Of Special Interest
Abramson, Jeff, "Ratify Humanitarian Law: U.S. Lawmakers Should OK Arms Regulations," Defense News, April 21, 2008, p. 29.
Institute for Science and International Security, Briefing Notes from February 2008 IAEA Meeting Regarding Iran's Nuclear Program, April 11, 2008, 7 pp.
I. Strategic Arms
Graham, Thomas, Jr., and Kampelman, Max, "Restoring U.S. Nuclear-Free Leadership," The Washington Times, April 2, 2008, p. A14.
Hoffman, Michael, "Gates Still Confident in DoD Nuke Handling," Air Force Times, April 24, 2008.
Lugar, Richard, Nunn-Lugar Eliminates Final Russian SS-24 ICBM, Office of Senator Richard Lugar, April 9, 2008.
MacPherson, James, "Bomber Wing Blamed for Gaffe Recertified," Associated Press, April 4, 2008.
Mills, Michael, Owen Toon, Richard Turco, Douglas Kinnison, and Rolando Garcia, "Massive Global Ozone Loss Predicted Following Regional Nuclear Conflict," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 105, no. 14, April 8, 2007, p. 5307.
RIA Novosti, "New Russian Nuclear Submarine to Go to Sea This Year," April 4, 2008.
Union of Concerned Scientists, Scientists' Statement on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, April 2008.
II. Nuclear Proliferation
Allison, Graham, "Nuclear Attack a Worst-Case Reality?" The Washington Times, April 23, 2008, p. A13.
Benson, Heidi, "Business of the Bomb: Hunting for Nukes," San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 2008.
Davidson, Lee, and Fidel, Steve, "Inspectors Warned Hill AFB," Deseret Morning News, April 6, 2008.
Emerling, Gary, "Nuclear Attack on D.C. a Hypothetical Disaster," The Washington Times, April 16, 2008, p. A1.
Scoblic, J. Peter, "Nuclear Spring," The New Republic, April 23, 2008, p. 18.
Sheridan, Mary Beth, "Risk of Nuclear Attack on Rise," The Washington Post, April 16, 2008, p. B4.
India
Gilani, Iftikhar, "India Can Serve as Nuclear Fuel Bank, Says Menon," Daily Times, April 20, 2008.
Grossman, Elaine, "Indian Party Not Ready to Sacrifice Power for Nuclear Deal," Global Security Newswire, April 17, 2008.
Sands, David R., "Ruling Coalition Split on Nuclear Deal," The Washington Times, April 16, 2008.
Shah, Amita, "Indo-US Nuclear Deal's Fate is Sealed, CPM to Cadre," The Economic Times, April 1, 2008.
Subrahmanyam, K., "Why The Nuke Deal Is Crucial," The Times of India, April 7, 2008.Iran
Agence France-Presse, "Tehran to Cooperate With IAEA Over Alleged Weaponisation Studies," April 23, 2008.
Agence France-Presse, "No Back-Channel Talks on Iran: US," April 15, 2008.
Anna, Cara, "Envoys to Talks on Iranian Nuclear Program Reach Some Agreements on Incentives for Tehran," Associated Press, April 17, 2008.
Associated Press, "China: No Iran Intelligence Went to IAEA," April 3, 2008.
Ben-David, Calev, "It's Time to Think, And Speak, the Unthinkable About Tehran," The Jerusalem Post, April 16, 2008.
Broad, William, "A Tantalizing Look at Iran's Nuclear Program," The New York Times, April 29, 2008.
Dahl, Frank, and Hafezi, Parisa, "Iran Raises Nuclear Stakes Before Big Powers Meet," Reuters, April 15, 2008.
Dareini, Ali Akbar, "Iran to Open Uranium Processing Plant," Associated Press, April 10, 2008.
Eyadat, Fadi, and Mualem, Mazal, "Carter Calls on U.S. to Start Direct Dialog With Iran," Haaretz, April 15, 2008.
Goncharov, Pyotr, "Nuclear Iran, UN Security Council Fail to Find Common Ground," RIA Novosti, April 22, 2008.
Heinrich, Mark, "Atom Watchdog to Press Arms Issue in Iran Talks," Reuters, April 18, 2008.
Heinrich, Mark, "Iran Installs Advanced Nuclear Centrifuges," Reuters, April 3, 2008.
Jahn, George, "Iran Agrees to Discuss Alleged Nuclear Weapons Program," Associated Press, April 23, 2008.
Jahn, George, "Nuclear Watchdog Gets China's Iran Intel," Associated Press, April 2, 2008.
Jaseb, Hosein, "Iran Signals Diplomatic Initiative in Nuclear Row," Reuters, April 13, 2008.
Mostaghim, Ramin, and Daragahi, Borzou, "Iran Expands Uranium Enrichment Program," Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2008.
Penketh, Anne, "US and Iran Holding ‘Secret' Talks on Nuclear Programme," The Independent, April 14, 2008.
Pouladi, Farhad, "UN Nuclear Official in Iran for Weapons Talks," Agence France-Presse, April 21, 2008.
Ross, Dennis, Diplomatic Strategies for Dealing with Iran, Center for a New American Security, March 2008.Israel
Mikkelsen, Randall, "American Arrested as Nuclear Spy for Israel," Reuters, April 23, 2008.
Williams, Dan, "Could Israel Use Submarines Against Iran?" Reuters, April 17, 2008.North Korea
Agence France-Presse, "US Accepts Tentative Nuke Deal with N. Korea: White House," April 15, 2008.
Agence France-Presse, "US, N. Korea Plan Secret Document to End Nuclear Impasse: Report," April 4, 2008.
Bolton, John, "Bush's North Korea Capitulation," The Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2008, p. A19.
Castillo, Adam, "Is a Denuclearized North Korea Realistic?" Diplomatic Courier, April 23, 2008.
Cooper, Helene, "Past Deals by N. Korea May Face Less Study," The New York Times, April 18, 2008.
Harden, Blaine, "U.S. Team Headed to Pyongyang in Search of ‘Significant Progress,'" The Washington Post, April 22, 2008, p. A11.
Hecker, Sigfried S., "Denuclearizing North Korea," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2008, p. 44.
Kessler, Glen, and Wright, Robin, "Accusing N. Korea May Stall Nuclear Pact," The Washington Post, April 26, 2008, p. A12.
Kessler, Glen, "U.S. Ready to Ease Sanctions on N. Korea," The Washington Post, April 11, 2008, p. A15.
Kirk, Donald, "‘Secret' U.S.-N. Korea Deal Irks South," Christian Science Monitor, April 17, 2008.
Kralev, Nicholas, and Ward, John, "N. Korea's Nuclear Past Stays Sealed," The Washington Times, April 18, 2008, p. A1.
Lord, Winston, and Gelb, Leslie, "Yielding To N. Korea Too Often," The Washington Post, April 26, p. A17.
Mohammed, Arshad, "U.S. Lays Out Way to Break N. Korea Nuclear Deadlock," Reuters, April 11, 2008.
Parameswaran, P., "Six-Party N. Korea Agreement in Jeopardy: US Lawmakers," Agence France-Presse, April 24, 2008.
Reuters, "North Korea Produced 30 kg of Plutonium: Newspaper," April 21, 2008.
Sevastopulo, Demetri, "US Softens Demands on North Korea," Financial Times, April 13, 2008.
Sokolski, Henry, "From Pyongyang with Love," Far Eastern Economic Review, April 26, 2008.
Ueno, Teruaki, "U.S. and North Korea Envoys Think Key Row Cleared: Sources," Reuters, April 16, 2008.
Zacharia, Janine, and Bliss, Jeff, "North Korea Talks May Survive Syria Report, U.S. Says," Bloomberg.com, April 25, 2008.Pakistan
Agence France-Presse, "Nuclear Scientist Says He Confessed to ‘Save' Pakistan," April 7, 2008.
Haider, Zeeshan, "Pakistan's Nuclear Command Stays Unchanged: Official," Reuters, April 8, 2008.
London, Bruce, "Pakistan Opposes US Nuke Oversight," The Australian, April 16, 2008.
Press Trust of India, "US Seeks Direct Access to Pakistan's Nuke Arsenal," April 14, 2008.
Shah, Saeed, "Pakistan May Ease Restrictions on Renegade Scientist," Globe and Mail, April 11, 2008.Syria
Albright, David, and Brannan, Paul, Syria Update III: New Information About al Kibar Reactor Site, Institute for Science and International Security, April 24, 2008, 2 pp.
Cordesman, Anthony, Syrian Nuclear Weapons: Bad Intelligence Briefings and Unasked Questions, Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 25, 2008.
Jahn, George, "IAEA's ElBaradei Criticizes US on Syria Bombing," Associated Press, April 25, 2008.
Joyner, Daniel, "North Korean Links to Building of a Nuclear Reactor in Syria: Implications for International Law," American Society of International Law Insight, vol. 12, no. 8, April 28, 2008.
Mikkelsen, Randall, "CIA says Syrian reactor capacity was 1-2 weapons per year," Reuters, April 29, 2008.
Richter, Paul, and Miller, Greg, "CIA to Describe North Korea-Syria Nuclear Ties," Los Angeles Times, April 23, 2008.
Royce, Ed, "Syrious Blow to Nonproliferation," National Review Online, April 28, 2008.
Sanger, David, "U.S. Sees N. Korean Links to Reactor," The New York Times, April 24, 2008.
Wright, Robin, "U.S. Details Reactor in Syria," The Washington Post, April 25, 2008, p. A12.
Wright, Robin, "N. Koreans Taped At Syrian Reactor," The Washington Post, April 24, 2008, p. A1.
III. Nonproliferation
Finlay, Brian D., Turpen, Elizabeth and Kellett, Frederick, Manufacturing Possibility: Expanding Resources to Meet Global Challenges, Promote Economic Development, Support Innovation, and Prevent Proliferation, The Henry L. Stimson Center, April 2008, 64 pp.
Heinrich, Mark, "Iran, Syria, West Clash at Meeting to Save Atom Pact," Reuters, April 28, 2008.
Heinrich, Mark, "US Relaxes Bid to Halt Atom Enrichment Tech Sales," Reuters, April 21, 2008.
Jahn, George, "Diplomats: US Compromises on Nuclear Technology Exports," Associated Press, April 22, 2008.
The Japan Times, "Nonproliferation Essential to Future of Nuclear Power: Experts," April 22, 2008.
King Jr., Neil, "U.S. Ends Effort to Ban Sale of Enrichment Technology," The Wall Street Journal, April 19, 2008, p. A9.
Leonard, Peter, "Report: Russia Closes Down Plutonium Producing Reactor," Associated Press, April 20, 2008.
Patel-Predd, Prachi, "Antineutrino Detector Could Spot Atom Bomb Cheats," IEEE Spectrum, April 2008.
Podvig, Pavel, "The Realities of Nuclear Fuel Supply Guarantees," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Online, April 18, 2008.
Von Hippel, Frank, "Nuclear Fuel Recycling: More Trouble Than It's Worth," Scientific American, April 2008.
Weitz, Richard, "British, Russian Support May Not Save Ambitious Nuclear Power Club," World Politics Review, April 10, 2008.
IV. Missiles and Missile Defense
Agence France-Presse, "Signing of US-Czech Deal on Missile Shield Postponed," April 28, 2008.
Agence France-Presse, "Israel to Connect to US Missile Early Warning System: Report," April 14, 2008.
Associated Press, "Polish, US Officials Discuss Polish Military Upgrade as Part of Possible Missile Defense Deal," April 4, 2008.
Baker, Peter, "No Pact, But Bush, Putin Leave a Map," The Washington Post, April 7, 2008, p. A8.
Bennett, John, "Obering Would Welcome Missile Defense Race," Air Force Times, April 24, 2008.
Butler, Desmond, "Doubts Voiced About US Anti-Missile Plan," Associated Press, April 17, 2008.
Cirincione, Joseph, "The Incredible Shrinking Missile Threat," Foreign Policy, May/June 2008.
Coyle, Philip, and Samson, Victoria, "Missile Defense Malfunction: Why the Proposed U.S. Missile Defenses in Europe Will Not Work," Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring 2008.
Dempsey, Judy, "U.S. and Czechs Agree, But Shield Hangs Over Talks With Russia," International Herald Tribune, April 3, 2008.
Erlanger, Steven, and Myers, Steven Lee, "NATO Endorses Europe Missile Shield," The New York Times, April 4, 2008.
Evans, Michael, "Spy Photos Reveal ‘Secret Launch Site' for Iran's Long-Range Missiles," The Times, April 11, 2008.
Fancher, Scott, "Critic's Claims Don't Fit Reality," The Boston Globe, April 21, 2008.
Garwin, Richard L., "Evaluating Iran's Missile Threat," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2008, p. 40.
Grossman, Elaine, "Navy to Flight-Test Controversial Weapon Next Year," Global Security Newswire, April 3, 2008.
Hunt, Terence, "Bush Aides Put Upbeat Spin on Summit," Associated Press, April 7, 2008.
Isachenkov, Vladimir, "Russia Wants Officers at Missile Sites," Associated Press, April 8, 2008.
Korb, Lawrence J., "Republicans, Missile Defense, and the Reagan Legacy," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Online, April 25, 2008.
Kramnik, Ilya, "Outside View: BMD Tensions - Part 2," United Press International, April 21, 2008.
Kramnik, Ilya, "Outside View: BMD Tensions - Part 1," United Press International, April 18, 2008.
Pawlicki, Jacek, "Missile Shield's Polish Future Unclear," Gazeta Wyborcza, April 17, 2008.
Postol, Theodore A., and Lewis, George N., "The European Missile Defense Folly," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2008, p. 33.
Postol, Theodore, "Troubling Questions About Missile Defense," The Boston Globe, April 15, 2008.
RIA Novosti, "Russia, Poland in Deadlock Over Missile Shield," April 9, 2008.
Scully, Megan, "U.S. Lawmaker Seeks to Limit Funds for U.S. Missile Defenses in Europe Until Host Nations Agree," Congress Daily, April 10, 2008.
Sung-ki, Jung, "Seoul to Buy Precision Missiles Against NK Nuclear Threat," The Korea Times, April 25, 2008.
Wolf, Jim, "Pentagon Eyes Doubling its Missile Interceptors," Reuters, April 17, 2008.
Wright, David, and Gronlund, Lisbeth, "Twenty-five Years after Reagan's Star Wars Speech," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Online, April 1, 2008.
V. Chemical and Biological Arms
Agence France-Presse, "World Shifts Chemical Disarmament Focus onto Rogue Attackers," April 20, 2008.
Associated Press, "4 Arrested in Scandal Over Japan's Removal of WWII Chemical Weapons in China," April 23, 2008.
Atkins, William, "Discarded Chemical Weapons Causing Ocean Problems," ItWire.com, April 1, 2008.
The Denver Post, "Ground Broken on Facility to Destroy Chemical Weapons," April 15, 2008.
Grossman, Elaine M., "U.S. Senators Anxious About Iraqi Chemical Weapons," Global Security Newswire, April 8, 2008.
Kahn, Laura H., "In Pursuit of International Biosecurity Oversight," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Online, April 16, 2008.
Turse, Nick, "The Pentagon's Battle Bugs," Asia Times, April 3, 2008.
Xinhua, "Destruction of Chemical Weapons Top Priority of Convention, China Says," April 8, 2008.
Yomiuri Shimbun, "Chemical Arms Disposal Pricey; China Project Hit for Opaque Management, Exorbitant Costs," April 24, 2008.
VI. Conventional Arms
Agence France-Presse, "Chinese Arms Shipment to Zimbabwe Turning Back: Beijing," April 24, 2008.
Angola Press Agency, "Angola: Bié - De-Mining Operators to Clear Off Over 90 Fields," April 8, 2008.
Basson, Adriaan, and Donnelly, Lynley, "SA Opposes Cluster-Bomb Ban," Mail & Guardian Online, April 5, 2008.
Bodeen, Christopher, "China Foreign Ministry Defends Arms Shipment to Zimbabwe, But Indicates Deal May be Scrapped," Associated Press, April 23, 2008.
Bronner, Ethan, "Hamas in Largest Arms Buildup Yet, Israeli Study Says," The New York Times, April 10, 2008.
Cole, Evans, "Defense Firms Press for Arms Investment," The Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2008.
Dugger, Celia, "Angola Allows Chinese Ship to Dock, but Not Unload Arms for Zimbabwe," The New York Times, April 27, 2008.
Dugger, Celia, and Barboza, David, "China May Give Up Attempt to Send Arms to Zimbabwe," The New York Times, April 23, 2008.
Dugger, Celia, "Zimbabwe Arms Shipped by China Spark an Uproar," The New York Times, April 19, 2008.
Dunnigan, James, "China Sneaks Bombers Into Sudan," Strategy Page, April 17, 2008.
Evans, Michael, "Afghan Troops Told to Lay Down Trusty AK-47s," The Times, April 15, 2008.
Günsche, Karl-Ludwig, "German Bank Attempted to Seize Chinese Arms Ship," Der Spiegel, April 22, 2008.
Hill, Geoff, "China Urged to Halt Arms Aid," The Washington Times, April 23, 2008, p. A1.
Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center, Hamas' Military Buildup in the Gaza Strip, April 8, 2008.
Kumaraswamy, PR, "Bribes Threaten Indo-Israeli Military Ties," ISN Security Watch, April 1, 2008.
Lee, Matthew, "US Seeks to Block Zimbabwe-Bound Chinese Arms," Associated Press, April 22, 2008.
Lipton, Eric, "U.S. Alarmed as Some Exports Veer Off Course," The New York Times, April 2, 2008.
Norton-Taylor, Richard, "British Forces Will Continue to Use Cluster Bombs, MoD Says," The Guardian, April 29, 2008.
Raghuvanshi, Vivek, "India May Seek More Israeli AWACS Planes," Defense News, April 14, 2008.
Ringa, Mathias, "States Agree to Mark Weapons," Daily Nation, April 7, 2008.
Royce, Ed, "A ‘Bout' of Russian Terror," The Washington Times, April 1, 2008.
Sheridan, Michael, "Arms Ship Exposes Robert Mugabe's Link to Chinese Firm," The Sunday Times, April 27, 2008.
Sibaja, Marco, "Brazil, Russia to Build Jet Fighter," Associated Press, April 15, 2008.
Starkey, Jerome, "Drugs for Guns: How the Afghan Heroin Trade is Fuelling the Taliban Insurgency," The Independent, April, 29, 2008.
Sudan Tribune, "Sudan Demolishes Over 6,000 Landmines in Juba," April 1, 2008.
United Nations Development Programme, Prohibiting Cluster Munitions: Our Chance to Protect Civilians, United Nations, April 18, 2008.
VII. U.S. Policy
Chafets, Zev, "Israel Can Stand Up for Itself," The New York Times, April 13, 2008.
Chivers, C.J., "Allegations Lead Army to Review Arms Policy," The New York Times, April 27, 2008.
Krauthammer, Charles, "Deterring the Undeterrable," The Washington Post, April 18, 2008, p. A27.
Krauthammer, Charles, "The Holocaust Declaration," The Washington Post, April 11, 2008, p. A21.
Morgan, David, "Clinton Says U.S. Could ‘Totally Obliterate' Iran," Reuters, April 22, 2008.
Pincus, Walter, "Directors Say National Labs Are Underfunded," The Washington Post, April 17, p. A3.
Scoblic, J. Peter, U.S. vs. Them: How a Half Century of Conservatism Has Undermined America's Security, Viking, 2008, 350 pp.
Zakheim, Dov, and Kadish, Ronald, "One-Stop Defense Shopping," The Washington Post, April 28, 2008, p. A15.
Zumbrun, Joshua, "U.S. Export Rules Aging Badly," Forbes.com, April 25, 2008.
VIII. Space
Clark, Colin, "Army to Launch Sats After 50 Year Lull," Military.com, April 28, 2008.
Gallagher, Nancy, and Steinbruner, John, Reconsidering the Rules for Space Security, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008.
Gillum, Jack, and Wichner, David, "How Satellite Shot Went Down," Arizona Daily Star, April 13, 2008.
Griffin, Christopher, and Lin, Joseph, "China's Space Ambitions," Armed Forces Journal, April 7, 2008.
Grossman, Elaine M., "Air Force in No Rush for U.S. Anti-satellite Weapons," Global Security Newswire, April 1, 2008.
Iannotta, Ben, "General Calls for U.S. White Paper on Space Issues," Defense News, April 9, 2008.
Iannotta, Ben, "Democrats, Republicans Differ on Space Weapons," Defense News, April 8, 2008.
Pollpeter, Kevin, Building for the Future: China's Progress in Space Technology during the Tenth 5-Year Plan and the U.S. Response, Strategic Studies Institute, March 21, 2008.
Roeder, Tom, "Air Force Concerned about Holes in Space Defense," Colorado Springs Gazette, April 13, 2008.
Wolf, Jim, "Top US Contractors Say Ready for Space-Arms Studies," Reuters, April 10, 2008.
Wolf, Jim, "Bush Pushes for Seed Money for Missiles in Space," Reuters, April 9, 2008.
IX. Other
Abdurasulov, Abdujalil, "Adding Fuel to the Fire?" Transitions Online, April 9, 2008.
Agence France-Presse, "UAE Signs Nuclear Cooperation Deal with US," April 21, 2008.
Agence France-Presse, "UAE Vows to Import Enriched Uranium for Any Reactor," April 21, 2008.
Fifield, Anna, "How Iranians are Avoiding Sanctions," Financial Times, April 14, 2008.
Gerson, Michael, "America's Power Paradox," The Washington Post, April 25, 2008.
Kassenova, Togzhan, "Kazakhstan's Nuclear Ambitions," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Online, April 28, 2008.
LaPlante, Matthew, "Hill AFB Uranium Torched," The Salt Lake Tribune, April 10, 2008.
Parenti, Christian, "What Nuclear Renaissance?" The Nation, April 24, 2008.
Weitz, Richard, "British, Russian Support May Not Save Ambitious Nuclear Power Club," World Politics Review, April 10, 2008.
Zafar, Mohammad Saleem, Vulnerability of Research Reactors to Attack, The Henry L. Stimson Center, April 2008.