Of Special Interest
Bolton, John, “Pyongyang Pussyfooting,” Wall Street Journal, July 3, 2007, p. A17.
(See response: Tomero, Leonor, Wall Street Journal, July 12, 2007, p. A13.)
Edwards, John, “Reengaging with the World,” Foreign Affairs, September/October, 2007.
Giuliani, Rudolph, “Toward a Realistic Peace,” Foreign Affairs, September/October, 2007.
Miller, Judith, “Veteran,” Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2007.
Obama, Barack, “Renewing American Leadership,” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2007.
Panofsky, Wolfgang K., “Nuclear Insecurity,” Foreign Affairs, September/October 2007.
Romney, Mitt, “Rising to a New Generation of Global Challenges,” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2007.
Schell, Jonathan, “The Spirit of June 12,” The Nation, July 2, 2007.
I. Strategic Arms
Blagov, Sergei, “Missiles for Kaliningrad,” ISN Security Watch, July 16, 2007.
Brooks, Linton, “Bombs Away for Good,” The Wall Street Journal, August 29, 2007.
Kristensen, Hans M., “United States Removes Nuclear Weapons from German Base, Documents Indicate,” Federation of American Scientists, July 9, 2007.
National Nuclear Security Administration, “NNSA Restores Nuclear Weapon Pit Manufacturing Capability,” July 2, 2007.
Nelson, Fraser, “The Cold War is Back,” The Spectator, July 14, 2007.
II. Nuclear Proliferation
Ben-David, Amir, “Israel Considers Building Nuclear Plant,” Ynet News, August 1, 2007.
LaFranchi, Howard, “Will Iran, Korea Really Back Off Nukes?” The Christian Science Monitor, July 18, 2007.
U.S. Department of State, “Briefing with U.S. Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation Robert G. Joseph and Russian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister.
Sergei Kislyak on Cooperation in Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Nonproliferation,” July 3, 2007.
India
Balachandran, G., “India and the US-India Agreement for Civil Nuclear Cooperation,” ISDA Strategic Comments, July 3, 2007.
King Jr., Neil, “U.S.-India Talks On Nuclear Pact Enter Endgame; Congress Likely to Balk At New Delhi's Terms; Businesses Want a Deal,” Wall Street Journal, July 14, 2007, p. A1.
Kumar, Arun, “India, U.S. in Critical Talks to Seal Nuclear Deal,” Indo-Asian News Service, July 16, 2007.Iran
Afrasiabi, Kaveh L., “Brave New World of Iranian Nuclear Coopearation,” Asia Times, July 18, 2007.
Borger, Julian, and MacAskill, Ewen, “Cheney Pushes Bush to Act on Iran,”Guardian Unlimited, July 16, 2007.
Campbell, Deborah, “Interview: Waiting for an Iranian Chernobyl,” Interview with Iranian-American nuclear scientist, Najmedin Meshkati, New Scientist, July 11, 2007.
The Economist, “The Riddle of Iran,” July 19, 2007.
Katzman, Kenneth, “Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses,” Congressional Research Service, July 17, 2007.
Ogutcu, Mehmet, “Turkey: A Major Regional Power to Engage or Confront Iran,”Today’s Zaman, July 19, 2007.
Warrick, Joby, “Tunneling Near Iranian Nuclear Site Stirs Worry,” The Washington Post, July 9, 2007, p. A1.North Korea
Economist.com, “After the Closure,” July 16, 2007.
Feffer, John, “Disarming the Nuclear Genie,” Asia Times, July 3, 2007.
Lankov, Andrei, “The World According to Pyongyang,” Asia Times, July 13, 2007.
Niksch, Larry A., “North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Development and Diplomacy,” Congressional Research Service, July 2, 2007.
Sang-Hun, Choe, “North Korean Reactor Is Shut, U.N. Confirms,” The New York Times, July 16, 2007.
III. Nonproliferation
Andreasen, Steven, “On Nuclear Negotiations: A New Way Forward Needed,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 19, 2007.
Baker, Peter and Wright, Robin, “U.S. and Russia Vow Further Cuts in Nuclear Arms,” The Washington Post, July 4, 2007, p. A12.
National Nuclear Security Administration, “NNSA Completes Successful Nonproliferation Partnership,” July 18, 2007.
IV. Missiles and Missile Defense
Grier, Peter, “Obstacles Ahead for Missile Defense,” The Christian Science Monitor, July 9, 2007, p. 2.
“Japanese Official Warns of Chinese Missile Threat,” Global Security Newswire, July 16, 2007.
Kristensen, Hans M., “China Reorganizes Northern Nuclear Missile Launch Sites,” Strategic Security Blog, Federation of American Scientists, July 12, 2007.
Markedonov, Sergei, “Azerbaijan: Where Cold War Enemies can Become Friends,” RIA Novosti, July 9, 2007.
Murphy, Kim and Spiegel, Peter, “Europe Skeptical on Missile Shield,” Los Angeles Times, July 2, 2007.
Shalal-Esa, Andrea, “U.S. Cruise Missile Defense said Possible in 14 Months,” Reuters, July 9, 2007.
Wolf, Jim, “Boeing’s Airborne Laser said to pass key test,” Reuters, July 17, 2007.
V. Chemical and Biological Arms
Associated Press, “Albania is first to destroy all its chemical weapons, watchdog says,” July 13, 2007.
Phillips, Zack, “U.S. Struggles With BioShield Program,” Global Security Newswire, July 3, 2007.
Willman, David, “Fear Inc. – A Times Investigation,” Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2007, p. A1.
VI. Conventional Arms
Bolkcom, Christopher and Chanlett-Avery, Emma, “Potential F-22 Raptor Export to Japan,” Congressional Research Service, July 2, 2007.
Braun, Stephen and Farah, Douglas, “Making a Killing,” Men’s Vogue, July/August 2007.
Harding, Andrew, and Marcus, Jonathan, “Burma Embargoes Fail to Bite,” BBC News, July 16, 2007.
Johnson-Thomas, Brian, and Swain, Jon, “Exposed: the Somalia Arms Boycott Breaker,” London Sunday Times, July 15, 2007.
Kramer, Andrew E., and Shanker, Thom, “Russia Suspends Arms Agreement Over U.S. Shield,” The New York Times, July 15, 2007, p. A1. (See follow-up: Shanker, Thom, “Russian Pullback on Arms Treaty Obscures Progress, Official Says,” The New York Times, July 16, 2007.)
U.S. Department of State, “Update on U.S. Efforts to Destroy Excess Small Arms/Light Weapons Worldwide,” July 9, 2007.
VII. U.S. Policy
Bennett, John T., “Next President to Face ‘Hard Questions’ On Defense Budgets,” Defense News, July 5, 2007.
Cypher, James M., “From Military Keynesianism to Global-Neoliberal Militarism,” Monthly Review, Volume 59, ISN 2.
Daalder, Ivo and Lewis, Jeffrey, “Nuclear Weapons in the Age of al-Qaeda,” Financial Times, August 13, 2007.
Gwertzman, Bernard, “Sestanovich: U.S.-Russia Relations Once More Revolving around Nuclear Issues,” Interview with fmr. Amb. Stephen Sestanovich, Council on Foreign Relations, July 3, 2007.
Lipton, Eric, “A Nuclear Ruse Uncovers Holes in U.S. Security,” The New York Times, July 11, 2007.
Matthews, William, “U.K.-U.S. Trade Treaty Facing Uncertain Future,” Defense News, July 9, 2007.
Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of State, “National Security and Nuclear Weapons: Maintaining Deterrence in the 21st Century,” July 24, 2007.
Solomon, Jay, “U.S. Studies Ways to Formally End the Korean War,” The Wall Street Journal, July 9, 2007, p. A1.
Srinvasan, M. R., “The Last Mile in the Nuclear Negotiations,” The Hindu, July 13, 2007.
VIII. Space
Moltz, James Clay, “China’s Race to Space,” The San Francisco Chronicle, July 15, 2007, p. D1.
IX. Other
Cheung, Tai Ming, “The Remaking of the Chinese Defense Industry and the Rise of the Dual-Use Economy,” Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, July 13, 2007.
Cirincione, Joseph, Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, July 13, 2007.
Goldemberg, Jose, “Is Brazil Setting a Bad Example in Enriching Uranium,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 16, 2007.
Kampelman, Max M., “Zero Nuclear Weapons,” Speech to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation, Transcript from British American Security Information Council (BASIC), July 10, 2007,
Government Accountability Office, “Nuclear Security: Actions Taken by NRC to Strengthen Its Licensing Process for Sealed Radioactive Sources are Not Effective,” July 12, 2007.
Onishi, Norimitsu, “Bomb by Bomb, Japan Sheds Military Restraints,” The New York Times, July 23, 2007.
U.S. Department of Energy, “Department of Energy Initiates Formal Enforcement Action in Los Alamos National Laboratory Classified Information Breach,” July 13, 2007.
Weir, Fred, “Russia Plans Big Nuclear Expansion,” The Christian Science Monitor, July 17, 2007.
World Nuclear News, “Next Generation Nuclear Plant Revived,” July 24, 2007.