Of Special Interest
Duncan, John, "Statement on Behalf of China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America to the 2008 Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee," May 9, 2008.
Kessler, Glenn, "State Department Asks Congress to Keep Quiet About Details of Deal," The Washington Post, May 9, 2008, p. A25.
Lugar, Richard, and Nunn, Sam, "Help Russia Help Us," The New York Times, May 30, 2008.
Tutu, Desmond, "Govern Global Trade in Weapons," The Australian, May 9, 2008.
I. Strategic Arms
Agence France-Presse, "Nuclear Missiles Parade Across Red Square," May 9, 2008.
Associated Press, "Arms Experts Say China Making Dramatic Improvements to Nuclear Arsenal," International Herald Tribune, May 8, 2008.
Blanchard, Ben, and Kang Lim, Benjamin, "China Shrugs Off Report of Tropical Nuclear Sub Base," Reuters, May 6, 2008.
Fleck, John, "Next Nuclear Weapons Are a Tough Sell for Labs," The Albuquerque Journal, May 25, 2008.
Garn, Jake, and Bennion, John W., "Curbing the Global Nuclear Threat," Salt Lake Tribune, May 24, 2008.
Grossman, Elaine M., "A Former Nuclear Commander Not Wild About Nukes," Global Security Newswire, May 24, 2008.
Hoffman, Michael, "Minot's 5th Bomber Wing Flunks Nuclear Inspection," The Air Force Times, May 30, 2008.
Medalia, Jonathan, The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program: Background and Current Developments, Congressional Research Service, May 19, 2008, 57 pp.
RIA Novosti, "Russia Scraps Another Batch of Topol Systems Under START I Treaty," May 29, 2008.
Schmitt, Gary, and Sokolski, Henry "Advice for the Nuclear Abolitionists," The Weekly Standard, May 12, 2008.
Shchedrov, Oleg, "Russia's Medvedev Vows Cash for Nuclear Deterrent," Reuters, May 15.
Sieff, Martin, "Medvedev's Missile Pledge," United Press International, May 20, 2008.
Tertrais, Bruno, France and Nuclear Disarmament: The Meaning of the Sarkozy Speech, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Proliferation Analysis, May 1, 2008, 2 pp.
Webb, Greg, "Disarmament Depends on Others, Nuclear Powers Say," Global Security Newswire, May 2, 2008.
II. Nuclear Proliferation
Cohen, Avner, and Spector, Leonard S., "Cloak and Stagger," Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2008.
The Economist, "Stopping the Wrong Sort of Chain Reaction," May 22, 2008.
Landau, Emily B., "Assessing Nuclear Activity in Syria and Iran: The Elusive Smoking Gun," INSS Insight, No. 54, May 4, 2008.
Warrick, Joby, "Spread of Nuclear Capability is Feared," The Washington Post, May 12, 2008, p. A1.
Warrick, Joby, and Wright, Robin, "Purchases Linked N. Korean to Syria," The Washington Post, May 11, 2008, p. A18.
India
Bidwai, Praful, "India/U.S.: Nuke Deal Set to Time Out," Inter Press Service, May 8, 2008.
Dombey, Daniel, and Yee, Amy, "India's Communists Keep Brake on Nuclear Deal," Financial Times, May 13, 2008.
Express India, "Mukherjee Tells Rice About Difficulties on N-deal," May 13, 2008, p. 1.
Indo-Asian News Service, "Left Denies Manmohan Gov't Go-Ahead on IAEA Pact," May 7, 2008.
Indrai, Bagchi, "N-deal Not Dead, India Tells NSG," The Times of India, May 27, 2008.
Jebaraj, Priscilla, "Nuclear Deal is Not Dead But Down to Last Days: Mulford," The Hindu, May 20, 2008.
Pradhan, Bibhudatta, "Indian Coalition, Communists Fail to End Atomic Accord Deadlock," Bloomberg, May 6, 2008.
Shah, Amita, "Left Nukes the Nuclear Deal," TNN, May 7, 2008.
Solomon, Jay, and Wonacott, Peter, "U.S.-Indian Nuclear Deal Faces Uncertain Future," The Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2008, p. A4.
Suroor, Hasan, "Fate of Nuclear Deal in Hands of Left: Minister," The Hindu, May 21, 2008.
The Times of India, "Left Forces UPA to Postpone May Meet," May 27, 2008.
The Times of India, "Indian Defense Scientists Seek to Develop ICBMs, SLBMs, Functional BMD by 2011," May 13, 2008.
The Times of India, "Gov't: Uranium Shortage has Hit N-power Plants," May 4, 2008.Iran
Agence France-Presse, "Russian Urges Security Guarantees for Iran," May 14, 2008.
Agence France-Presse, "Russia Says Iranian Enrichment Freeze is Sole Demand," May 3, 2008.
Associated Press, "Iran Rejects Incentives Linked to Requirement that it Stop Enriching Uranium," May 11, 2008.
Associated Press, "Iran Rejects Intrusive Nuclear Inspection as Unfair in View of Israel," International Herald Tribune, May 5, 2008.
Blair, Edmund, "Iran Rules Out Halt to Sensitive Nuclear Work," Reuters, May 5, 2008.
DeYoung, Karen, "Gates: U.S. Should Engage Iran With Incentives, Pressure," The Washington Post, May 15, 2008, p. A4.
Dinmore, Guy, "Italy to Join ‘Very Firm' Approach on Iran," Financial Times, May 15, 2008.
Dombey, Daniel, "Iran on Track for Nuclear Milestone," Financial Times, May 29, 2008.
Fathi, Nazila, "Iran Seems to Reject West's Offer," The New York Times, May 5, 2008.
Hafezi, Parisa, "Iran Agrees to Solana's Nuclear Trip, No Date Set," Reuters, May 20, 2008.
Heinrich, Mark, "Iran's Pitch to Big Powers Sidesteps Atomic Concerns," Reuters, May 14, 2008.
Institute for Science and International Security, Text of Iranian Offer for "Constructive Negotiations," May 20, 2008, 9 pp.
International Atomic Energy Agency, Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007) and 1803 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran, May 26, 2008, 10 pp.
Jahn, George, "Diplomats Say IAEA Chief Urging More U.S. Flexibility on Iran," Associated Press, May 6, 2008.
Jordan, Mary and Wright, Robin, "Major Powers Offer Iran New Incentives," The Washington Post, May 3, 2008, p. A11.
Khaitous, Tariq, "Why Arab Leaders Worry About Iran's Nuclear Program," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Online, May 23, 2008.
Moore, Molly, "Iran Withholds Key Nuclear Documents: Program Still Peaceful, UN Agency Says," The Washington Post, May 26, 2008, p. A7.
Myers, Steven Lee, "Bush Team Criticizes New Report About Iran," The New York Times, May 21, 2008.
Sciolino, Elaine, "Big Powers Agree on New Bid for Iranian Nuclear Freeze," The New York Times, May 3, 2008.
Sweeney, Conor, "Russia Says ‘Six' Could Guarantee Iran Security," Reuters, May 14, 2008.North Korea
Abramowitz, Morton, and Bosworth, Stephen, "Reaching Out to Pyongyang," Newsweek, May 12, 2008.
Bolton, John R., "Bush's North Korea Nuclear Abdication," The Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2008, p. A15.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Keith Luse February 2008 DPRK Trip Report, May 13, 2008, 5 pp.
Cooper, Helene, "In Disclosure, North Korea Contradicts U.S. Intelligence on Its Plutonium Program," The New York Times, May 31, 2008.
Cooper, Helene, "North Korea Gives U.S. Files on Plutonium Efforts," The New York Times, May 9, 2008.
Gearan, Anne, "North Korean Nuclear Documents Unlikely to Dispel US Doubts About Weapons Program," Associated Press, May 13, 2008.
Harden, Blaine, "Japan Feeling Left Out as U.S. Talks to Pyongyang," The Washington Post, May 17, 2008, p. A14.
Kessler, Glenn, "Rice Says Policy on North Korea A Team Effort," The Washington Post, May 30, 2008, p. A11.
Kessler, Glenn, "Mid-Level Official Steered U.S. Shift on North Korea," The Washington Post, May 26, 2008, p. A1.
Kessler, Glenn, "U.S. Increases Estimate of N. Korean Plutonium," The Washington Post, May 14, 2008, p. A13.
Kessler, Glenn, "N. Korea Agrees to Blow Up Tower at Its Nuclear Facility," The Washington Post, May 2, 2008, p. A13.
Kirk, Donald, "U.S. to Mine N. Korea Papers for Answers, Progress," The Christian Science Monitor, May 12, 2008.
Sokolski, Henry, "North Korea Nuclear Threat: Not Worth the Price of Admission," National Review Online, May 30, 2008.
Strobel, Warren P., "Documents Cast Doubt on Estimated of Plutonium Stocks," McClatchy Newspapers, May 29, 2008.
The Wall Street Journal, "Vetoing the Verifiers," May 8, 2008, p. A14.
The Washington Times, "Bush's N. Korea Policy Draws Right Jab," May 4, 2008.Pakistan
Agence France-Presse, "Pakistan Hails ‘Historic' Nuclear Tests 10 Years On," May 29, 2008.
The Guardian, "Disgraced Atomic Scientist Disowns Confession," May 30, 2008.
Indo-Asian News Service, "Going Nuclear Came at a Cost for Pakistan," May 11, 2008.Syria
Agence France-Presse, "U.S. Extends Syria Sanctions," May 7, 2008.
Albright, David, and Brannan, Paul, The Al Kibar Reactor: Extraordinary Camouflage, Troubling Implications, Institute for Science and International Security, May 12, 2008, 30 pp.
Asculai, Ephraim, Inspecting Syria's Al-Kibar Site: A Technical Note, Institute for Science and International Security, May 12, 2008, 4 pp.
Associated Press, "U.S. Intelligence Official Defends U.S. Monitoring of Alleged Syrian Nuclear Reactor," May 30, 2008.
Simpson, Fiona, "The IAEA's Dilemma with Syria's Al Kibar Nuclear Site," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Online, May 6, 2008.
Warrick, Joby, "Experience with Syria Exemplifies Challenges that Detection Presents," The Washington Post, May 12, 2008, p. A16.
Warrick, Joby, and Wright, Robin, "Search is Urged for Syrian Nuclear Sites," The Washington Post, May 29, 2008, p. A14.
III. Nonproliferation
Agence France-Presse, "Washington Touts Success of Non-Proliferation Measure," May 28, 2008.
Agence France-Presse, "Croatia Hosts WMD Exercise," May 12, 2008.
Dupré, Bruno, Reinventing Nunn Lugar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Proliferation Analysis, May 22, 2008, 2 pp.
Gienger, Viola, "Syria-Bound Missile-Related Gear Was Seized in 2007," Bloomberg, May 28, 2008.
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, NWFZ Clearinghouse, May 13, 2008.
Mohammed, Arshad, "Missile-Related Shipment Stopped, U.S. Says," Reuters, May 29, 2008.
IV. Missiles and Missile Defense
Agence France-Presse, "NATO Secretary Supports US Missile Shield," May 5, 2008.
Agence France-Presse, "Gorbachev Fears New Cold War Over U.S. Missile Shield: Report," May 6, 2008.
Agence France-Presse, "US Says ‘Optimistic' on Missile Shield Deal with Poland," May 6, 2008.
Associated Press, "Foreign Minister: Poland Won't Interfere if US Seeks Other Location for Missile Defense Base," May 9, 2008.
Associated Press, "Bush's Missile Defense Plan Inches Forward in Congress," May 5, 2008.
BBC News, "Presidents Condemn US Shield Plan," May 23, 2008.
Capaccio, Tony, "Boeing Intercept Missile Test Delayed Again by Glitch," Bloomberg, May 14, 2008.
Cienski, Jan, "Czechs to Host US Missile Shield Amid Public Opposition," Financial Times, May 23, 2008.
DeMascio, Jen, "Missile Accomplished," Politico, May 5, 2008.
Interfax, "Russia Will Continue Missile Defense Talks with U.S., But Will Respond to Unilateral Steps: Medvedev," May 22, 2008.
Kumar, Hemanth, "Agni IV Ready to Take Off," newindpress.com, May 26, 2008.
Reuters, "India Tests Long-Range Nuclear-Capable Missile," May 7, 2008.
Rutherford, Emelie, "Democrats On Oversight Panel Question Missile Defense Investment," Defense Daily, May 1, 2008.
The Times of India, "Going Ballistic: India Looks to Join Elite Missile Club," May 13, 2008.
Wolf, Jim, "U.S. Looks Set to Offer Israel Powerful New Radar," Reuters, May 10, 2008.
Wolf, Jim, "Senate Panel OKs European Missile Defense Sites," Reuters, May 1, 2008.
Zaitsev, Yury, "Russia's Missile Defense Systems: Past, Present and Future," RIA Novosti, May 14, 2008.
V. Chemical and Biological Arms
Associated Press, "700 Mil. Yen ‘Wasted' on Disposal Plan; Cabinet Office Focused on Mechanized Arms Disposal in China Against Advice," May 8, 2008.
Associated Press, "Pine Bluff Arsenal Destroys First VX-Filled Landmine," May 5, 2008.
Dando, Malcolm, "Missed Opportunities at the Chemical Weapons Treaty Meeting," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Online, May 12, 2008.
Palmquist, Matt, "Bioterror in Context," Miller-McCune, May 19, 2008.
Smith, Stephen, "Scientists Call for Biolab Safety Study," The Boston Globe, May 3, 2008.
VI. Conventional Arms
Associated Press, "Cluster Bomb Ban Adopted; Talks Were Boycotted by U.S.," May 31, 2008.
BBC News, "US Charges Russian ‘Arms Dealer,'" May 6, 2008.
Gergely, Andras, "Global Cluster Munitions Ban Agreed," Reuters, May 29, 2008.
Reuters, "Canada Defends Clause Softening Impact of Cluster-Bomb Pact," The Toronto Star, May 31, 2008.
Shanker, Thom, "Gates Says New Arms Must Play Role Now," The New York Times, May 14, 2008.
Simon, Jeffrey, Taylor, Richard Norton, and Batty, David, "Cluster Bomb Treaty Follows UK Decision to Scrap Stockpiles," The Guardian, May 28, 2008.
United Press International, "Nations Sign Treaty Banning Cluster Bombs," May 30, 2008.
VII. U.S. Policy
Associated Press, "New Commission to Study WMDs Expected to Finish Report in Time for Next President," May 17, 2008.
Gaffney, Frank J. Jr., "Needed: A Proliferation of Straight Talk," National Review Online, May 29, 2008.
Grier, Peter, "McCain's Middle Way on Nuclear Weapons," The Christian Science Monitor, May 29, 2008.
Kessler, Glenn, "McCain Signals Desire to See Reduction in Nuclear Arms," The Washington Post, May 28, 2008, p. A4.
Mason, Jeff, "Nuclear Energy Heats Up Presidential Race," Reuters, May 6, 2008.
McCain, John, "Remarks on Nuclear Security," JohnMcCain.com, May 27, 2008.
Schoenfeld, Gabriel, "The Failed Theology of Arms Control," Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2008.
Williams, Dan, "Top U.S. Officials Say Would Prefer No War on Iran," Reuters, May 5, 2008.
VIII. Space
Carroll, James, "Preventing an Arms Race In Outer Space," The Boston Globe, May 12, 2008.
Moore, Mike, "Memo to the Next U.S. President: Keep Space Free of Weapons," San Jose Mercury News, May 9, 2008.
Morring Jr., Frank, and Butler, Amy, "China Appears to Regret ASAT Test," Aviation Week & Space Technology, May 12, 2008.
Yamaguchi, Mari, "Japan Parliament OKs Space Defense Bill," Associated Press, May 20, 2008.
IX. Other
Associated Press, "China Says Nuclear Facilities in Quake-Jolted Areas Confirmed to be Safe, Under Control," May 18, 2008.
Broad, William J., "Western Experts Monitor China's Nuclear Sites for Signs of Earthquake Damage," The New York Times, May 16, 2008.
Faulconbridge, Guy, "Russia, U.S. Sign Civilian Nuclear Pact," Reuters, May 6, 2008.
Finn, Peter, "U.S. Russia Signs Pact on Nuclear Cooperation," The Washington Post, May 7, 2008, p. A10.
Frommer, Frederic J., "U.S.-Russia Pact Faces Opposition in Congress," Associated Press, May 6, 2008.
Gusterson, Hugh, "The New Nuclear Abolitionists," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Online, May 13, 2008.
Hamilton, Tyler, "Nuclear Revival Bumps Against Atrophy," The Toronto Star, May 3, 2008.
Lindlaw, Scott, "US Nuke Official Tells AP Lab Security is Strong," Associated Press, May 20, 2008.
Podvig, Pavel, "Don't Block U.S.-Russian Nuclear Cooperation," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Online, May 22, 2008.
Ross, Dennis, "How to Have Successful Negotiations," The Wall Street Journal, May 24, 2008.
Sky News, "Al Qaeda Calls For WMD Attack on West," May 28, 2008.
Warrick, Joby, "U.S. Cites Big Gains Against Al-Qaeda," Washington Post, May 30, 2008.
Zagorin, Adam, "Security Flaws Exposed at Nuke Lab," Time, May 12, 2008.