship or Censorship? Balancing Biosecurity, The Public’s Health, and the Benefits of Scientific Openness, The Henry L. Stimson Center, April 2006, 92 pp.
Norton, John, “Pentagon Assures Chem. Demil. Funds; Sen. Wayne Allard Says He Will Want Continued Updates,” The Pueblo Chieftain, April 18, 2006.
Relman, David A., Eileen Choffnes, and Stanley M. Lemon, “In Search of Biosecurity,” Science, March 31, 2006, p. 1835.
Schneidmiller, Chris, “ U.S. CW Destruction to Last Through 2017,” Global Security Newswire, April 18, 2006.
United Press International, “ U.S. Missing Chemical Treaty Deadline,” April 14, 2006.
Walker, Paul F., and Tucker, Jonathan B., “The Real Chemical Threat,” Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2006.
VI. Conventional Arms
Agence France-Presse, “US Urges Ban On Military Sales To Iran,” April 24, 2006.
Cox, Bob, “ Pakistan May Want to Buy F-16 Jets,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 14, 2006.
Gibson, Erika, “S. Africa’s New Sub Comes Home,” Defense News, April 17, 2006, p. 27.
IRIN, “Stronger Arms Embargo Needed in Darfur: UN Experts,” April 28, 2006.
Jaffe, Greg, “To Fight Terrorists, Air Force Seeks a Bomb with Less Bang,” The Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2006, p. A1.
Khatchadourian, Raffi, “Blowback in Africa,” The New York Times, April 28, 2006.
Pomfret, John, “ Iran Has Raised Efforts to Obtain U.S. Arms Illegally, Officials Say,” The Washington Post, April 17, 2006, p. A14.
Shalal-Esa, Andrea, “US Arms Industry Eager to Gain Foothold in India,” Reuters, April 10, 2006.
VII. U.S. Policy
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, “Been There, Done That: Talk of a U.S. Strike on Iran is Eerily Reminiscent of the Run-Up to the Iraq War,” Los Angeles Times, April 23, 2006.
Gertz, Bill, “More Muscle, With Eye on China,” The Washington Times, April 20, 2006, p. A1.
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., “Bush’s Thousand Days,” The Washington Post, April 24, 2006, p. A17.
VIII. Space
Bennett, John T., “Air Chief Worried Plan to Avoid ‘Pearl Harbor in Space’ is Insufficient,” Inside Missile Defense, April 12, 2006, p. 1.
Indo-Asian News Service , “ India Begins Work on Space Weapons Command,” April 12, 2006.
Kislyakov, Andrei, “Weaponization of Space Will Have Unpredictable Consequences,” RIA Novosti, April 7, 2006.
Mathews, Neelam, “Space Stability,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, April 24, 2006, p. 59.
IX. Other
Agence France-Presse, “ Iran Says Ready to Sign Non-Aggression Pact with Region,” April 12, 2006.
Agence France-Presse, “Vigils, Protests to Mark Chernobyl 20th Anniversary,” April 25, 2006.
Gehrke, Robert, “Explosion Test has Hatch Upset; Concerns Grow over Possible Dispersal of Old Radioactive Material in Nevada,” The Salt Lake Tribune, April 25, 2006.
Karp, Jonathan, “Defense Industry Braces for Report on Cost Overruns,” The Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2006, p. A4.
Kempe, Frederick, “ Africa Emerges as Strategic Battleground,” The Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2005, p. A8.
Kralev, Nicholas, “ Bulgaria OKs 3 Bases for U.S. Troops,” The Washington Times, April 24, 2006, p. A1.
Kringen, John A., “How We’ve Improved Intelligence, Minimizing the Risk of ‘Groupthink’,” The Washington Post, April 3, 2006, p. A19.
Kulacki, Gregory, “Lost in Translation,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2006, p. 35
Macfarlane, Allison, “Stuck on a Solution,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2006, p. 47.
Osborn, Andrew, “20 Years after Meltdown, Life Returns to Chernobyl,” The Independent, April 5, 2006.
Reiter, Dan, Preventive War and Its Alternatives: The Lesson of History, Strategic Studies Institute, April 2006, 35 pp.
Romanov, Pyotr, “ Chernobyl Exploded USSR,” RIA Novosti, April 25, 2006.
Weir, Fred, “Still under Chernobyl’s Shadow, The Christian Science Monitor, April 26, 2006.