Of Special Interest
Biden, Joseph, Jr., “After Putin,” The Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2008, p. A15.
Duarte, Sergio, “The UN and Disarmament: Challenges and Opportunities,” SIPRI Update: Global Security and Arms Control, March 2008.
Office of the Secretary of Defense, Annual Report to Congress: Military Power of the People’s Republic of China 2008, March 3, 2008, 66 pp.
Tierney, John, and Flynn, Steven, “Misguided Missile Defense,” The Boston Globe, March 28, 2008.
Umansky, Eric, “Lost Over Iran,” Columbia Journalism Review, March/April 2008.
I. Strategic Arms
Agence France-Presse, “US Needs Nuclear Weapons for Rest of Century: General,” March 4, 2008.
Allison, Graham, “Time to Bury a Dangerous Legacy: Part I,” Yale Global, March 14, 2008.
Baker, Peter, “U.S.-Russia Relations Chilly Amid Transition,” The Washington Post, March 1, 2008.
Basrur, Rajesh, “The Nuclear Disarmament Bandwagon: Time for New Thinking?” RSIS Commentaries, March 26, 2008, 3 pp.
Baum, Geraldine, “Sarkozy Says France to Cut Back Nuclear Arsenal,” Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2008.
Blamont, Matthias, “France to Cut Nuclear Arsenal,” Reuters, March 21, 2008.
The Economist, “Just How Low Can You Go?” March 27, 2008.
Erlanger, Steven, “Sarkozy Defends France’s Nuclear Arsenal,” International Herald Tribune, March 21, 2008.
Fleck, John, “Nuclear Weapons Plans Costly, Analysis Says,” Albuquerque Journal, March 26, 2008.
Gertz, Bill, “U.S. to Broach Nuke Concerns With China,” The Washington Times, March 4, 2008, p. A4.
Grossman, Elaine, “U.S. Air Force Eyes Single Nuclear Chain of Command,” Global Security Newswire, March 27, 2008.
Grossman, Elaine, “U.S. General Calls for Faster Action on Reliable Replacement Warhead,” Global Security Newswire, March 6, 2008.
Halloran, Richard, “Protracted Nuclear War,” Air Force Magazine, March 2008, p. 56.
Hartung, William D., Nuclear Bailout: A Critique of the Department of Energy’s Plans for a New Nuclear Weapons Complex, New America Foundation, March 25, 2008, 9 pp.
Interfax, “U.S. Position on START Could Trigger Arms Race: Russian Diplomat,” March 13, 2008.
Kommersant, “Russia to Be Sanctioned to Use Nuclear Weapons to Defend CSTO Members,” March 12, 2008.
Kuchins, Andrew C., “ A Look Ahead to Strategic Relations with Russia,” Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Update, February 2008.
McMichael, William H., “Nuke Chief: Cut, Don’t Eliminate, U.S. Arsenal,” Defense News, March 10, 2008, p. 22.
Mello, Greg, “The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Pushing for a New Production Capability,” The Bulletin Online, March 21, 2008.
Moore, Molly, “Sarkozy Announces Cuts in Nuclear Arsenal,” The Washington Post, March 22, 2008, p. A8.
Norris, Robert, and Kristensen, Hans, “U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2008,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2008, p. 50.
Perle, Richard, “The Arms Race Myth, Again,” The Washington Post, March 3, 2008, p. A17.
Perlman, David, “Plan to Change Nuclear Labs Draws Skepticism,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 20, 2008, p. B1.
Perlman, David, “Major Cuts Planned at Nuclear Labs,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 18, 2008, p. B2.
RIA Novosti, “Russia Scraps Six More Topol Systems Under START-1 Treaty,” March 27, 2008.
Robock, Alan, “Time to Bury a Dangerous Legacy: Part II,” Yale Global, March 17, 2008.
Schell, Jonathan, “Time to Bury a Dangerous Legacy: Part III,” Yale Global, March 19, 2008.
Scoblic, J. Peter, “Disarmament Redux,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2008, p. 35.
Weitz, Richard, “Arm Wrestling,” The National Interest, March/April 2008, p. 70.
White, Josh, “Gates Orders Nuclear Inventory,” The Washington Post, March 28, 2008, p. A3.
II. Nuclear Proliferation
Bajak, Frank, “Colombia Worried Rebels Seek Uranium,” Associated Press, March 5, 2008.
Bodeen, Christopher, “China Protests US Missile Fuse Mistakes,” Associated Press, March 26, 2008.
Diehl, Sarah, and Fujii, Eduardo, “Brazil’s Pursuit of a Nuclear Submarine Raises Proliferation Concerns,” WMD Insights, March 2008.
Esposito, Richard, and Walter, Vic, “U.S. Skeptical of Colombian ‘Dirty Bomb’ Claims,” ABCNews.com, March 5, 2008.
Hearn, Kelly, “FARC’s Uranium Likely a Scam,” The Washington Times, March 19, 2008, A1.
Horner, Daniel, “Canada’s Quest for Uranium Enrichment Raises Export Criteria Issues for NSG,” Nucleonics Week, March 13, 2008, p. 1.
Robles, Frances, “Colombia Says it Found Uranium Linked to FARC,” The Miami Herald, March 26, 2008.
Sheets, Lawrence Scott, “A Smuggler’s Story,” The Atlantic Monthly, April 2008, p. 60.
White, Josh, “Nuclear Parts Sent To Taiwan In Error,” The Washington Post, March 26, 2008, A1.
Wood, David, “U.S. Facing New World of Warfare,” The Baltimore Sun, March 17, 2008.
India
Agence France-Presse, “US Firm, CEO Admit Weapon, Nuclear-Linked Export Violations,” March 13, 2008.
Blair, David, “India Moves to Salvage Nuclear Deal With US,” The Telegraph, March 19, 2008.
Hanners, David, “MTS Systems to Plead Guilty to Illegally Exporting Nuclear Technology to India,” Pioneer Press, March 11, 2008.
Hibbs, Mark, and Horner, Daniel, “India May Submit ‘Interpretation’ of Safeguards Agreement to Board,” NuclearFuel, March 24, 2008, p. 12.
Indo-Asian News Service, “India Denies Involvement in US Missile Technology Export Case,” March 15, 2008.
Mohammed, Arshad, “U.S. Should Release India Nuke Deal Answers: Experts,” Reuters, March 5, 2008.
Mukul, Akshaya, “Left Not Ready for N-Deal: Prakash Karat,” The Times of India, March 22, 2008.
Parameswaran, P., “India Rejects US Timeline for Nuclear Deal,” Agence France-Presse, March 25, 2008.
Parthasarathi, Ashok, “The 123 Doesn’t Add Up,” Hindustan Times, March 17, 2008.
Prusty, Nigam, “Deadlock Over India-U.S. Nuclear Deal Unresolved,” Reuters, March 17, 2008.
Rajghatta, Chidanand, “China Will Back US-India Nuke Deal: Burns,” The Times of India, March 3, 2008.
Sengupta, Somini, “State Department Gives India a Deadline for a Nuclear Pact,” The New York Times, March 6, 2008.
Webb, Greg, “India, IAEA Reach Safeguards Agreement,” Global Security Newswire, March 5, 2008.Iran
Agence France-Presse, “US Slaps Sanctions on Bahrain Bank for Iran Links,” March 12, 2008.
Agence France-Presse, “Iran’s Mottaki Says No New Talks After Sanctions,” March 5, 2008.
Agence France-Presse, “IAEA Board Drops Iran Sanctions Resolution: Diplomats,” March 4, 2008.
Associated Press, “IAEA to Look at Alleged Iranian Nuclear Weapons Activities,” March 3, 2008.
Charbonneau, Louis, “Russia Chides Iran for Opposing Nuclear Talks,” Reuters, March 31, 2008.
Chubin, Shahram, Iran’s ‘Risk-Taking’ in Perspective, IFRI Security Studies Center, Winter 2008.
Daragahi, Borzou, “Cheney Disputes Iran’s Nuclear Goals,” Los Angeles Times, March 26, 2008.
Hall, Camilla, and Schneider, Mike, “Kissinger Backs Direct U.S. Negotiations With Iran,” Bloomberg.com, March 14, 2008.
Henderson, Simon, “Cheney’s Middle East Trip: Iran Tops a Weighty Agenda,” PolicyWatch, March 14, 2008.
Hodge, Warren, and Sciolino, Elaine, “Security Council Votes New Sanctions Against Iran,” The New York Times, March 4, 2008.
Karon, Tony, “U.S. v. Iran: Running Out the Clock,” Time.com, March 4, 2008.
Khalilzad, Zalmay, “Iran’s Nuclear Threat,” The Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2008, p. A17.
Kralev, Nicholas, “Incentives Package Prepared for Iran; Targets Uranium Enrichment,” The Washington Times, March 18, 2008, p. A1.
Kupchan, Charles, and Takeyh, Ray, “Iran Just Won’t Stay Isolated,” The Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2008.
LaFranchi, Howard, “Iran Sanctions Vote Signals a Global Rift,” Christian Science Monitor, March 5, 2008.
Luers, William, Pickering, Thomas, and Walsh, Jim, “A Solution for the US-Iran Nuclear Standoff,” The New York Review of Books, vol. 55, no. 4, March 20, 2008.
Miller, Greg, “CIA Chief Asserts Iran Nuclear Threat,” Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2008.
Peterson, Scott, “Western and Iranian Officials Consider New Framework as Iran Program Progresses,” The Christian Science Monitor, March 10, 2008.
Ross, Dennis, “How to Talk to Iran,” New Republic Online, March 13, 2008.
Terrill, W. Andrew, Deterrence, Missile Defense, and Collateral Damage in the Iranian-Israeli Strategic Relationship, Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, February 2008.
Warrick, Joby, “U.N. Alleges Nuclear Work By Iran’s Civilian Scientists,” The Washington Post, March 11, 2008, A1.
Warrick, Joby, and Lynch, Colum, “U.N. Says Iran May Not Have Come Clean on Nuclear Past,” The Washington Post, March 2, 2008, A16.North Korea
Agence France-Presse, “N. Korea Says It May Slow Disablement of Nuke Plants,” March 27, 2008.
Bolton, John, “Salvaging Our North Korea Policy,” The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2008, A17.
Chasan, Emily, “U.S. Negotiator Wants North Korean Declaration In March,” Reuters, March 6, 2008.
Engler, Elaine, “US Sees Progress but No N. Korean Pact,” Associated Press, March 14, 2008.
French, William, “US Nuclear Envoy Leaves Geneva After Inconclusive N. Korea Talks,” Agence France-Presse, March 14, 2008.
Gusterson, Hugh, “Paranoid, Potbellied Stalinist Gets Nuclear Weapons: How the U.S. Print Media Cover North Korea,” Nonproliferation Review, March 2008, p. 21.
Ignatius, David, “Sticky Nuclear Riddle,” Hartford Courant, March 25, 2008.
Japan Economic Newswire, “Key Disablement Step Expected to End Around August: U.S. Commander,” March 12, 2008.
Kirk, Donald, “High-level Talks Keep North Korea Nuclear Deal Alive,” The Christian Science Monitor, March 17, 2008.
Lankov, Andrei, “A Hardline Approach to North Korea Will Not Work,” Financial Times, March 23, 2008.
Penketh, Anne, “US ‘Exaggerating Nuclear Threat From North Korea’,” The Independent, March 3, 2008.
Sang-Hun, Choe, “North Korea Threatens to Reduce South Korea to ‘Ashes’ at Slightest Provocation,” The New York Times, March 31, 2008.
Yonhap News Agency, “Nuke Talks Could Lose Momentum: Foreign Minister,” March 12, 2008.
Yon-se, Kim, “N. Korea Could Restart Nuclear Reactor Operation,” Korea Times, March 5, 2008.Syria
Kurashige, Nanae, “Syria got N. Korea help for N-facility,” The Asahi Shimbun, March 31, 2008.
III. Nonproliferation
AllAfrica.com, “Mozambique: Assembly Ratifies Nuclear Weapon Free Zone,” March 26, 2008.
Allison, Graham, “Preventing a Nuclear Terrorist Attack,” The Washington Times, March 30, 2008, p. B1.
Associated Press, “Japan to Discuss Nonproliferation at G-8+,” March 31, 2008.
Cochran, Thomas, and McKinzie, Matthew, “Detecting Nuclear Smuggling,” Scientific American, vol. 298, no. 4, April 2008, p. 76.
Davis, Jay, “After A Nuclear 9/11,” The Washington Post, March 25, A15.
Della Ratta, Raphael, Preliminary Analysis of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2009 Cooperative Threat Reduction Budget Request, Partnership for Global Security Policy Update, March 26, 2008, 4 pp.
Du Preez, Jean, The Race Towards Entry Into Force of the Pelindaba Treaty: Mozambique Leading the Charge, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, March 31, 2008.
Frommer, Frederick, “Panel Wants NRC to Tighten Licensing,” Associated Press, March 27, 2008.
Kahn, Michael, “Experts Say Shared Databases Could Deter Nuclear Threat,” Reuters, March 6, 2008.
McGrath, Keegan, Bobiak, Stephanie, and du Preez, Jean, CNS Special Report: The Future of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, March 7, 2008.
Pleming, Sue, “U.S. Names Nonproliferation Envoy, Focus on Russia,” Reuters, March 14, 2008.
The Royal Society, Detecting Nuclear and Radiological Materials, March, 2008.
Weitz, Richard, “Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: Progress, Problems, and Prospects,” WMD Insights, March 2008.
Xinhua, “Bulgaria, U.S. Sign Agreement on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Assistance,” March 25, 2008.
IV. Missiles and Missile Defense
Agence France-Presse, “Europeans Opposed to US Missile Defence Shield Plan: Poll,” March 29, 2008.
Burns, Robert, “US Missile Defense Still Faces Obstacles,” Associated Press, March 26, 2008.
Butler, Desmond, “Polish Leader Says Missile Talks Moving,” Associated Press, March 11, 2008.
Butler, Desmond, “Lawmakers Scrutinize Missile Shield,” Associated Press, March 4, 2008.
CBS News.com, “Cheney Stresses Need for Missile Defense,” March 12, 2008.
Coyle, Philip, and Samson, Victoria, Missile Defense and Arms Control: 25 Years Later, Center for Defense Information, March 21, 2008.
Enginsoy, Umit, “Gates, Turkish Leaders Held Missile Defense Talks, US says,” Turkish Daily News, March 12, 2008.
Finn, Peter, “U.S., Russia Politely Dug In Over Missile Defense,” The Washington Post, March 19, 2008, A12.
Gerstenzang, James, and Spiegel, Peter, “Bush Links U.S. Aid, Missile Defense Deal,” Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2008.
Government Accountability Office, Defense Acquisitions: Progress Made in Fielding Missile Defense, but Program is Short of Meeting Goals, March 2008, 90 pp.
Grossman, Elaine, “Controversial Missile Idea Lingers,” Global Security Newswire, March 20, 2008.
Hackett, James, “Missile Defense at 25,” The Washington Times, March 23, 2008, p. B1.
Hoffman, Michael, “Army General to Direct Missile Defense Agency,” Army Times, March 20, 2008.
John, Mark, “NATO Allies Split on Missile Shield Add-On,” Reuters, March 12, 2008.
Joseph, Robert, and Crouch, J.D., “Moscow's Missile Gambit,” The Washington Post, March 13, 2008, A17.
Loukianova, Anya, and Joshi, Sharad, “India Expands Foreign Collaboration in Missile and Space Programs, Tests Missile Defense System,” WMD Insights, March 2008, p. 18.
Pleming, Sue, and Roberts, Kristin, “U.S. Fails to Close Gaps With Russia on Shield,” Reuters, March 27, 2008.
Reuters, “Poland Expects No Quick U.S. Missile Defense Deal,” March 6, 2008.
Rogin, Josh, “Missile Agency Under Fire,” Congressional Quarterly, March 23, 2008, p. 1.
Roul, Animesh, “India: Missile defense dreams,” ISN Security Watch, March 27, 2008.
Saradzhyan, Simon, “Lack of Missile Defense Agreement Bodes Ill,” ISN Security Watch, March 20, 2008.
Shanker, Thom, “Bush Sends Putin Missile Defense Offer,” The New York Times, March 18, 2008.
Speigel, Peter, “Pentagon Chief Talks Tough on Russia,” Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2008.
Tessler, Joelle, “GAO: Missile Defense Has Cost Overruns,” Associated Press, March 17, 2008.
Union of Concerned Scientists, Star Wars 25th Anniversary: Twenty-five Years After Reagan’s Star Wars Speech: Where Are We Now?, March 2008.
V. Chemical and Biological Arms
Andress, Carter, “Halabja @ 20,” National Review Online, March 14, 2008.
Chopra, Anuj, “Living the ‘Chemical Ali’ Nightmare,” ISN Security Watch, March 7, 2008.
Fick, Nathaniel, “Worries Over Being ‘Slimed,’” The New York Times, March 16, 2008.
Orent, Wendy, “Crying Wolf Over Bioterrorism,” The Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2008.
Perlman, David, “Group Sues to Halt Livermore Microbe Research,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 11, 2008.
RIA Novosti, “Italy to Help Russia Destroy Chemical Weapons,” March 26, 2008.
Schneidmiller, Chris, “Nukes Main Danger, But Biological Threats Loom, Official Says,” Global Security Newswire, March 13, 2008.
Shannon, Ronica, “Richmond Has Last Stockpile of M55 Rockets,” Richmond Register, March 4, 2008.
World Tribune, “Jihadist Posts Anthrax-Making Instructions,” March 31, 2008.
VI. Conventional Arms
Bennett, Brian, “How the Lord of War Was Nabbed,” TIME, March 7, 2008.
Braun, Stephen, and Pasternak, Judy, “Long-Sought Arms Dealer Caught,” Los Angeles Times, March 7, 2008.
Casey, Michael, “Thais Detain Alleged ‘Merchant of Death,’” Associated Press, March 6, 2008.
Chivers, C. J., “Supplier Under Scrutiny on Aging Arms for Afghans,” The New York Times, March 27, 2008.
Fidler, Stephen, “Fall in Russia Arms Sales to China,” Financial Times, March 31, 2008.
Fidler, Stephen, Catherine Belton, William Wallis, and Dan Pimlott, “Viktor Bout: Elusive Entrepreneur,” Financial Times, March 6, 2008.
Johnson, Simon, “Global Arms Shipments Fell in 2007 - Think-Tank,” Reuters, March 31, 2008.
Kamzin, Amy, “Viktor Bout ‘Considers Himself Innocent,’” Financial Times, March 17, 2008.
Lague, David, “Russia and China Rethink Arms Deals,” The International Herald Tribune, March 2, 2008.
Macleod, Hugh, “Nations Working to Ban Cluster Bombs,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 17, 2008, A15.
Mydans, Seth, and Bonner, Raymond, “Major Arms Dealer Arrested in Thailand,” The New York Times, March 7, 2008.
Simons, Marlise, “Arms Ruling Overturned by Dutch,” The New York Times, March 11, 2008.
Ravid, Barak, “Hezbollah: We’re Ready for War With Israel, but We Won’t Start It,” Haaretz, March 5, 2008
VII. U.S. Policy
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, Engineering & Technology Roadmap: Reducing Technical Risk and Uncertainty in the EM Program, March 2008.
Lacey, Jennifer, “Analysis of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2009 International Nonproliferation Budget Request,” PGS Policy Update, March 20, 2008.
Miller, Greg, “Senate Panel Critiques Prewar Claims by White House,” Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2008.
Nolan, Janne E., and Holmes, James R., “The Bureaucracy of Deterrence,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2008, p. 40.
Schmitt, Eric, and Shaker, Thom, “U.S. Adapts Cold-War Idea to Fight Terrorists,” The New York Times, March 18, 2008.
VIII. Space
Associated Press, “Pentagon Says China’s Boost to Space Plan Poses a Threat,” March 4, 2008.
Chaulia, Sreeram, “Should India Also Develop Satellite-Killing Capability?” Thaindian News, March 2, 2008.
DeSutter, Paula A., The Verifiability of Outer Space Arms Control, Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, March 4, 2008, 10 pp.
Government Accountability Office, “Defense Space Activities: National Security Space Strategy Needed to Guide Future DOD Space Efforts,” GAO Report GAO-08-431R, March 27, 2008, 15 pp.
Hagt, Eric, “The U.S. satellite shootdown: China’s response,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 6, 2008.
Moore, Mike, “An Arms Treaty Nears Orbit,” The Washington Times, March 6, 2008.
Mounts, Katie, “Downing a Sick Satellite, Or Upping the Arms Race?” MinutemanMedia.org, March 7, 2008.
Myers, Steven Lee, “Look Out Below, The Arms Race in Space May Be On,” The New York Times, March 9, 2008.
Rosamond, Jon, “USN Admiral Says Satellite Kill Was ‘One-Time Event,’” Jane’s Defence Weekly, March 26, 2008, p. 8.
Weeden, Brian, “How China ‘Wins’ a Space War,” China Security, vol. 4, no. 1, Winter 2008, p. 137.
Zhang, Quanyi, “Is a New Space Race in the Making?” UPI AsiaOnline, March 14, 2008.
IX. Other
Agence France-Presse, “US, Bahrain sign deal on nuclear energy cooperation: US,” March 24, 2008.
Gregoire, Chris and Cantwell, Maria, “A Toxic Time Bomb in the Northwest,” The Washington Post, March 3, 2008.
Humber, Yuriy, “Putin Beats Soviet Sword Into Atomic Weapon for Generator Sales,” Bloomberg.com, March 14, 2008.
Johnson, Bobbie, “NATO Says Cyber Warfare Poses as Great a Threat as a Missile Attack,” The Guardian, March 6, 2008.
Kestenbaum, David, “The Rush to Patent the Atomic Bomb,” NPR Morning Edition, March 28, 2008.
King, Neil, “Canada Eyes the Enrichment Club,” The Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2008.
Lague, David, “China Plans Steep Increase in Military Spending,” The New York Times, March 5, 2008.
Navarro, Alain, “Egypt Consolidates Lead in Arab Nuclear Power Race,” Agence France-Presse, March 27, 2008.
Shanker, Thom, and Stout, David, “Top U.S. Commander in Mideast to Retire Early,” The New York Times, March 11, 2008.
Squassoni, Sharon, The Realities of Nuclear Expansion, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Congressional Testimony, March 12, 2008, 15 pp.
Taylor, Jerome, “Aldermaston Protest Recalls the Birth of CND,” The Independent, March 25, 2008.
Webb, Greg, “Argentina, Brazil Start Nuclear Cooperation,” Global Security Newswire, March 3, 2008.
World Nuclear News, “Anti-Neutrinos for Peace,” March 14, 2008.