I. STRATEGIC ARMS CONTROL
“No Appeal in ABM Treaty Case,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 36.
Strategic Offensive Reductions treaty (SORT)
Dao, James. “Senate Approves U.S.-Russian Treaty to Cut Nuclear Arsenals,” The New York Times, March 7, 2003, p. A7.
Fabrichnikov, Iiya. “Yuri Baluyevsky: The Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions Meets Russia’s Interests of Today and Tomorrow,” An interview with Yuri Baluyevsky. Yaderny Kontrol (Nuclear Control), Winter/Spring 2003, pp. 9-15.
Kucia, Christine. “U.S., Russian Legislatures Take Up SORT Ratification,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 20.
LaFraniere, Sharon. “Russian Deputies Shelve Treaty,” The Washington Post, March 19, 2003, p. A17.
II. Missile Defense
“U.S. Will Upgrade Missile Defense Radar in U.K.,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, pp. 36, 37.
“U.S., Japan Extend Missile Defense Cooperation,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 37.
Boese, Wade. “DOD Wants to Field Defenses Without Calling It Deployment,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 24.
Boese, Wade. “Kill-Vehicle Contract Awarded Without Full Review, GAO Says,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 29.
Boese, Wade. “Missile Defense Systems Not Ready for Action, Pentagon Says,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 25.
Boese, Wade. “Pentagon Asks for $9.1 Billion in Missile Defense Funding,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 28.
Boese, Wade. “Russia Considers Missile Defense,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 31.
Boese, Wade. “U.S. Aims to Deploy Space-Based Missile Interceptors in Five Years,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 22.
Miller, Greg. “Claim About Missile Defense Challenged,” The Washington Post, March 19, 2003, p. A12.
Ratnam, Gopal and Gail Kaufman. “Pentagon Works to Solve ABL’s Weight Gain,” DefenseNews, March 3, 2003, p. 6.
Wade, Nicholas. “Patriot Missiles Bag Their Prey Again, Reportedly Shooting Down 4 of 6 Iraqi Rockets,” The New York Times, March 23, 2003, p. B16.
III. WMD PROLIFERATION
Kerr, Paul. “Intelligence Chiefs Paint Grim Picture of Proliferation” Arms Control Today, March 2003, pp. 19, 23.
Iran
Kerr, Paul. “Iran Mining Uranium, Greatly Expanding Nuclear Facilities,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 21.
Vick, Karl. “Iranians Assert Right to Nuclear Weapons,” The Washington Post, March 11, 2003, p. A16.
Warrick, Joby and Glenn Kessler. “Iran’s Nuclear Program Speeds Ahead,” The Washington Post, March 10, 2003, p. A1.
Iraq
“Text of New Proposals on Iraq Introduced at the UN,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 34.
Barringer, Felicity with David E. Sanger. “U.S. Says Hussein Must Cede Power to Head Off War,” The New York Times, March 1, 2003, p. A1.
Biden, Joseph R. “Why We Need a Second UN Resolution,” The Washington Post, March 10, 2003, p. A21.
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv. “Baghdad Destroys Six More Missiles,” The Washington Post, March 3, 2003, p. A1.
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv. “Iraq Seeks Meeting with UN Inspectors,” The Washington Post, March 16, 2003, p. A14.
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv. “Iraqi Officials Proudly Exhibit a Disputed, Dinged-Up Drone,” The Washington Post, March 13, 2003, p. A12.
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv and Thomas E. Ricks. “U.S. Opens War With Strikes on Baghdad Aimed at Hussein,” The Washington Post, March 20, 2003, p. A1.
Cushman Jr., John H. with Steven R. Weisman. “U.S. Says Rockets for Illicit Uses,” The New York Times, March 10, 2003, p. A1.
DeYoung, Karen. “Bush Allies Give Diplomacy 24 More Hours,” The Washington Post, March 17, 2003, p. A1.
DeYoung, Karen. “6 ‘Undecideds’ Face Tough Choice at UN,” The Washington Post, March 14, 2003, p. A22.
DeYoung, Karen and Colum Lynch. “Three Countries Vow to Block U.S. on Iraq,” The Washington Post, March 6, 2003, p. A1.
DeYoung, Karen and Walter Pincus. “Despite Obstacles to War, White House Forges Ahead,” The Washington Post, March 3, 2003, p. A18.
DeYoung, Karen and Walter Pincus. “U.S. Discounts Iraq Move to Destroy Missiles,” The Washington Post, March 1, 2003, p. A13.
Filkins, Dexter. “Turkey Will Seek a Second Decision on a G.I. Presence,” The New York Times, March 3, 2003, p. A1.
Gellman, Barton. “U.S. Reaps New Data on Weapons,” The Washington Post, March 20, 2003, p. A1.
Gray, Steven. “Chirac Suggests Iraq Be Given 30 More Days,” The Washington Post, March 17, 2003, p. A13.
Jaffe, Greg. “Ceasing Diplomacy, U.S. Nears War; Bush Declares Deadline for Hussein to Exit as UN Pulls Personnel,” The Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2003, p. A1.
Jaffe, Greg. “Intelligence Suggests Hussein Allowed Chemical-Weapon Use,” The Wall Street Journal, March 20, 2003, p. A12.
Kerr, Paul. “Decision on Iraqi Disarmament Divides Security Council,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, pp. 18, 33.
Kessler, Glenn and Karen DeYoung. “U.S.-Backed Resolution Appears Doomed,” The Washington Post, March 14, 2003, p. A1.
Kimball, Daryl G. “At the Crossroads on Iraq,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 1.
Kralev, Nicholas. “U.S. Gives Iraq a ‘Few Days’ as France, Russia Vow to Use Veto,” The Washington Times, March 6, 2003, p. A1.
Lynch, Colum. “Ending Inspections ‘Not Reasonable,’ Blix Says,” The Washington Post, March 19, 2003, p. A17.
MacFarquhar, Neil. “Iraq’s Two Faces of War: Armed Ready, Yet in a Mood to Disarm,” The New York Times, March 6, 2003, p. A15.
Miller, Judith. “Teams of Experts to Hunt Iraq Arms,” The New York Times, March 19, 2003, p. A1.
Mroue, Bassem. “Iraq Destroys Some Missiles, Threatens to Quit,” The Washington Times, March 3, 2003, p. A1.
Pincus, Walter. “Chemicals Use Considered Less Likely,” The Washington Post, March 20, 2003, p. A19.
Pincus, Walter. “U.S. Lacks Specifics on Banned Arms,” The Washington Post, March 16, 2003, p. A17.
Priest, Dana and Susan Schmidt. “FBI Looks Into Fake Evidence on Iraq,” The Washington Post, March 13, 2003, p. A17.
Ricks, Thomas E. “War Plan for Iraq Largely in Place,” The Washington Post, March 3, 2003, p. A1.
Robbins, Carla Anne and Karby Leggett, “How the U.S. Plans to Keep Israel on Iraq War Sidelines,” The Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2003, p. A1.
Sanger, David E. with John F. Burns. “Bush Orders an Assault and Says Americans Will Disarm Foe,” The New York Times, March 20, 2003, p. A1.
Scarborough, Rowan. “Blix Left Out Data from UN Testimony,” The Washington Times, March 11, 2003, p. A1.
Sciolino, Elaine. “France Seeks UN Compromise,” The New York Times, March 17, 2003, p. A10.
Slevin, Peter. “3 Russian Firms’ Deals Anger U.S.” The Washington Post, March 23, 2003, p. A19.
Slevin, Peter. “U.S. Acts to Avert Defeat at UN,” The Washington Post, March 9, 2003, p. A1.
Tucker, Jonathan B. “Can We Find the Weapons,” The Washington Post, March 14, 2003, p. A26.
Tyler, Patrick E. “A Fissure Deepening for Allies Over Use of Force Against Iraq,” The New York Times, March 6, 2003, p. A1.
Tyler, Patrick E. “New Element in Iraq’s Mix,” The New York Times, March 1, 2003, p. A1.
Weisman, Steven R. “To White House, Inspector Is Now More a Dead End Than a Guidepost,” The New York Times, March 2, 2003, p. A15.
Weisman, Steven R. “U.S. Says Blix Played Down Details of Banned Weapons,” The New York Times, March 11, 2003, p. A10.
Weisman, Steven R. with Felicity Barringer. “Powell Attacks Validity of the Work by Weapons Inspectors in Iraq,” The New York Times, March 6, 2003, p. A15.
Weisman, Steven R. with Felicity Barringer. “Urgent Diplomacy Fails to Gain U.S. 9 Votes in the UN,” The New York Times, March 10, 2003, p. A1.
Wines, Michael. “Putin Again Rejects U.S. Calls for Support of War, Fearing Effect on the Mideast,” The New York Times, March 1, 2003, p. A8.
North Korea
Cloud, David S. and Jay Solomon. “How U.S., North Korea Turned Broken Deals Into a Standoff,” The Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2003, p. A1.
Dao, James. “Criticism of Bush’s Policy on Korea Sharpens,” The New York Times, March 6, 2003, p. A16.
Dareini, Ali Akbar. “First Nuclear Power Plant 70 Percent Constructed,” The Washington Times, March 12, 2003, p. A14.
Diamond, John. “N. Korea Keeps U.S. Intelligence Guessing,” USA Today, March 11, 2003, p. A1.
Gertz, Bill. “North Korea Prepares New Test of Missile,” The Washington Times, March 17, 2003, p. A1.
Kerr, Paul. “North Korea Restarts Reactor; IAEA Sends Resolution to UN,”Arms Control Today, March 2003, pp. 16-17.
Kessler, Glenn and Walter Pincus. “N. Korea Stymied on Plutonium Work,” The Washington Post, March 20, 2003, p. A24.
Kissinger, Henry A. “The U.S. Can’t Go It Alone on N. Korea,” The Washington Post, March 17, 2003, p. A19.
Sanger, David E. “U.S. Sees Quick Start of North Korea Nuclear Site,” The New York Times, March 1, 2003, p. A1.
Saunders, Phillip C. “Confronting Ambiguity: How to Handle North Korea’s Nuclear Program,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, pp. 11-15.
Schmitt, Eric. “North Korea MIG’s Intercept U.S. Jet on Spying Mission,” The New York Times, March 4, 2003, p. A1.
Struck, Doug and Glenn Kessler. “Foes Giving In to N. Korea’s Nuclear Aims,” The Washington Post, March 5, 2003, p. A1.
IV. Nuclear Weapons Material Control
Barnaby, Frank. The FMCT Handbook: A Guide to Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty. Oxford Research Group, February 2003, 40 pp.
Kucia, Christine. “DOE Requests Funds for Plutonium Disposal,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 26.
Lee, Jennifer 8. “Report Says Plan to Safeguard Nuclear Material Is Lacking,” The New York Times, March 13, 2003, p. A13.
Threat Reduction
“Weapons of Mass Destruction: Additional Russian Cooperation Needed to Facilitate U.S. Efforts to Improve Security at Russian Sites,” General Accounting Office, March 24, 2003, 102 pp.
“Weapons of Mass Destruction: Observations on U.S. Threat Reduction and Nonproliferation Programs in Russia,” General Accounting Office, March 5, 2003, 11 pp.
Bender, Bryan. “Specialists Hits Efforts to Secure Russian Arms,” The Boston Globe, March 5, 2003, p. A9.
Bunn, Matthew, Anthony Wier, and John P. Holdren. Controlling Nuclear Warheads and Materials, Harvard University, March 2003, 231 pp.
Hunter, Duncan. “Wasteful ‘Threat Reduction’ in Russia,” The Washington Post, March 4, 2003, p. A23.
Kucia, Christine. “CTR Programs Get Boost With Budget Request,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 27.
Kucia, Christine. “U.S., Russian Academies Report on Nonproliferation Efforts,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 31.
Warrick, Joby. “Russian Arms Safeguards Found Lacking,” The Washington Post, March 4, 2003, p. A15.
Woolf, Amy F. “Nuclear Weapons in Russia: Safety, Security, and Control Issues,” Congressional Research Service, March 6, 2003, 16 pp.
V. Chemical/Biological Weapons Issues
“Annual Report 2001,” Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 2002, 85 pp.
“Indian Company Sanctioned for Proliferation,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 36.
“New Agency for Chem-Demil Program Created,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 37.
Boyd, Kerry. “Budget Office Calls Chem-Demil ‘Ineffective,’” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 23.
Boyd, Kerry. “Rumsfeld Wants to Use Riot Control Agents in Combat,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 32.
Ouagrham, Sonai Ben and Kathleen M. Vogel. “Conversion at Stephnogorsk: What the Future Holds for Former Bioweapons Facilities,” Cornell University, Peace Studies Program, Occasional Paper No. 28, February 2003, 133 pp.
VI. CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL
Boese, Wade. “Annan Urges CD to Be Productive in Upcoming Year,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 30.
Cooper, Helene. “Early Risk for U.S. Ground Troops: Region’s Legacy of Land Mines,” The Wall Street Journal, March 19, 2003, p. A1.
Kahwaji, Riad. “War May Slow Arab Arms Buys,” DefenseNews, March 17, 2003, p. 1.
Raghuvanshi, Vivek. “India to Spend $3 Billion to Boost Aircraft Abilities,” DefenseNews, March 3, 2003, p. 22.
VII. ARMS TRANSFERS
“China Buying Russian Combat Jets,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 36.
“U.S. Concludes Ukraine Policy Review,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 37.
Boese, Wade. “Israeli Arms Exports to China of Growing Concern to U.S.,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 30.
VIII. U.S. POLICY
Robbins, Carla Anne. “Ceasing Diplomacy, U.S. Nears War; American Move Jettisons Cooperative Strategies, Weakens Old Alliances” The Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2003, p. A1.
Spratt, John M. “Stopping a Dangerous Drift in U.S. Arms Control Policy,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, pp. 3-7.
Nuclear Weapons Policy
Drell, Sidney et al. “A Strategic Choice: New Bunker Busters Versus Nonproliferation,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, pp. 8-10.
Kucia, Christine. “Nuclear Weapons Activity Surges in Energy Department Budget,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 26.
Pincus, Walter. “67 Study Discouraged Use of Nuclear Weapons in Vietnam War,” The Washington Post, March 9, 2003, p. A26.
Schmitt, Eric. “U.S. Considers Conventional Warheads on Nuclear Missiles,” The New York Times, February 24, 2003, p. A9.
IX. REGIONAL SECURITY ALLIANCES AND ISSUES
South Asia
Gordon, Rose. “India Conducts Four Missile Tests,” Arms Control Today, March 2003, p. 32.
Lakeshmi, Rama. “Pakistan, India Test Short-Range Missiles,” The Washington Post, March 27, 2003, p. A15.