"I find hope in the work of long-established groups such as the Arms Control Association...[and] I find hope in younger anti-nuclear activists and the movement around the world to formally ban the bomb."
June 2005 Bibliography
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Kimball, Daryl G., “Small, Portable, Deadly – and Absurd,” The International Herald Tribune, May 30, 2005.
McNamara, Robert S., “Apocalypse Soon,” Foreign Policy, May/June 2005, pp. 29-35.
Quester, George H., “If the Nuclear Taboo Gets Broken,” Naval War College Review, Spring 2005, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 71-91.
Rotblat, Joseph, “The 50-Year Shadow,” The New York Times, May 17, 2005, p. A21.
Wald, Matthew L., “When It Comes to Replacing Oil Imports, Nuclear Is No Easy Option, Experts Say,” The New York Times, May 9, 2005.
I. STRATEGIC ARMS CONTROL
Lederer, Edith M., “Russia Says It’s Set to Reduce Nuke Arms,” The Associated Press, May 17, 2005.
II. PROLIFERATION
CHINA
Lewis, Jeffrey, “The Ambiguous Arsenal,” The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2005, pp. 52-59.
IRAN
Billquist, R. Scott, “ Iran to Keep Nuclear Freeze,” The Washington Post, May 26, 2005, p. A20.
Crock, Stan, “Back to the Cold War?” Business Week, May 30, 2005.
Linzer, Dafna, “European Officials Warn Iran,” The Washington Post, May 12, 2005, p. A01.
MacFarquhar, Neil, “Across Iran, Nuclear Power is a Matter of Pride,” The New York Times, May 29, 2005.
Marshall, Tyler, and Maggie Farley, “Europeans Seek U.S. Help in Iran Talks,” The Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2005.
Perkovich, George, “Changing Iran’s Nuclear Interests,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 2005.
Sciolino, Elaine, “Europe Gets Iran to Extend Freeze in Nuclear Work,” The New York Times, May 26, 2005.
IRAQ
Pincus, Walter, “Prewar Findings Worried Analysts,” The Washington Post, May 22, 2005, p. A26.
NORTH KOREA
Associated Press, “Cheney Says China Must Press N. Korea on Weapons,” The Washington Post, May 30, 2005, p. A18.
Faiola, Anthony, “Despite U.S. Attempts, N. Korea Anything But Isolated,” The Washington Post, May 12, 2005.
Kurlantzick, Joshua, “Red Herring: China is Not the Answer,” The New Republic, June 6 and 13, 2005.
Mann, William C., “Papers Show N. Korea Sought Nuclear Weapons in 1960s,” USA Today, May 17, 2005.
Sanger, David E., and William J. Broad, “ U.S. Cites Signs of Korean Preparations for Nuclear Test,” The New York Times, May 6, 2005, p. A1.
Sanger, David E., “What Are Koreans Up To? U.S. Agencies Can’t Agree,” The New York Times, May 12, 2005, p. A14.
Scowcroft, Brent and Daniel Poneman, “Confront North Korea,” The Wall Street Journal, May 26, 2005, p. A12.
Spielmann, Peter James, “Korean Energy-For-Arms Project in Limbo,” The Associated Press, May 24, 2005.
PAKISTAN
Frantz, Douglas, “ Pakistan’s Role in Scientist’s Nuclear Trafficking Debated,” Los Angeles Times, May 16, 2005.
III. MISSILE DEFENSE
Butler, Amy, “The Speed of Light,” Aviation & Space Technology, May 2, 2005.
IV. NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
Annan, Kofi A., “Break the Nuclear Deadlock,” The International Herald Tribune, May 30, 2005.
Boese, Wade, “Good for the Goose,” The American Prospect Online, May 2, 2005.
Fidler, Stephen, “Testing Times: How the Grand Bargain of Nuclear Containment is Breaking Down,” Financial Times, May 23, 2005.
Hanley, Charles J., “ U.S. Brochure Drops Arms-Control Deals,” The Associated Press, May 25, 2005.
Heinlein, Peter, “U.N. Non-Proliferation Conference Heading for Failure,” Agence France-Presse, May 27, 2005.
Hirsch, Michael, and Eve Conant, “A Nuclear Blunder?” Newsweek, May 11, 2005.
Kitfield, James, “Tottering Treaty,” The National Journal, vol. 37, no. 20, May 14, 2005.
Mohammed, Arshad, “ U.S. Hails Nonproliferation Push,” The Washington Post, May 31, 2005.
The New Republic, “Armed and…,” May 16, 2005.
Nunn, Sam and Pierce Lellouche, “Now in Rehearsal, the Unthinkable,” The International Herald Tribune, May 31, 2005.
Ruppe, David, “Little Indication Seen of Al-Qaeda Nuke Progress,” Global Security Newswire, May 18, 2005.
Sanger, David E., “Month of Talks Fails to Bolster Nuclear Treaty,” The New York Times, May 28, 2005.
Schweid, Barry, “Rice, Allies Boost Anti-Weapons Program,” Las Vegas Sun, May 31, 2005.
Stockman, Farah, “Nations Say U.S. Shirks its Arms Vows: the Spotlight Shifts at Nuclear Conference,” The Boston Globe, May 9, 2005.
V. CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL AND ARMS TREATIES
Balmforth, Richard, “ Russia Pledges Troop Pull-Out from Georgia in 2008,” Reuters, May 30, 2005.
Knickerbocker, Brad, “The Rush to Fight Missiles Aimed at Planes,” Christian Science Monitor, May 19, 2005, p. 02.
O’Sullivan, Arieh, “U.S. Sells World’s Best F-16s to U.A.E.,” The Jerusalem Post, May 6, 2005.
Reuters, “ Pakistan Seeks as Many as 75 New F-16 Warplanes,” May 25, 2005.
Vaisman, Daria, “ Georgia Steps Up Calls for Russian Withdrawal,” The Christian Science Monitor, May 26, 2005.
Wayne, Leslie, “ U.S. Has Loosened Rules for Arms Sales, Study Says,” The New York Times, May 27, 2005.
VI. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ISSUES
Lipton, Eric, “Qaeda Letters Are Said to Show Pre-9/11 Anthrax Plans,” The New York Times, May 21, 2005, p. A9.
VII. U.S. POLICY
Arkin, William, “Not Just a Last Resort?” The Washington Post, May 15, 2005.
Brinkley, Joel, “Pressure on North Korea: U.S. Stealth Jets Sent to South,” The New York Times, May 30, 2005.
Cook, Robin, “ America’s Broken Nuclear Promises,” Salon.com, May 27, 2005.
Di Pasquale, Cynthia, “National Research Council Completes Analysis: Nuclear Earth Penetrators Effective but Deadly, Study Finds,” Inside Missile Defense, May 11, 2005.
Hardesty, David C., “Space-Based Weapons: Long-Term Strategic Implications and Alternatives,” Naval War College Review, Spring 2005, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 45-68.
Jehl, Douglas, “Tug of War: Intelligence vs. Politics,” The New York Times, May 8, 2005, p. 12.
Kralev, Nicholas, “ U.S. Congress Resists ‘Bunker Buster,’” The Washington Times, May 10, 2005.
Medalia, Jonathan, “Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,” Congressional Research Service Issue Brief for Congress, March 11, 2005.
Medalia, Jonathan, “Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program,” Congressional Research Service Issue Brief for Congress, May 24, 2005.
Payne, “The Nuclear Posture Review: Setting the Record Straight,” The Washington Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, Summer 2005, pp. 135-151.
Pincus, Walter, “House Proposes Commission to Assess Nuclear Forces,” The Washington Post, May 29, 2005, p. A09.
Weiner, Tim, “Air Force Seeks Bush’s Approval for Space Arms,” The New York Times, May 18, 2005, p. A1.
VIII. REGIONAL SECURITY ALLIANCES AND ISSUES
Tellis, Ashley J., “South Asian Seesaw: A New U.S. Policy on the Subcontinent,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Policy Brief, May 2005.