March Arms Control in Print

Of Special Interest

Albright, David, North Korea’s Alleged Large-Scale Enrichment Program: Yet Another Questionable Extrapolation Based on Aluminum Tubes, Institute for Science and International Security, February 23, 2007, 4 pp.

Finlay, Brian and Turpen, Elizabeth, 25 Steps to Prevent Nuclear Terror: A Guide for Policymakers, The Henry L. Stimson Center, January 2007, 87 pp.

Gorbachev, Mikhail, “The Nuclear Threat,” The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2007, p. A13.

Hippel, Frank von, Managing Spent Fuel in the United States: The Illogic of Reprocessing, International Panel on Fissile Material, January 2007, 39 pp.

Kissinger, Henry A., Sam Nunn, William J. Perry, and George P. Shultz, “A World Free of Nuclear Weapons,” The Wall Street Journal, January 4, 2007, p. A15.

I. Strategic Arms

Associated Press, “ Russia Plans New ICBMs, Nuclear Subs,” February 7, 2007.

Associated Press, “ Russia May Drop Out of Arms-Reductions Treaty,” February 16, 2007.

Broad, William, Sanger, David E., and Shanker, Thom, “ U.S. Selecting Hybrid Design for Warheads,” The New York Times, January 7, 2007, p. A1.

Buckley, Neil, Jan Cienski, Daniel Dombey, and Demetri Sevastopulo, “ Russia Threatens to Quit Arms Treaty,” The Financial Times, February 16, 2007, p. A1.

Cahlink, George, “Data Calls into Question Need for New Warhead,” CQ Weekly, January 15, 2007. p. 164.

Fidler, Stephen, “ Browne Appears to Limit Use of Nuclear Weapons,” The Financial Times, January 26, 2007.

Fox, Jon, “ New Warhead Funds More Than Tripled in ’08 Budget Request,” Global Security Newswire, February 6, 2007.

Hoffman, Ian, “Experts Decline to Endorse New Nuclear Arsenal; Uncertain Cost Benefits, Lack of Testing Raise Problems, Scientists Say,” Inside Bay Area, February 19, 2007.

Hoffman, Ian, “Plan Ties Nuclear Arms OK to Test Ban Treaty,” Contra Costa Times, February 5, 2007.

Johnson, Rebecca, “The UK White Paper on Renewing Trident: The Wrong Decision at the Wrong Time,” Disarmament Diplomacy, Winter 2006, p. 3.

Lieber, Keir and Press, Daryl G., “ U.S. Nuclear Primacy and the Future of the Chinese Deterrent,” China Security, Winter 2007, p. 66.

Matthews, William, “Congress’ Support Wanes for New Nuclear Warhead,” Defense News, February 26, 2007, p. 6.

Munger, Frank, “Y-12 Plant Taking Apart W55 Warheads,” The Knoxville News, February 27, 2007.

National Nuclear Security Administration, Report on the Plan for Transformation of the National Nuclear Security Administration Nuclear Weapons Complex, January 31, 2007, 31 pp.

Pincus, Walter, “Nuclear Officials Seek Approval for Warhead,” The Washington Post, February 7, 2007, p. A6.

RIA Novosti, “ Russia Missile Forces Ready to Quit INF Treaty,” February 19, 2007.

Sample, Ian, “Trident Replacement ‘Premature,’” The Guardian, January 24, 2007.

Scoblic, Peter, “The Absurdity of ‘What–if?’” The Guardian, February 15, 2007.

Shchedrov, Oleg, “Missiles Could Reach Europe if Kremlin Wanted: General,” Reuters, February 19, 2007.

Sterngold, James, “ Los Alamos Scientist Criticizes Federal Approach to Arsenal,” The San Francisco Chronicle, February 13, 2007.

Sterngold, James, “Key Legislators Threaten Funds for Nuclear Weapons Overhaul;
Bush Administration Abandoning Effort to Consolidate, They Say,” The San Francisco Chronicle, January 14, 2007, p. A4.

Vartabedian, Ralph, “Nuclear Plant Safety is Called Into Question,” The Los Angeles Times, February 21, 2007.

Vartabedian, Ralph, “New Nuke Plans are Up in the Air,” The Los Angles Times, January 23, 2007.

Zhongchun, Wang, “Nuclear Challenges and China’s Choices,” China Security, Winter 2007, p. 52.

II. Nuclear Proliferation

Ang, Audra, “Israeli PM Encouraged by Firm Chinese Stance on Iranian Nuclear Issue,” Associated Press, January 11, 2007.

Chuen, Cristina, Potter, William, and Sokova, Elena, Recent Weapons Grade Uranium Smuggling Case: Nuclear Materials are Still on the Loose, Center for Nonproliferation Studies: Research Story, January 26, 2007.

Cohen, Avner, “The Nuclear Ambiguity Route,” Haaretz, February 12, 2007.

Crowley, Michael, “The Stuff Sam Nunn’s Nightmares Are Made of,” The New York Times Magazine, February 25, 2007.

The Economist, “Nuclear Trafficking, A Radioactive Subject, Clamping Down on the Trade in Illicit Nuclear Materials Sometimes Offends Russia,” February 3-9, 2007.

Jahn, George, “North Korean Nuclear Deal No Precedent for Iran,” Associated Press, February 15, 2007.

Krepon ,Michael, Proliferation: Then and Now, The Henry L. Stimson Center Backgrounder,” January 8, 2007.

Lewis, Jeffrey, “A Crisis of Confidence,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2007, p. 13.

Reuters, “Japan Looks to U.S. for Strategy on Nuclear India,” January 10, 2007.

Roe, Sam, “The Search for a Magic Fuel,” The Chicago Tribune, January 29, 2007.

Roe, Sam, “An Atomic Threat Made in America,” The Chicago Tribune, January 28, 2007.

Sokolski, Henry, “Does Nuclear Nonproliferation Have a Future? Market-Based Atomic Power,” Harvard International Review, February 12, 2007.

Trevelyan, Mark, “Nuclear Terrorism Risk Seen as Growing,” Reuters, February 8, 2007.

India

Albright, David, and Basu, Susan, India’s Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Program: Growing Capacity for Military Purposes, Institute for Science and International Security, January 18, 2007, 15 pp.

Chatterjee, Sumeet, “ Russia Ready to Sell India Fighters, Build Reactors,” Reuters, January 23, 2007.

Chari, PR, Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Unending Drama in Many Acts, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies Issue Brief, January 2007, 4 pp.

Chaudhary, Archana, “ India Seeks to Sell Reactors to Malaysia, Indonesia,” Bloomberg News, February 27, 2007.

Chaudhury, Nilova Roy, “123 Negotiations to be Very Difficult: Saran,” Hindustan Times, January 11, 2007.

Cohen, William, “The Indian Giver,” The Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2007, p. A16.

Denye, Simon and Dmitracova, Olesya, “ Russia, India to Build on Energy Ties with New Reactors,” Reuters, January 25, 2007.

Gentleman, Amelia, “New Accords with Russia Include More Nuclear Plants,” The New York Times, January 26, 2007, p. A8.

Indo-Asian News Service, “Final India-US Nuclear Deal May Come By Early 2008: Burns,” February 21, 2007.

Kumar, Arun, “Menon to Tell US of Indian Concerns over Nuclear Deal,” Indo-Asian News Service, February 20, 2007.

Mathewson, Judy, “ India, the U.S. Say Negotiations Progressing on Nuclear Accord,” Bloomberg News, February 22, 2007.

Rajesh, Y.P., “ India Could Dump U.S Nuclear Deal: Envoy,” Reuters, January 10, 2007.

Sengupta, Somini, “Putin in India: Visit is Sign of Durability of Old Ties,” The New York Times, January 25, 2007, p. A14.

Iran

Adler, Michael, “ Iran Has Begun Assembling Centrifuges at Natanz Site: Diplomats,” Agence France-Presse, February 1, 2007.

Adler, Michael, “UN Nuclear Agency Asks Iran to Back Off on Rejection of 38 Inspectors,” Agence France- Presse, January 25, 2007.

Agence France-Presse, “EU Moves to Fully Implement Iran Sanctions,” January 22, 2007.

Agharzadeh, Leila and Colvin, Maria, “ Iran’s Strongman Loses Grip as Ayatollah Offers Nuclear Deal,” The London Times, January 21, 2007.

Allen, JoAnne, “ Iran Says Always Ready for Nuclear Talks,” Reuters, February 13, 2007.

Associated Press, “Muslim Nations Urge Peaceful Solution to ‘Dangerous’ Escalation Over Iran Nuclear Program,” February 25, 2007.

Associated Press, “Report: Russian Foreign Minister Calls for Similar U.S. ‘Flexibility’ on Iran as on N Korea,” February 15, 2007.

Associated Press, “Report: China Prods Iran to answer U.N.”, January 5, 2007.

Beaumont, Peter, “Nuclear Plans in Chaos as Iran Leader Flounders,” The Observer, January 28, 2007.

Bennhold, Katrin, “In Uproar, Chirac Again Retracts Remarks on Nuclear Iran,” The New York Times, February 2, 2007, p. A8.

Blair, Edmund, “ Iran Won’t Halt Atomic Work, Snubs Big Powers,” Reuters, February 27, 2007.

Bohan, Caren, “Cheney Warns of Iran’s Nuclear Ambition,” Reuters, February 24, 2007.

Bozorgmehr, Najmeh and Smyth, Gareth, “Iranian Officials Urge New Nuclear

Talks,” The Financial Times, January 4, 2007.

Bradford, Peter, Assessing Iran’s Nuclear Power Claim, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Proliferation Analysis, January 9, 2007.

Broad, William J. and Sanger, David, “ Iran Expanding Nuclear Effort, Agency Reports,” The New York Times, February 23, 2007, p. A1.

Broad, William J. and Sanger, David, “Iranian Boast is Put to Test,” The New York Times, February 4, 2007, p. A1.

Brzezinski, Mark and Takeyh, Ray, “Getting to Yes in Iran,” The Boston Globe, February 6, 2007.

Clawson, Patrick, Hanging Tough on Iran, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 9, 2007.

Cloud, David, “Gates says U.S. Has Few Options to Halt Iran’s Nuclear Plans,” The New York Times, January 19, 2007, p. A8.

Cooper, Helene, “Diplomats to Begin Drafting New U.N Sanctions on Iran,” The New York Times, February 27, 2007, p. A9.

Cooper, Helene and Weisman, Steven R., “West Tries a New Tack to Block Iran’s Nuclear Agenda,” The New York Times, January 2, 2007, p. A3.

Dareini, Ali Akbar, “Iranian Leader’s Rhetoric Criticized,” Associated Press, February 27, 2007.

Dareini, Ali Akbar, “ Iran Says it Will Never Suspend Uranium Enrichment,” Associated Press, February 27, 2007.

Dawson, Stella, “ Iran’s Khatami Calls for Calm Heads in Nuclear Row,” Reuters, January 25, 2007.

Dombey, Daniel and Schmid, Fidelius, “ Iran on Course for Nuclear Bomb, EU Told,” Financial Times, February 12, 2007.

Dombey, Daniel, “IAEA Fears Iran Poised to Escalate Nuclear Schedule,” Financial Times, January 31, 2007.

Drogin, Bob and Murphy, Kim, “U.N. Calls U.S. Data on Iran’s Nuclear Aims Unreliable,” The Los Angles Times, February 25, 2007.

Dupré, Bruno, Iran Nuclear Crisis: The Right Approach, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Proliferation Analysis, February 1, 2007.

Ennis, Darren and John, Mark, “EU Agrees on Iran Sanctions but Open to New Talks,” Reuters, February 12, 2007.

Eqbali, Aresu, “ Iran's Khamenei Rejects UN Nuclear Resolution,” Agence-France Presse, January 9, 2007.

Evans, Gareth, “It’s Not too Late to Stop Iran,” International Herald Tribune, February 15, 2007.

Fallows, James, “Where Congress Can Draw the Line,” The Atlantic Online, February 2, 2007.

Fathi, Nazila, “Iran’s Leader Pulls Back from Announcing ‘Good News’ on Nuclear Program,” The New York Times, February 12, 2007, p. A8.

Fathi, Nazila and Slackman, Michael, “Rebuke in Iran to its President on Nuclear Role,” The New York Times, January, 19, 2007, p. A1.

Faulconbridge, Guy, “ Russia Delays Iran Atom Plant Start-Up,” Reuters, February 19, 2007.

Fox, Jon, “U.N. Sanctions Spurring Nuclear Debate in Iran, U.S. Says,” Global Security Newswire, February 15, 2007.

Ghazi, Siavosh, “ Iran Denies Blocking UN Nuclear Inspectors,” Agence France-Presse, February 2, 2007.

Giacomo, Carol and Heinrich, Mark, “ U.S. urges additional U.N. action against Iran.” Reuters, February 7, 2007.

Hafezi, Parisa, “ Iran Wants Atom Talks Without Conditions,” Reuters, February 20, 2007.

Hafezi, Parisa, “ Iran Official Hints at Halting Atomic Work: Paper,” Reuters, February 14, 2007.

Hafezi, Parisa, “ Iran Holds Atomic Fete with UN Deadline Looming,” Reuters, February 10, 2007.

Hafezi, Parisa, “ Iran Says It Has No Plan to Quit Nuclear Pact: Agency,” Reuters, January 9, 2007.

Heinrich, Mark, “ U.S., Developing Nations Accept Iran Aid Cut Plan,” Reuters, February 16, 2007.

Heinrich, Mark, “Senior Atom Inspector Removed from Iran Post,” Reuters, February 13, 2007.

Heinrich, Mark, “UN Atom Agency’s Iran Section Head Must Go: Tehran,” Reuters, January 26, 2007.

Hughes, Paul, “ElBaradei Says U.S. Must Engage Iran,” Reuters, February 16, 2007.

Ignatius, David, “Signals from Tehran,” The Washington Post, February 23, 2007, p. A19.

Jahn, George, “Iranian Uranium Enrichment Appears Stalled,” Associated Press, January 11, 2007.

Kahwaji, Riad, “Atomic Faceoff, Arab Countries Oppose Nuclear Iran, Would Respond in Kind,” Defense News, February 12, 2007, p. 30.

Karimi, Nasser, “No ‘Brakes’ on Iran Nuclear Effort,” The Washington Post, February 26, 2007, p. A11.

King, Jr., Neil and Solomon, Jay, “ U.S. Weighs Extra Steps on Iran,” The Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2007, p. A6.

Kramer, Andrew, “Russia Will Slow Work on Iran’s Nuclear Plant,” The New York Times, February 20, 2007, p. A8.

Landler, Mark and Sanger, David, “Chief U.N. Nuclear Monitor Cites Iran Enrichment Plan,” The New York Times, January 27, 2007, p. A7.

Laurenti, Jeffery, Contain Iran, Not Bomb It, The Century Foundation, February 5, 2007.

Lincy, Valerie and Millhollin, Gary, “ Iran’s Nuclear Web,” The New York Times, February 13, 2007, p. A19.

Linzer, Dafna and Lynch, Colum, “ Iran Continues Nuclear Work Despite Deadline, Sanctions Threat,” The Washington Post, February 22, 2007, p. A14.

Matthews, William, “Seek Nuke Deal with Iran, Say Analysts,” Defense News, January 29, 2007, p. 16.

Milani, Abbas, “What Scares Iran’s Mullahs?” The New York Times, February 23, 2007, p. A23.

Milliken, David, “US Renews Offer of Talks with Iran,” Agence France-Presse, February 25, 2007.

Moore, Molly, “E.U. Nations to Impose Limited Sanctions on Iran,” The Washington Post, February 13, 2007, p. A18.

Murphy, Francis, “Sanctions Could Escalate Iran Standoff: ElBaradei,” Reuters, January 18, 2007.

Murphy, Kim, “Dissent Grows in Iran,” The Los Angeles Times, February 8, 2007.

Murphy, Kim, “Analysts Say Tehran is in Mood to Negotiate But Hard-Liners Sense the U.S. is Weakened,” The Los Angeles Times, February 15, 2007.

Nasr, Vali and Takeyh, Ray, “The Iran Option that isn’t on the Table,” The Washington Post, February 8, 2007, p. A21.

Opall-Rome, Barbara, “Thinking the Unthinkable, Israels Eye Implications of a Nuclear Iran,” Defense News, February 12, 2007, p. 36.

Reuters, “Chirac Says France Can’t Accept Nuclear-Armed Iran,” February 1, 2007.

Sanger, David, “ Iran, Behind Sch edule, Installs Equipment at Site for Large-Scale Uranium Enrichment,” The New York Times, February 3, 2007, p. A8.

Sciolino, Elaine and Bennhold, Katrin, “Chirac Unfazed by Nuclear Iran, Then Backtracks,” The New York Times, February 1, 2007, p. A6.

Weir, Fred, “ Moscow Withholding Nuclear Fuel from Bushehr Plant,” The Christian Science Monitor, February 20, 2007.

Weisman, Steven R, “European Officials Agree to Widen Economic Sanctions Against Iran Over Nuclear Program,” The New York Times, February 13, 2007, p. A10.

Israel

Associated Press, “ Israeli Atomic Energy Official Describes Country as Nuclear ‘Threshold State’,” January 22, 2007.

Pfeffer, Anshel, “ Israel is a Nuclear Threshold State,” Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2007.

North Korea

Agence France-Presse, “ N Korea Nuclear Envoys Softens Weapons Stance,” February 25, 2007.

Albright, David and Brannan, Paul, The North Korean Plutonium Stock, February 2007, Institute for Science and International Security, February 20, 2007, 14 pp.

Associated Press, “ Report, Russia Diplomat Says Nuclear-armed North Korea is a Threat to Russia,” January 31, 2007.

Beck, Lindsay, “ North Korea Hints at Flexibility in Nuclear Talks,” Reuters, January 23, 2007.

Buckley, Chris and Kim, Jack, “ N. Korea Agrees to Nuclear Disarmament Steps,” Reuters, February 13, 2007.

Buckley, Chris and Kim, Jack, “ N. Korea Says Ready to Take Early Steps in Nuclear Program,” Reuters, February 8, 2007.

Carlin, Robert and Lewis, John W., “What North Korea Really Wants,” The Washington Post, January 27, 2007, p. A19.

Chang, Gordon, “North Exposure,” The Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2007, p. A14.

Cody, Edward and Kessler, Glenn, “ U.S. Flexibility Credited in Nuclear Deal with N. Korea,” The Washington Post, February 14, 2007, p. A11.

Cody, Edward, “N. Korea Agrees to Nuclear Disarmament,” The Washington Post, February 13, 2007, p. A11.

Cooper, Helene and Yardley, Jim, “Pact with North Korea Draws Fire from a Wide Range of Critics in U.S.” The New York Times, February 14, 2007, p. A10.

Fifield, Anna, “Renewed Fears of Secret Uranium Enrichment by North Korea,” Financial Times, February 22, 2007.

Fox, Jon, “ U.S. Lowers Confidence in North Korean HEU Program,” Global Security Newswire, February 28, 2007.

Greenless, Donald, “Doubts on Dismantling N. Korea’s Arsenal,” International Herald Tribune, February 15, 2007.

Herskovitz, Jon and Kim, Jack, “Two Koreas Agree to Meet, Paving Way for Aid,” Reuters, February 15, 2007.

Holland, Steve, “Bush Seeks to Tamp Down Revolt on North Korea Deal,” Reuters, February 16, 2007.

Kang Lim, Benjamin, “N.Korea Eyes 2 nd Test if Dispute is Not Resolved,” Reuters, January 31, 2007.

Kessler, Glenn, “Conservatives Assail North Korean Accord,” The Washington Post, February 15, 2007, p. A1.

Kessler, Glenn, “N. Korea Aims to Improve on Clinton-Era Nuclear Deal,” The Washington Post, February 6, 2007, p. A12.

Kim, Jack, “ North Korea Urged to End Nuclear Plans Quickly,” Reuters, February 28, 2007.

Kim, Jack, “ North Korea Likely Forced in Nuclear Deal: Envoy,” Reuters, February 16, 2007.

King, Jr., Neil and Ramstad, Evan, “What Drove the North Korea Deal,” The Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2007, p. A4.

Korean Times, “US Seeks to Conclude NK Denuclearization Talks by Early 2008,” February 6, 2007.

Kralev, Nicholas, “ U.S. Holds Face-to-Face Talks with N. Korea,” The Washington Times, January 18, 2007.

Kwanwoo, Jun and Sato, Shigemi, “Deal Agreed to Shut Key N. Korea Nuclear Facilities,” Agence France-Presse, February 13, 2007.

Kyodo News, “Only Quarter of U.N. Members Have Reported on N. Korea Sanctions,” January 12, 2007.

Lanfranco, Ed, “Nuclear Issue Seen Muddied by U.S., Chinese Analyst Warns of Risks,” The Washington Times, February 8, 2007, p. A13.

Minnick, Wendell, “Regional Observers Criticize N. Korea Deal,” Defense News, February 19, 2007, p. 8.

Olesen, Alexa, “Korean Nuclear Deal Delays Disarmament,” Associated Press, February 14, 2007.

Onishi, Norimitsu, “ South Korea and Japan Split on North Korea Pact,” The New York Times, February 15, 2007, p. A8.

Perkovich, George, “Imperfect Progress,” The Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2007, p. A20.

Ramberg, Bennett, “How to Live with a Nuclear North Korea,” International Herald Tribune, February 15, 2007.

Reuters, “ South Korea Steps Up Checks for North Nuclear Test,” January 10, 2007.

Reuters, “ N. Korea Seeks Oil for Halting Reactor: Media,” February 4, 2007.

Sands, David, “Nuke Timeline Key to Successful Deal,” The Washington Times, February 23, 2007, p. A13.

Sands, David, “S. Korean Politician Warns on Nuke Deal,” The Washington Times, February 16, 2007, p. A1

Sands, David, “U.S Calls for End to ‘Nuclear Business,” The Washington Times, February 6, 2007. p. A13.

Sanger, David, “Outside Pressures Broke Korean Deadlock,” The New York Times, February 14, 2007.

Sanger, David and Shanker, Thomas, “Rice is Said to Have Speeded North Korea Deal,” The New York Times, February 16, 2007, p.A3.

Sanger, David and Yardley, Jim, “In Shift, A Deal is Being Weighed by North Korea,” The New York Times, February 13, 2007, p. A1.

Stares, Paul, “To Ban the Bomb, Sign the Peace,” The New York Times, January 30, 2007, p. A23.

Thatcher, Jonathan, “Optimism as North Korea Readies for Nuclear Talks,” Reuters, February 5, 2007.

Yardley, Jim, “Private Talks Held in Berlin Spurred Sides to Reach Deal,” The New York Times, February 14, 2007, p. A10.

Zelikow, Philip, “The Plan that Moved Pyongyang,” The Washington Post, February 20, 2007, p. A13.

Pakistan

Alrbight, David and Brannan, Paul, Chasma Nuclear Site in Pakistan with Possible Reprocessing Plant, January 19, 2007, 13 pp.

Lavoy, Peter R., Pakistan’s Nuclear Posture: Security and Survivability, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, January 21, 2007, 19 pp.

III. Nonproliferation

Agence France-Presse, “US Takes Step Toward Joining UN ‘Nuclear Fuel Bank’ Project,” February 7, 2007.

Agence-France Presse, “ China Condemns U.S. Sanctions on Three Firms,” January 10, 2007.

Associated Press, “ Southeast Asia Countries Plan to Better Enforce Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons,” February 28, 2007.

Associated Press, “ Moscow Lashes Out at Georgia as Uranium Sale Plot Thickens,” The New York Times, January 27, 2007, p. A4.

Associated Press, “Algerian Calls on African Nations to OK Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,” January 10, 2007.

Boureston, Jack and Feldman, Yana, Integrated Nuclear Safeguards: Development, Implementation, Future Challenges, Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance, January 2007, 26 pp.

Broad, William and Sheets, Lawrence Scott, “ Georgia Says It Blocked Smuggling of Arms-Grade Uranium,” The New York Times, January 25, 2007, p. A1.

Costa, Keith, “Tauscher: Time to Make CTBT Ratification a Top National Security Goal,” Inside Missile Defense, February 14, 2007, p. 16.

Dombey, Daniel, “Interview: Mohamed ElBaradei,” Financial Times, February 19, 2007.

Fox, Jon, “House Bill Boosts 2007 Nonproliferation Funds,” Global Security Newswire, February 1, 2007.

Fox, Jon, “Fissile Material Pact Might Be Cheaper Than Thought,” Global Security Newswire, January 24, 2007.

Fox, Jon, “Nonproliferation a Major Issue in ’08, Experts Say,” Global Security Newswire, January 22, 2007.

Fox, Jon, “ U.S. Watches for Nuclear Weapons Proliferators,” Global Security Newswire, January 12, 2007.

Goldsmith, Pierre, Priority Steps to Strengthen the Nonproliferation Regime, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Policy Outlook, February 2007.

Goodby, James, “ U.S. Must Take Offensive Against Nuclear Terrorism,” The Baltimore Sun, February 4, 2007.

Hughes, Robin, “US Freezes Assets of Three Syrian Organizations,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, January 10, 2007, p. 16.

Ignatius, David, “ U.S. Sanctions with Teeth,” The Washington Post, February 28, 2007, p. A19.

Kahn, Gabriel, King, Jr., Neil, and Spindle, Bill, “ U.S. Efforts to Isolate Iran Gains Ground As European Bank Restrictions Take Hold,” The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2007, p. A3.

Linzer, Dafna, “U.S. Bars Iranian Bank to Curb Access to Dollars,” The Washington Post, January 10, 2007, p. A8.

Lipton, Eric, “New Detectors Aim to Prevent Nuclear Terror,” The New York Times, February 9, 2007, p. A1.

Litovkin, Viktor, “Nuclear Sanctions May Backfire On US,” United Press International, January, 11, 2007.

Reilly, William, “U.N. Discusses Anti-WMD Efforts,” United Press International, February 26, 2007.

Reuters, “ U.S. to Help Georgia Combat Nuclear Smuggling,” February 2, 2007.

Reuters, “ElBaradei Renews Call for Nuclear Bomb-Free World,” January 10, 2007.

Rissanen, Jenni, “Time for a Fissban or Farewell?” Disarmament Diplomacy, Winter 2006, p. 15.

Roche, Elizabeth, “ India, Pakistan Sign Nuke Deal in Defiance of Train Attacks,” Agence France-Presse, February 21, 2007.

IV. Missiles and Missile Defense

Agence France-Presse, “Over 900 Chinese Missiles Aimed At Taiwan,” January 22, 2007.

Ahearn, David, “ Russia Has Nothing to Fear from European BMD: Obering,” Defense Daily, January 26, 2007.

Andrews, Peter, “ Europe Warms to US Missile Shield,” Reuters, February 26, 2007.

Associated Press, “ Poland Formally Agrees to Open Talks on Hosting U.S. Missile Defense Site,” International Tribune Herald, February 26, 2007.

Associated Press, “Third Missile-Interceptor Field Being Built at Fort Greely,” February 8, 2007.

Associated Press, “Report: India Test-Fires Supersonic Cruise Missile,” February 4, 2007.

Bennett, John T., “Trident Mod Study Continues Despite Congressional Worries,” Defense News, February 26, 2007, p. 16 .

Cowell, Alan, “U.S in Talks with Britain on Installing Missile Defense System,” The New York Times, February 24, 2007, p. A4.

Flynn, Peter, “Antimissile Plan by U.S. Strains Ties with Russia,” The Washington Post, February 21, 2007, p. A10.

Gavrilov, Yuri, “Yuri Baluyevsky: We Have Invulnerable Weapons,” Rossiiskaya Gazeta, February 21, 2007.

Gedda, George, “ U.S. Tries to Alleviate Russian Concerns about Missile Plan,” Associated Press, January 26, 2007.

Gera, Vanessa, “ Poland to Discuss U.S. Missile Defense,” Associated Press, January 30, 2007.

Gertz, Bill, “ N.Korea, Iran Cooperate on Missiles,” The Washington Times, January 30, 2007, p. A1.

Harding, Ben, “No New Arms Race Despite U.S. Missiles: Russia,” Reuters, February 9, 2007.

Hodge, Nathan, “US Missile Defense Agency Unveils Plans,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, February 7, 2007, p. 6.

Hodge, Nathan, Holdanowicz, Grzegorz, and Kominek, Jiri, “U.S. Bids for East European Missile Defense Sites,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, January 31, 2007, p. 6.

Karniol, Robert, “RoK Seeks to Build its Own Missile Defense System,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, January 3, 2007, p. 13.

Konviser, Bruce, “ U.S. Missiles in E. Europe Opposed by Locals, Russia,” The Washington Post, January 28, 2007, p. A16.

Kralev, Nicholas, “Rice: Missile-Defense Criticism ‘Unfortunate’,” The Washington Times, February 22, 2007, p. A13.

Liang, John, “Missile Defense Agency Delays ABL Shootdown Until the End of FY09,” Inside Missile Defense, February 14, 2007, p. 1.

Liang, John, “DOD Testing Office Increasingly Confident of GMD System,” Inside Missile Defense, January 31, 2007, p. 1.

Osborn, Kris, “Multiple Kill Vehicle Tests Pending,” Defense News, January 8, 2007, p. 20.

Pouladi, Farhad, “ Iran Launches Missile Tests Amid Fresh Nuclear Defiance,” Agence France-Presse, January 22, 2007.

Raghuvanshi, Vivek, ” India Plans 2 nd ABM Test in June,” Defense News, January 29, 2007, p. 1.

Reiter, Natalia, “ Anti-missile Shield Not Aimed at Russia: U.S.,” Reuters, January 22, 2007.

Reuters, “ Pakistan Test Fires Long Range Ballistic Missile,” February 23, 2007.

Reuters, “Russian Missile ‘Blackmail’ Won’t Work, Czechs Say,” February 20, 2007.

Reuters, “ Russia Should Not Fear U.S. Missile Shield: NATO,” February 16, 2007.

Reuters, “ Israel Successfully Tests Arrow Missile,” February 11, 2007.

Scislowska, Monika, “Czech Premier Says in Favor of Missile Def.,” Associated Press, February 19, 2007.

Shanker, Thom, “ U.S. Tries to Ease Concerns in Russia on Antimissile Plan,” The New York Times, February 22, 2007, p. A6.

Sieff, Martin, “Banner Year for U.S. Defense Plans,” United Press International, January 16, 2007.

Sieff, Martin, “BMD Base Talks Could Take Years,” United Press International, February 28, 2007.

Sieff, Martin, “Missile Defense Really Does Take Rocket Science,” United Press International, January 16, 2007.

Traynor, Ian, “Gates Defends European Missile Shield,” The Guardian, February 12, 2007.

Vorobiev, Vladislav, “Sergei Lavrov: We’ll Respond without Hysteria,” Rossiiskaya Gazeta, February 21, 2007.

White, Jeffery, “ Europe Warms to US Missile Shield,” The Christian Science Monitor, February 26, 2007.

V. Chemical and Biological Arms

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, “Weapons Lab: An Interview with Matthew S. Meselson,” January/February 2007, p. 49.

Dishneau, David, “Noted Bioweapons Foe: Plans for Fort Detrick Are Illegal,” Associated Press, January 30, 2007.

Dyson, Freeman, “Freedom of Inquiry,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2007, p. 62.

Emery, Erin, “ Pueblo Depot Costs Up Sharply,” The Denver Post, January 11, 2007.

Fidler, David, Outcome of the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, November-December 2006, American Society of International Law, February 23, 2007.

Governmental Accountability Office, Chemical Demilitarization: Actions Needed to Improve the Reliability of the Army's Cost Comparison Analysis for Treatment and Disposal Options for Newport's VX Hydrolysate, January 26, 2007, 28 pp.

McGrory, Daniel and Tendler, Stewart, “Scientists Tighten Security over Germ Terror Threat,” The London Times, January 25, 2007.

Merle, Renae, “Bioterror Antidote: Unfulfilled Prescription,” The Washington Post, January 16, 2007, p. D1.

VI. Conventional Arms

Abdullaev, Nabi, “ U.S. Sanctions Russian Firms on Alleged Arms Sales,” Defense News, January 8, 2007, p. 19.

Abdullaev, Nabi and Kahwaji, Riad, “ Syria Seeks Russian MiGs, Air Defense Missiles,” Defense News, January 8, p. 6.

Abdullaev, Nabi and Raghuvanshi, Vivek, “Russia Works to Remain India’s Top Supplier,” Defense News, January 29, 2007, p.6.

Agence France-Presse, “ China Defends Arms Sale to Africa,” January 30, 2007.

Associated Press, “ Tokyo Refuses to Seek Ban on Cluster Bombs,” February 25, 2007.

Associated Press, “ Norway Forum Weighs Draft to Ban Cluster Bombs,” February 22, 2007.

Associated Press, “European Officials Urge Controls on International Arms Sales,” February 9, 2007.

Associated Press, “Russian Defense Minister Confirms Sale of Tor-M1 Air Defense Missiles to Iran,” January 16, 2007.

Axworthy, Lloyd, “Why Aren’t We Condemning Pakistan’s Land Mine Plan?” Globe and Mail, January 4, 2007.

Ben-David, Alon, “ Israel’s Arms Sales Soar to Hit Record in 2006,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, January 10, 2007, p. 17.

Ben-David, Alon, “US Considers Sanctions in Munition Debate,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, February 7, 2007, p. 23.

Berrigan, Frida, “Weapon of War, Killer of Innocents: Like Landmines, US Wants its Cluster Bombs,” San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 2007.

Chang, Yihong, “China Officially Unveils Widely Known Fighter,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, January 17, 2007. p. 16.

Cloud, David and Myre, Greg, “ Israel May Have Violated Arms Pact, U.S. Officials Say,” The New York Times, January 28, 2007, p. A3.

Fattah, Hassan, “Arab States, Wary of Iran, Add to Their Arsenals but Still Lean on the U.S.,” The New York Times, February 23, 2007, p. A10.

Hartung, William D., “US Allies Arms and Train US Adversaries in Somalia,” CommonDreams.org, January 19, 2007.

Hewson, Robert, “Pakistan Joins AMRAAM Club in Biggest-ever Buy,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, January 29, 2007, p. 14.

Hughes, Robin, “ Iran replenishes Hizbullah’s arms inventory,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, January 3, 2007, p. 17.

Karimi, Nasser, “ Iran Receives Russian Defense Missiles,” Associated Press, January 24, 2007.

Kemp, Damian, “Russia Announces Delivery of Combat Helicopter Order to Venezuela,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, January 10, 2007, p. 6.

Kessler, Glenn, “ Israel May Have Misused Cluster Bombs, U.S. Says,” The Washington Post, January 30, 2007, p. A13.

Kessler, Glenn, “Israeli Officials Faults Egypt Over Arms Flow into Gaza,” The Washington Post, February 9, 2007, p. A11.

Matthews, William, “ Russia Re-emerges as Mideast Presence,” Defense News, February 12, 2007, p. 34.

Matthews, William, “ U.S. List of Export Violations Feeds Reform Debate,” Defense News, January 22, 2007, p. 7.

Mellgren, Doug, “ Norway Talks Pass Resolution Against Cluster Bombs, Associated Press, February 23, 2007.

Merle, Renae, “Problem Stall Pentagon’s New Fighting Vehicle,” The Washington Post, February 7, 2007, p. A1.

Minnick, Wendell, “ China Fields Indigenous J-10 Fighter Aircraft,” Defense News, January 8, 2007, p. 8.

Minnick, Wendell, “ Seoul Wants More Fighters,” Defense News, January 22, 2007, p. 13.

Opall-Rome, Barbara, “ Israel Toughens Export Controls,” Defense News, February 26, 2007, p. 1.

Opall-Rome, Barbara, “ U.S. Market Propel Israeli Export Surge,” Defense News, February 12, 2007, p. 38.

Penna, Anil, “Lockheed Sweetens F-16 Pitch by Offering India Extra Hardware,” Agence France-Presse, February 9, 2007.

Rettman, Andrew, “ France Blocking Plan for EU Code on Arms Export,” EUobserver, January 23, 2007.

Reuters, “ China Rejects U.S. Criticism of Military Build-Up,” February 27, 2007.

Romero, Somin, “Venezuela Spending on Arms Soars to World’s Top Ranks,” The New York Times, February 25, 2007.

Salahuddin, Sayed, “ U.S. Hands Major Weapons Supplies to Afghan Army,” Reuters, February 1, 2007.

Schor, Elana, “Senators Eyes Curbs on Cluster Bombs, Widening Matter Beyond Israel’s Use,” The Hill, February 27, 2007.

Theimer, Sharon, “Military Surplus Parts Illegally Find Their Way to Iran, U.S. Officials Say,” Associated Press, January 22, 2007.

Weir, Fred, “ Russia Intensifies Efforts to Rebuild its Military Machine,” The Christian Science Monitor, February 12, 2007.

Wolf, Jim, “ U.S. Eyes Heat-Beaming Weapon by 2010,” Reuters, January 25, 2007.

VII. U.S. Policy

Abramowitz, Michael, “Cheney Says U.S. is Sending ‘Strong Signal’ to Iran,” The Washington Post, January 29, 2007, p. A2.

Associated Press, “Bush Appoints New Arms Control Head at State Department,” February 2, 2007.

Fox, Jon, “ Democrats Pass Security Bill Despite Cost Criticism,” Global Security Newswire, January 10, 2007.

Giacomo, Carol, “Top U.S. Non-Proliferation Official Resigns,” Reuters, January 24, 2007.

Herbert, Josef, “Bush Picks New Head of Nuclear Agency,” Associated Press, January 5, 2007.

Kessler, Glenn, “ U.S. will Join Talks with Iran and Syria,” The Washington Post, February 28, 2007, p. A1.

Hodge, Nathan and Weinberger, Sharon, “Atomic Fallout, The Administration Dumps Its Nuclear Chief, but can Anyone Else Do Better?” The Slate, January 8, 2007.

Hsu, Spencer S, “House Passes Bill to Implement More of 9/11’s Panel’s Suggestions,” The Washington Post, January 10, 2007, p. A3.

Litwak, Robert S., Regime Change: U.S. Strategy through the Prism of 9/11, Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2007, 406 pp.

Matthews, William, “ U.S. DoD to Propose $622.6B Budget for ’08,” Defense News, February 5, 2007, p. 4.

Mufson, Steven, “After Breaches, Head of U.S. Nuclear Program Is Ousted,” The Washington Post, January 5, 2007, p. A7.

Pincus, Walter, “Retired Admiral Sworn in as Director of Intelligence,” The Washington Post, February 21, 2007, p. A8.

Schneidermiller, Chris, “ U.S. Should Revamp Nuclear Policy, Experts Say,” Global Security Newswire, February 22, 2007.

VIII. Space

Agence France-Presse, “ China Says No More Satellite-Killer Tests,” February 13, 2007.

Air Force Times, “ U.S. Gauges China's Anti-satellite Strategy,” February 1, 2007.

Ang, Audra, “ China Confirms Missile Test,” Associated Press, January 23, 2007.

Associated Press, “ Russia Slams U.S. Space Weapon Plan,” January 25, 2007.

Bernald, Jerome, “ China’s Satellite Destructions Spurs U.S. Space Policy Debate,” Agence France-Presse, January 24, 2007.

Broad, William and Sanger, David, “Flexing Muscle. China Destroys Satellite in Test,” The New York Times, January 19, 2007, p. A1.

Buckley, Chris, “ China Confirms Satellite Test, Says No Threat,” Reuters, January 23, 2007.

Chari, PR, China’s ASAT Test: Seeking the Strategic High Ground, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies Special Report, February 2007, 5 pp.

Chellaney, Brahma, “ India’s Vulnerability Bared,” The Japan Times, February 9, 2007.

Cody, Edward, “ China Confirms Firing Missile to Destroy Satellite,” The Washington Post, January 24, 2007, p. A8.

The Economist, “A New Arms Race in Space?” January 25, 2007.

Fathi, Nazila, “ Iran Says it Launched Suborbital Rocket into Space, with Eye Toward Lifting Satellites,” The New York Times, February 26, 2007, p. A10.

Gertz, Bill, “U.S Halts China Space Ventures,” The Washington Times, February 2, 2007, p. A1.

Grego, Laura, A History of Anti-Satellite Weapons Programs, Union of Concerned Scientists, January 2007, 8 pp.

Grossman, Elaine M., “Global Dialogue on Space ‘Rules’ Proves Elusive for Top Generals,” Inside Missile Defense, February 14, 2007, p. 12.

Hagt, Eric, “ China’s ASAT Test: Strategic Response,” China Security, Winter 2007, p. 31.

Harrington, Caitlin, “Chinese ASAT Test Rekindles Weapons Debate,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, January 29, 2007, p. 4.

Hitchens, Theresa, “U.S.-Sino Relations in Space: From ‘War of Words’ to Cold War in Space?” China Security, Winter 2007, p. 12.

Hitchens, Theresa, “Return of the Star Warriors,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2007, p. 76.

Kahn, Joseph, “A New Player at Star Wars: China Shows Assertiveness in Reported Weapons Test,” The New York Times, January 20, 2007, p. A7.

Kahn, Joseph and Sanger, David, “U.S. Officials Try to Interpret China’s Silence Over Satellite,” The New York Times, January 22, 2007, p. A3.

Katz-Hyman, Michael and Krepon Michael, “An Arms Race in Space Isn’t the Problem,” Space News, February 12, 2007.

Kaufman, Marc and Linzer, Dafna, “ China Criticized for Anti-Satellite Missile Test,” The Washington Post, January 19, 2007, p. A1.

Krepon, Michael, “Why We Need the Rule of Law in Space,” International Herald Tribune, January 25, 2007.

Liang, John, “ U.S. Official Says New Multilateral Space Agreements Unnecessary,” Inside Missile Defense, January 17, 2007, p. 1.

Logsdon, John M., Moltz, James Clay, and Hinds, Emma S., Eds., Collective Security in Space: European Perspectives, Space Policy Institute, January 2007, 130 pp.

McGlade, David, “Preserving the Orbital Environment,” Space News, February 19, 2007, p. 27.

Minnick, Wendell, “ China Flexes Space Muscles,” Defense News, January 22, 2007, p. 7.

Morring, Jr., Frank, “ China ASAT Test Called Worst Single Debris Event Ever,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, February 11, 2007.

Muradian, Vago, “ China’s Mystery Satellites,” Defense News, February 5, 2007, p. 1.

Opall-Rome, Barbara, “ Israel Wary of China ASAT Test,” Defense News, February 5, 2007, p. 8.

Pasztor, Andy, “Pentagon Lowers Space Horizons,” The Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2007, p. A3.

Reuters, “ China Experts See Space Blast as Puzzle and Warning,” January 22, 2007.

Shixiu, Bao, “Deterrence Revisited: Outer Space,” China Security, Winter 2007, p. 2.

Sprenger, Sebastian, “House Dems Eye Legislation to Press Bush on Arms Control for Space,” Inside Missile Defense, February 14, 2007, p. 9.

Sprenger, Sebastian, “Counterspace Pod Could Enhance DOD’s Offensive Space Capabilities,” Inside Missile Defense, February 14, 2007, p. 19.

Wang, Ting and Wright, David, Debris from China’s Kinetic Energy ASAT Test, Union of Concerned Scientists, February 2, 2007, 3 pp.

IX. Other

Associated Press, “Blix: At Least 10 Years before Egypt and Jordan can Launch Nuclear Programs,” January 25, 2007.

Associated Press, “ Jordan’s King Abdullah II Wants His own Nuclear Program,” January 18, 2007.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, “It is 5 Minutes to Midnight,” January/February 2007, p. 66.

Cliff, Mark and Robertson, Charles, Attacking Iran, The Market Impact of a Surprise Israeli Strike on its Nuclear Facilities, ING Wholesale Banking, January 9, 2007.

Geis, Sonya, “ Legacy of Radiation Illness Stirs Objection to Nevada Bomb Test,” The Washington Post, February 7, 2007, p. A6.

Government Accountability Office, National Nuclear Security Administration: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Management of the Nation’s Nuclear Programs, January 2007, 73 pp.

Moore, Solomon, “Hussein Era Secrets May Lie Buried,” The Los Angles Times, January 1, 2007.

Mufson, Steven, “Panel Rejects Anti-Terrorist Shields for Nuclear Plants,” The Washington Post, January 30, 2007, p.A4.

Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H., “A Damaging Designation,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2007, p. 37.

Pillar, Paul, “What to Ask Before the Next War,” The Washington Post, February 4, 2007, p. B07.

Pingus, Walter and Smith, R. Jeffery, “Officials Key Report on Iraq is Faulted,” The Washington Post, February 9, 2007, p. A1.

Smith, Rebecca, “Power Producers Rush to Secure Nuclear Sites,” The Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2007, p. A1.

Steinbruner, John, “Burdens of Proof,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2007, p. 59.

Templeton, Malcolm, Standing Upright Here: New Zealand in the Nuclear Age 1945-1990, Victoria University Press, 2006, 621 pp.