Nuclear Nonproliferation Regimes (NPT, IAEA, etc.):
Documents, News, and Analysis
Key Documents:
Relevant Arms Control Today
Articles by Subject:
NPT Related ACT
News Stories:
2006
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Growing Nuclear Fuel-Cycle Debate
November 2006.
Iran Rejects Security Council Demand
September 2006.
U.S. Offers Iran Direct Talks
June 2006.
IAEA Reports Iran to UN Security Council
March 2006.
Questions Surround Iran's Nuclear Program
March 2006.
Chirac Outlines Expanded Nuclear Doctrine
March 2006.
New Iran Talks Set, But Prospects Gloomy
January/February 2006.
ElBaradei, IAEA Accept Nobel Peace Prize
January/February 2006.
2005
British Debate Replacement for Nuclear Force
December 2005.
GAO Calls for IAEA Improvements
December 2005.
IAEA Unlikely to Refer Iran to the Security Council
November 2005.
IAEA Board Closes Safeguards Loophole
November 2005.
ElBaradei, IAEA Win Nobel Peace Prize
November 2005.
Agency Report Offers Mixed View on Iran
October 2005.
IAEA Cites Iran on Safeguards Failures
October 2005.
LOOKING BACK: The UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
September 2005.
Iran's Nuclear Abilities Limited
September 2005.
Iran Restarts Uranium Conversion
September 2005.
IAEA Board Seeks Strengthened Safeguards
July/August 2005.
ElBaradei Set to Win Third Term
July/August 2005.
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Meeting Sputters
July/August 2005.
IAEA: More Questions on Iran Nuclear Program
July/August 2005.
Divisions Foil NPT Review Conference
June 2005.
News Analysis: Iranian Negotiators' Veiled Flexibility
May 2005.
Congress's Iraq Probes Winding Down
April 2005.
Iran, Russia Reach Nuclear Agreement
April 2005.
IAEA Criticizes Iran Cooperation
April 2005.
U.S. Offer Fails to End EU-Iran Impasse
April 2005.
ElBaradei Unopposed for Third Term
March 2005.
Iraq Weapons Hunt Ends; Other Investigations Continue
March 2005.
IAEA: Egypt's Reporting Failures 'Matter of Concern'
March 2005.
Europeans: Iran Honoring Agreement
March 2003.
News Analysis:
Examining North Korea's Nuclear Claims
March 2005.
North Korea Nuclear Talks in Limbo
March 2005
UN Panel Sounds Nonproliferation Alarm
January/February 2005.
IAEA Investigating Egypt and Taiwan
January/February 2005.
Brazil, IAEA Reach Inspection Agreement
January/February 2005.
Iran-EU Nuclear Negotiations Begin
January/February 2005.
2004
UN Nuclear Disarmament Debate Stalled
December 2004.
IAEA: Seoul's Nuclear Sins in the Past
December 2004.
U.S., Allies Split on North Korea; Talks Stalled as Pyongyang Waits
December 2004.
IAEA Cites Iran Progress, Raises Questions
December 2004.
Iran Agrees to Temporarily Suspend Uranium-Enrichment Program
December 2004.
U.S. Nuclear Trade Restriction Initiatives Still on Hold
December 2004.
Brazil Permits Greater IAEA Inspection
November 2004.
Iran Considers EU Compromise Proposal
November 2004.
UN Nuclear Expert Diagnoses
NPT Ills, Offers Prescriptions
June 2004
NPT Meeting Marked By Discord
June 2004
Bush,
ElBaradei Discuss Proposals of Nuclear Nonproliferation Talks
April 2004.
2003
Israel Allegedly Fielding Sea-Based
Nuclear Missiles
November 2003.
Countries Meet to Discuss
N Korean Nuclear Stand-off
September 2003.
IAEA to Discuss
Advances in Iran's Nuclear Program
September 2003.
IAEA Report Highlights
Inconsistencies in Iranian Statements About its Nuclear Programs
September 2003.
North
Korea Ups the Ante in Nuclear Standoff
June 2003.
NPT
Meeting Confronts New Nuclear Threats
June 2003.
U.S.
Levels Accusations Against Iranian Weapons Programs
June 2003.
North
Korea, U.S. Meet; Pyongyang Said to Claim Nukes
May 2003.
NPT
to Tackle Tough Questions in May
May 2003.
N.
Korea’s Uranium Program Moving Ahead, Kelly Says
April 2003.
North
Korea Restarts Reactor; IAEA Sends Resolution to UN
March 2003.
North
Korea to Restart Nuclear Facilities, Quits NPT
January/February 2003.
2002
Cuba
Accedes to NPT, Joins Tlatelolco
December 2002.
Cuba
to Accede to NPT
October 2002.
Bush
Urges Senate Approval of IAEA Protocol
June 2002.
NPT
States Convene for PrepCom, Discuss Treaty Implementation
May 2002.
2000
NPT Review Conference Finds
Consensus, Issues Document
June 2000.
NPT Review Conference Opens
May 2000.
1997
Enhanced NPT Review Process
Gets Underway at First PrepCom Session
April 1997.
ACT Feature Articles:
Charles D. Ferguson and Ray Takeyh
Making the Right Call: Limiting Iran's Nuclear Program
March 2006.
Jack Boureston and Charles D. Ferguson
Strengthening Nuclear Safeguards: Special Committee to the Rescue?
December 2005.
George Bunn and John B. Rhinelander
NPT Withdrawal: Time for the Security Council to Step In
May 2005.
Zeroing in on Nonproliferation: An Interview With Assistant Secretary of State Stephen G. Rademaker on the U.S. Approach to the 2005 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference
May 2005.
Oliver Meier and Gerrard Quille
Testing Time for Europe's Nonproliferation Strategy
May 2005.
Randy Rydell,
Looking Back: The 1995 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treat Review and Extension Conference
April 2005.
Henry Sokolski,
After Iran: Back to Basics on "Peaceful" Nuclear Energy
April 2005.
Leonard S. Spector and Aubrie Ohlde,
Negative Security Assurances: Revisiting the Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone Option
April 2005.
Jean du Preez,
The 2005 NPT Review Conference: Can It Meet the Nuclear Challenge?
April 2005.
Tackling the Nuclear Dilemma: An Interview With Mohamed ElBaradei
March 2005.
Li Bin,
China: A Crucial Bridge for the 2005 NPT Review Conference
January/February 2005.
William Walker,
Caught in the Middle: The United Kingdom and teh 2005 NPT Review Conference
January/February 2005.
Alexei Arbatov,
Superseding U.S.-Russian Nuclear Deterrence
January/February 2005.
Lawrence Scheinman,
Disarmament: Have the Five Nuclear Powers Done Enough?
January/February 2005.
Jon B. Wolfsthal,
The Nuclear Third Rail: Can Fuel Cycle Capabilities Be Limited?
December 2004.
Tariq Rauf and Fiona Simpson,
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Is It Time for a Multilateral Approach?
December 2004.
Walking the Nonproliferation Tightrope: An ACT Interview with Sérgio de Queiroz Duarte
December 2004.
Thomas Graham, Jr.,
Book Review: Avoiding the Tipping Point
November 2004.
Getting it Right the Next Time: An Interview with Hans Blix
July/August 2004.
The Bush Administration's
Nonproliferation Policy: An interview with John Wolf
June 2003.
George Bunn,
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty:
History and Current Problems
December 2003.
Joseph Cirincione and Jon B. Wolfsthal,
North Korea
and Iran: Test Cases for an Improved Nonproliferation Regime?
December 2003.
Marvin Miller and Lawrence Scheinman,
Israel, India, and
Pakistan: Engaging the Non-NPT States in the Nonproliferation
Regime
December 2003.
Leonard Weiss,
Nuclear-Weapon States and the
Grand Bargain
December 2003.
Peter Lavoy,
The Enduring Effects of Atoms
for Peace
December 2003.
Ambassador Norman A. Wulf,
Observations From the 2000 NPT
Review Conference
November 2000.
Tariq Rauf,
An Unequivocal Success?
Implications of the NPT Review Conference
July/August 2000.
Lawrence Scheinman,
Politics and Pragmatism: The
Challenges for NPT 2000
April 2000.
Zachary S. Davis,
NPT 2000: Is the Treaty in Trouble?
December 1999.
Rebecca Johnson,
Divisions and Doubts At the
Third NPT PrepCom
April/May 1999.
ACT Editorial Focus:
Daryl G. Kimball,
Repairing the Nonproliferation Regime
July/August 2005.
Daryl G. Kimball,
Reinforce the Nonproliferation Bargain
March 2005.
Daryl G. Kimball,
Nonproliferation Through Disarmament
January/February 2005.
Daryl G. Kimball,
Broaden the Nonproliferation
Campaign
March 2004.
Daryl G. Kimball,
The New Nuclear Proliferation
Crisis
December 2003.
Daryl G. Kimball,
Turning
Iran Away From Nuclear Weapons
July/August 2003.
Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr.,
The Folly of Disparaging
Arms Control
October 2000.
Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr.,
April Audit
December 1999.
General Nonproliferation
ACT News Stories:
2008
Conference Addresses Illicit Nuclear Trafficking
January/February 2008.
U.S.-NK Clash on Nuclear Deadline
January/February 2008.
2007
Nuclear Material Consolidation Schedule Lags
December 2007.
Bush Nuclear Fuel-Cycle Program Suffers Blows
December 2007.
Disablement Begins But Process Unclear
December 2007.
IAEA Issues Mixed Findings on Iran
December 2007.
Deadline Set for Yongbyon Disablement
November 2007.
Reported Incidents of Trafficking Up in 2006
October 2007.
Russia Offers to Jump-Start IAEA Fuel Bank
October 2007.
Yongbyon Facilities Disablement Considered
October 2007.
NK-Syria Nuclear Connection Questionable
October 2007.
U.S. Cuts Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe
September 2007.
France, Libya Sign Nuclear Desalination Deal
September 2007.
Israel, Neighbors Mull Nuclear Power Programs
September 2007.
Iran Agrees on Work Plan With IAEA
September 2007.
NK Shuts Down Reactor; Talks Progress
September 2007.
UN Security Council Sanctions Iran
January/February 2007.
Congress Exempts India from Nuclear Trade Rules
January/February 2007.
China Updates Nuclear Export Regulations
January/February 2007.
2006
Iran Ignores Deadline; Security Council Split
November 2006.
Russia, Iran Sign Deal to Fuel Bushehr Reactor
November 2006.
Nuclear Suppliers Updated on U.S.-Indian Deal
November 2006.
Bush, Putin to Seek Nuclear Cooperation Pact
September 2006.
Anti-Nuclear Terrorism Initiative Launched
September 2006.
EU Approves Nonproliferation Framework
June 2006.
IAEA Reports Iran to UN Security Council
March 2006.
Questions Surround Iran's Nuclear Program
March 2006.
U.S., NK Meeting Could Aid Six Party Talks
March 2006.
Chirac Outlines Expanded Nuclear Doctrine
March 2006.
North Korea Talks Hit Impasse
January/February 2006.
2005
Treaty Amended to Outlaw WMD at Sea
December 2005.
North Korea Increasing Weapons Capabilities
December 2005.
North Korea Nuclear Talks Stall
December 2005.
Congress Amends Iran Nonproliferation Act
December 2005.
Suppliers Weigh Indian Nuclear Cooperation
November 2005.
IAEA Reports Increase in Nuclear Trafficking
November 2005.
Questions Surround NK Uranium Program
October 2005.
U.S.-Indian Nuclear Prospects Murky
October 2005.
IAEA Cites Iran on Safeguards Failures
October 2005.
Agency Report Offers Mixed View on Iran
October 2005.
Nations Remain Split on Disarmament
October 2005.
North Korea Nuclear Talks Achieve Breakthrough
October 2005.
LOOKING BACK: The UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
September 2005.
No Consensus on Nuclear Supply Rules
September 2005.
U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation: A Reality Check
September 2005.
Is U.S. Reprocessing Worth the Risk?
September 2005.
Between Noble Goals and Sobering Reality: An Interview with EU Nonproliferation Chief Annalisa Giannella
September 2005.
Bush Promises India Nuclear Cooperation
September 2005.
North Korea Talks Resume, Then Stall
September 2005.
More Than A Decade of U.S.-North Korean Nuclear Tensions
September 2005.
Iran Restarts Uranium Conversion
September 2005.
Iran's Nuclear Abilities Limited
September 2005.
United States Eyes Proliferators' Assets
September 2005.
LOOKING BACK: The UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
September 2005.
IAEA Board Seeks Strengthened Safeguards
July/August 2005.
Repairing the Nonproliferation Regime
July/August 2005.
Is There a Role for Nuclear Weapons Today?
July/August 2005.
ElBaradei Set to Win Third Term
July/August 2005.
Key U.S. Interdiction Initiative Claim Misrepresented
July/August 2005.
Israeli Officials See Few Prospects for Arms Control
July/August 2005.
IAEA: More Questions on Iran Nuclear Program
July/August 2005.
Kim Willing to Talk, Does Not Say When
July/August 2005.
North Korea: Time For Results
June 2005.
Avoiding Enrichment: Using Financial Tools to Prevent Another Khan Network
June 2005.
The Robb-Silberman Report, Intelligence, and Nonproliferation
June 2005.
Final Iraq Report Downplays Brain Drain
June 2005.
Allies Seek to Restart North Korea Talks
June 2005.
North Korean Capabilities Remain Unclear
June 2005.
India Passes Nonproliferation Legislation
June 2005.
EU-Iran Talks Ease Suspense on Suspension
June 2005.
UN Adopts Nuclear Terrorism Convention; Treaty Seven Years in the Making
May 2005.
News Analysis: Iranian Negotiators' Veiled Flexibility
May 2005.
U.S. Pushes to Restart North Korea Talks
May 2005.
New Details Emerge on Pakistani Networks
May 2005.
Pakistan, India Get Green Light to Buy U.S. Fighter Jets
May 2005.
U.S. Shifts Fuel Cycle Position
May 2005.
Slow Start for UN WMD Committee
April 2005.
North Korea Disavows Missile Moratorium; Talks Remain Stalled
April 2005.
New Reports Cite Looting at Iraqi Sites; UNMOVIC Future Discussed
April 2005.
Iran, Russia Reach Nuclear Agreement
April 2005.
IAEA Criticizes Iran Cooperation
April 2005.
U.S. Offer Fails to End EU-Iran Impasse
April 2005.
ElBaradei Unopposed for Third Term
March 2005.
Congress Seeks Nonproliferation Measures
March 2005.
News Analysis:
Bush Second Term: More Diplomacy But Same Policies
March 2005.
Middle East Nuclear Forum Postponed
March 2005.
Iraq Weapons Hunt Ends; Other Investigations Continue
March 2005.
IAEA: Egypt's Reporting Failures 'Matter of Concern'
March 2005.
Europeans: Iran Honoring Agreement
March 2003.
News Analysis:
Examining North Korea's Nuclear Claims
March 2005.
North Korea Nuclear Talks in Limbo
March 2005.
Modest Hike in Threat Reduction Budget
March 2005.
UN Panel Sounds Nonproliferation Alarm
January/February 2005.
IAEA Investigating Egypt and Taiwan
January/February 2005.
Reactor Suspension Extended; North Korea Nuclear Talks Stall
January/February 2005.
Brazil, IAEA Reach Inspection Agreement
January/February 2005.
2004
G-8 Partnership Selects Ukraine for Nonproliferation Funds
December 2004.
UN Nuclear Disarmament Debate Stalled
December 2004.
U.S. Disappointed With Worldwide Response to WMD Resolution
December 2004.
IAEA: Seoul's Nuclear Sins in the Past
December 2004.
U.S., Allies Split on North Korea; Talks Stalled as Pyongyang Waits
December 2004.
IAEA Cites Iran Progress, Raises Questions
December 2004.
Iran Agrees to Temporarily Suspend Uranium-Enrichment Program
December 2004.
EU Deepens Ties With Libya, Syria
November 2004.
Panel: Secret Nuclear Attacks Possible
November 2004.
Did Iraqi Materials, Experts Escape?
November 2004.
Duelfer Disproves U.S. WMD Claims
November 2004.
U.S. Punishes 14 for Iran Arms Trade
November 2004.
U.S. Fissile Material Ban Plan Fizzles
October 2004.
Foreign Ministers Affirm CTBT Support
October 2004.
Test Ban Infrastructure: A Concrete Reality
October 2004.
Bush, Kerry Square Off on Arms Control
October 2004.
Pakistan Advances Export Controls
October 2004.
Pakistan Introduces Export Control Bill
September 2004.
IAEA to Host Middle East Nuclear Forum
September 2004.
9/11 Panel: WMD 'Greatest Danger'
September 2004.
ElBaradei Appoints Fuel Cycle Group
September 2004.
Abraham Announces Nuclear Initiative
July/August 2004.
U.S. Seeks Expansion of G-8
Nonproliferation Aid
June 2004.
U.S. Sanctions Syria
June 2004.
GAO Report Discloses Problems
With State Department Nonproliferation Program
June 2004.
Brazil May Permit Broader
Inspections
June 2004.
India, Pakistan Set
Confidence-Building Talks
May 2004.
Searching for Ways to Roll
Back Nuclear Proliferation
May 2004.
U.S. Punishes 13 Companies
for Iran Deals
May 2004.
Bush, ElBaradei Discuss Proposals of Nuclear Nonproliferation
Talks
April 2004.
U.S. Nonproliferation Resolution
Advances at UN
April 2004.
U.S. Points to Libya
as Disarmament Model
April 2004.
Bush Outlines Proposals to Stem
Proliferation
March 2004.
2003
World Leaders Rethinking
Key NPT Provision
December 2003.
The Proliferation Security Initiative:
An Interview With John Bolton
December 2003.
Bush Sends IAEA Legislation
to Hill; Pentagon Objections Overcome
December 2003.
CTBTO
Head Visits Russian Nuclear Test Site
May 2003.
IAEA
‘Taken Aback’ By Speed of Iran’s Nuclear Program
April 2003.
Republicans,
Democrats Square Off on Approaches to Proliferation
April 2003.
Intelligence
Chiefs Paint Grim Picture of Proliferation
March 2003.
Iran
Mining Uranium, Greatly Expanding Nuclear Facilities
March 2003.
Bush
Administration Releases Strategy on WMD Threats
January/February 2003.
IAEA
to Visit Two 'Secret' Nuclear Sites in Iran
January/February 2003.
India
Establishes Formal Nuclear Command Structure
January/February 2003.
Nuclear-Weapon
States Dispute C. Asian Pact
January/February 2003.
2002
Central
Asian States Negotiate Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone
November 2002.
GAO
Says Multilateral Export Control Regimes Too Weak
November 2002.
North
Korea Admits Secret Nuclear Weapons Program
November 2002.
Tritium
Production Licenses Granted to Civilian Power Plants
November 2002.
U.S.
Reportedly Offers Russia Deal on Bushehr
November 2002.
Chinese
Nuclear Forces to Grow, Report Says
September 2002.
KEDO
Pours Concrete for North Korean Nuclear Reactor
September 2002.
Japanese
Aide’s Comments on Nuclear Policy Spark Controversy
July/August 2002.
2000
U.S.,
Pakistan Resume Non-Proliferation Talks
July/August 2000.
Clinton Signs Iran Nonproliferation
Act
April 2000.
Treading Lightly in South
Asia, Clinton Reaffirms Non-Proliferation Goals
April 2000.
U.S.,
Japan Establish Arms Control Working Group
April 2000.
Proliferation Threats Continue,
Administration Officials Say
March 2000.
Knesset
Debates Israel’s Nuclear Program
March 2000.
Russia
Reaffirms Nuclear Aid Commitment to Iran
January/February 2000.
1999
Deutch
Panel Calls Non-Proliferation Efforts Inadequate
July/August 1999.
1998
Brazil Moves to
Join CTBT, NPT
June/July 1998.
IAEA OKs Additional
Protocols With 18 States
June/July 1998.
UK Withdraws Tactical
Nukes From Service
March 1998.
International Group Issues
Call For Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
January/February 1998.
1997
Brazil to Consider
Joining the NPT
June/July 1997.
IAEA Approves `93+2' Protocol;
Awaits Adoption by Member-States
May 1997.
ACT Feature Articles:
Trevor Findlay
LOOKING BACK: The Additional Protocol
November 2007.
Paul F. Walker
LOOKING BACK: Kananaskis at Five: Assessing the Global Partnership
September 2007.
George Bunn
Enforcing International Standards: Protecting Nuclear Materials from Terrorists Post-9/11
January/February 2007.
Jack Boureston and Jennifer Lacey
Shoring Up a Crucial Bridge: South Africa’s Pressing Nuclear Choices
January/February 2007.
Joseph Cirincione
The Clock's Ticking: Stopping Iran Before It's Too Late
November 2006.
Dean Rust
Reorganization Run Amok: State Department's WMD Effort Weakened
June 2006.
ACT Interview
Reshaping U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy: An Interview with Undersecretary of State Robert Joseph
June 2006.
Charles D. Ferguson and Ray Takeyh
Making the Right Call: Limiting Iran's Nuclear Program
March 2006.
ACT Interview
Between Noble Goals and Sobering Reality: EU Nonproliferation Chief Annalisa Giannella
September 2005.
Oliver Meier and Gerrard Quille
Testing Time for Europe's Nonproliferation Strategy
May 2005.
Henry Sokolski,
After Iran: Back to Basics on "Peaceful" Nuclear Energy
April 2005.
Leonard S. Spector and Aubrie Ohlde,
Negative Security Assurances: Revisiting the Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone Option
April 2005.
David Cortright and George A. Lopez
Bombs, Carrots, and Sticks: The Use of Incentives and Sanctions
March 2005.
Leonard Weiss
Turning a Blind Eye Again? The Khan Network's History and Lessons for U.S. Policy
March 2005.
John Carlson
Can a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty Be Effectively Verified?
January/February 2005.
Ambassador Jean-David Levitte
The 2005 NPT Review Conference: A French Perspective
January/February 2005.
Ambassador Robert E. Hunter
The Iran Case: Addressing Why Countries Want Nuclear Weapons
December 2004.
Dalia Dassa Kaye
Time for Arms Talks? Iran, Israel, and Middle East Arms Control
November 2004.
Charles D. Ferguson
Can Bush or Kerry Prevent Nuclear Terrorism?
September 2004.
George Perkovich and Silvia Manzanero
Plan B: Using
Sanctions to End Iran's Nuclear Plan
May 2004.
Lew Kwang-chul
Don't Just Trust, Verify:
Dismantling North Korea's Nuclear Program
May 2004.
Robert J. Einhorn
Curbing Nuclear Proliferation
in the Middle East
March 2003.
ACT Editorial Focus:
Daryl G. Kimball,
Arming Dictators, Rewarding Proliferators
April 2005.
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