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May 2004 Arms Control In Print
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
U.S. Departments of State, Defense, and Energy. “An Assessment of the Impact of the Prohibition on Low Yield Warhead Development on the Ability of the United States to Achieve Its Nonproliferation Objectives.” March 2004, 10 pp.
Royal Society. “The Individual and Collective Roles Scientists Can Play in Strengthening International Treaties.” Policy Document 05/04, April 2004, 5 pp.
I. STRATEGIC ARMS CONTROL
Felgenhauer, Pavel. “A Fleet of Disposable Ships,” Moscow Times, March 30, 2004.
Li, Bin. “China: Weighing the Costs,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, March/April 2004, pp. 21-23.
McNamara, Robert, and Helen Caldicott. “Still on Catastrophe’s Edge,” Los Angeles Times, April 26, 2004, p. B13.
II. PROLIFERATION
Cohen, Avner and Thomas Graham Jr. “WMD in the Middle East: A Diminishing Currency,” Disarmament Diplomacy, March/April 2004.
Costa, Keith J. and John T. Bennett. “U.N. Law of the Sea Treaty Drives Wedge Between Senate Republicans,” Inside the Pentagon, April 1, 2004, p. 1.
Findlay, Trevor. “Preserving UNMOVIC: The Institutional Possibilities,” Disarmament Diplomacy, March/April 2004.
IRAN
Frantz, Douglas. “Iran Restricted Inspectors, IAEA Says,” The Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2004, p. A4.
Mizin, Victor. “The Russia-Iran Nuclear Connection and U.S. Policy Options,” Middle East Review of International Affairs, March 2004.
IRAQ
Drogin, Bob and Greg Miller. “Iraqi Defector’s Tales Bolstered U.S. Case for War,” The Los Angeles Times, March 28, 2004, p. A1.
ISRAEL
Spetalnick, Matt. “Israel Seen Advancing on Nukes,” Reuters, April 21, 2004.
NORTH KOREA
Demick, Barbara. “N. Korea Nuclear Issue Simmers on a Back Burner,” The Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2004.
Sanger, David E. “Pakistani Tells of North Korean Nuclear Devices,” The New York Times, April 13, 2004, p. A1.
Slevin, Peter. “3 Nuclear Devices Cited in North Korea,” The Washington Post, April 14, 2004, p. A22.
PAKISTAN
Curiel, Jonathan. “Pakistan to Bar U.N. Experts from Nuclear Sites,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 28, 2004, p. A16.
Harris, Edward. “Khan Visited Uranium-Rich African Nations,” Associated Press, April 19, 2004.
Iqbal, Anwar. “Exclusive: Bhutto on Pakistan Nuclear History,” United Press International, April 13, 2004.
III. MISSILE DEFENSE
Duffy, Thomas. “Former Officers Ask Bush to Delay Fielding National Missile Defense,” Inside Missile Defense, March 31, 2004, p. 4.
Duffy, Thomas. “Ft. Greeley Airfield Needs Major Repairs Before GBIs Can Be Delivered,” Inside Missile Defense, March 31, 2004, p. 1.
Ruppe, David. “Missile Defense, Not Terror, Was Bush’s ‘Most Urgent Threat’ Before 9/11,” Global Security Newswire, April 9, 2004.
Scott, William B. “‘North America’s Under Attack’; Wargame Highlights Stresses Posed by Short Missile Defense Timelines, Few Interceptors,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, April 5, 2004, pp. 71-72.
Sherman, Jason. “New U.S. Ships Take Shape; Anti-Missile Interceptor May Drive CG(X) Design,” DefenseNews, April 5, 2004, p. 1.
Singer, Jeremy. “Yet More Overruns for SBIRS Satellites,” DefenseNews, April 5, 2004, p. 40.
Wall, Robert. “Collision Course,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, April 19, 2004, p. 36.
IV. NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
“Israeli Nuke Whistleblower Has No Regrets,” USA Today, April 20, 2004.
Jones, Scott. “Brazil Undercuts Nonproliferation Efforts,” DefenseNews, April 19, 2004, p. 29.
Lantos, Tom. “Halting the Nuclear Black Market,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 20, 2004, p. B9.
Lynch, Colum. “Weapon Transfers Targeted; UN Security Council Resolution Seeks Criminalization,” The Washington Post, April 29, 2004, p. A21.
V. NUCLEAR WEAPONS MATERIAL CONTROL
Gurova, Natalia and Nadezhda Pitulova. “Security at Moscow’s Nuclear Facilities Raises Concern,” ITAR/TASS, April 19, 2004.
VI. CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL AND ARMS TRANSFERS
Gaudet, Chris. “Indo-Russian Tank Deal Proceeds,” DefenseNews, April 19, 2004, p. 26.
Mathews, Neelam. “India’s Big AWACS Plans,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, April 19, 2004, p. 44.
VII. U.S. POLICY
Blair, Bruce. “Rogue States: Nuclear Red-Herrings,” The Ploughshare Monitor, Spring 2004, pp. 22-23.
Fleck, Martin D., and James P. Thomas. “U.S. Undermines Non-Nuclear Treaty,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 29, 2004.
Levi, Michael A. “Nuclear Reactor: Botching Brazilian Diplomacy,” New Republic Online, April 13, 2004.