December 2004 Arms Control In Print

Scobell, Andrew and Larry Wrotzel, Ed. Civil-Military Change in China, Strategic Studies Institute, 2004, pp.377.

I. STRATEGIC ARMS CONTROL

Baev, Pavel K. “Putin’s ‘Wonder’ Missiles: Bluff, Threat, or Pep Talk,” Jamestown Foundation Eurasia Daily Monitor , November 22, 2004.

Cody, Edward. “China Now Test-Firing Homemade AWACS,” The Washington Post, November 13, 2004.

Felgenhauer, Pavel. “Tilting at ABM Windmills,” Moscow Times, November 23, 2004.

“What Nuclear Missile Systems Does Russia Have?” RIA Novosti, November 19, 2004.

Matthews, William. “Opponents Surprised By Elimination of Nuke Research Funds,” Defense News, November 29, 2004, p.20.

Monroe, Robert R. “New Threats, Old Weapons,” The Washington Post, November 16, 2004.

Zagorin, Adam and Syed Talat Hussain. “Bordering on Nukes,” Time Magazine, November 22, 2004, pp.19.

II. PROLIFERATION

Rohter, Larry. “If Brazil Wants to Scare the World, It’s Succeeding,” The New York Times, October 31, 2004, pp.3 Sec.4.

IRAN

Broad, William J. and Elaine Sciolino. “Iranians Retain Plutonium Plan in Nuclear Deal,” The New York Times, November 25, 2004.

Covault, Craig. “Iran’s ‘Sputnik’,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, November 29, 2004, pp.36-38.

Fallows, James. “Will Iran Be Next?” The Atlantic Monthly, December 2004.

Linzer, Dafna. “Nuclear Disclosure on Iran Unverified,” The Washington Post, Friday, November 19, 2004, pp. A1.

Nelson, Soraya Sarhaddi. “Many Iranians Want Nuclear Power to Ensure Respect, Security,” Knight Ridder Newspapers, Nov. 18, 2004.

Perkovich, George. “Walking on Eggshells in Tehran,”YaleGlobal, November 22, 2004.

Pollack, Kenneth M. “What the Mullahs Learned From the Neighbors,” The New York Times, November 9, 2004.

Sokolski, Henry. “Enough Brinkmanship (Rethink Nuclear Nonproliferation, Before It’s Too Late),” The Weekly Standard, November 22, 2004.

Squitieri, Tom. “Top General Warns Iran Not to Underestimate U.S. Military,” USA Today, November 28, 2004.

Wright, Robin. “Desire for Nuclear Empowerment a Uniting Factor in Iran,” The Washington Post, November 14, 2004.

IRAQ

Nartker, Mike. “U.S. Adviser to Iraq Proposes Converting Former Nuclear Weapons Plant to Civilian Complex,” Global Security Newswire, November 12, 2004.

NORTH KOREA

North Korea: Where Next for the Nuclear Talks, International Crisis Group, Asia Report No87, November 15, 2004.

Oh Young-hwan, Jeong Yong-su. “Restarting Nuclear Talks, But With Seoul Absent,” Joongang Ilbo, November 18, 2004.

Pritchard, Charles L., The New U.S. Administration and the North Korean Nuclear Issue, 2004 Sejong-SAIS Workshop, November 11 2004.

SOUTH ASIA

Ramana, M.V. and Zia Mian. “The Nuclear Confrontation in South Asia,” INESAP Information Bulletin, Issue No.23, April 2004, pp. 40-47.

III. MISSILE DEFENSE

Koch, Andrew. “India Moves Closer to Sea-Launched Ballistic Missile,” Jane Defense Weekly, November 10, 2004, p.5.

Garwin, Richard L. “Holes in the Missile Shield,” Scientific American, November 2004, pp. 70-79.

Pae, Peter. “Northrop Laser Shows Promise,” Los Angeles Times, November 12, 2004.

“Russia’s Missile Shield Is Still Strong,” Krasnaya Zvezda, November 10, 2004.

“PAC-3 Missiles Intercept 2 Targets,” Defense News, November 29, 2004, p.26.

Scott, William B.Zapping Missiles: Airborne Laser Test Team Ventures Into Uncharted Territory,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, November 29, 2004, p.58.  

Struck, Doug. “Canada Likely to Face Missile Defense Issue Head-On,” The Washington Post, November 14, 2004.

IV. NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

DOE Needs to Consider Options to Accelerate the Return Of Weapons-Usable Uranium from Other Countries to the United States and Russia, GAO-05-57, GAO Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate, November 19, 2004.

Koster, Karel. “NATO Nuclear Doctrine and the NPT,” INESAP Information Bulletin, Issue No.23, April 2004, pp.19-22.

Lichterman, Andrew. “More Weapons, Less Disarmament,” INESAP Information Bulletin, Issue No.23, April 2004, pp.8-10.

Turner, Mark. “UN to Issue Alert Over Spread of Nuclear Arms,” The Financial Times, November 30, 2004, p.A1.

V. NUCLEAR WEAPONS MATERIAL CONTROL

Craft, Cassady. Challenges of UNSCR 1540: Questions About International Export Controls, Center for International Trade and Security, November 2004, p.8.

Henry, Terrence. “Russia’s Loose Nukes,” The Atlantic Monthly, December 2004, pp.74-75.

Nartker, Mike. “ United Kingdom, Russia Sign MOU to Improve Efforts to Redirect Former Soviet Nuclear Weapons Personnel,” Global Security Newswire, November 17, 2004.

VI. CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL AND ARMS TRANSFERS

Ben-David, Alon. “Israel Signs for More Longbows,” Jane Defense Weekly, December 1, 2004, p.20.

Felgenhauer, Pavel. “Degradation of the Russian Military: General Anatoli Kvashnin,” Perspective, Volume XV No.1 (October-November 2004).

Ivanov, Henry. “Yemen Takes Delivery of Russian Multirole Fighters,” Jane Defense Weekly, November 24, 2004, pp.16.

Schroeder, Matt and Rachel Stohl. “Controlling The Most Dangerous Weapons,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, November 11, 2004.

To Walk the Earth in Safety, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Fifth Edition, August 2004, pp.64.

VII. CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ISSUES

“Differences Between Russian, U.S. Impede Chemical Weapons Disarmament,” MosNews, November 11, 2004.

Eisler, Peter. “Chemical Weapons Disposal Behind Schedule,” USA Today, November 17, 2004.

Guggenheim, Ken. “Companies Sought for Weapons Inspections,” Duluth News Tribune, November 17, 2004.

Resuscitating the Bioweapons Ban: U.S. Industry Experts’ Plans for Treaty Monitoring, Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 2004.

VIII. U.S. POLICY

Fleck, John. “Sandia Labs Ends Nuclear Bunker-Busting Bomb Work,” Albuquerque Journal, November 24, 2004.

Ruppe, David. “Experts Question a Core U.S. Arms Control Tenet,” The Global Security Newswire, November 5, 2004.

IX. REGIONAL SECURITY ALLIANCES AND ISSUES

Wright, Rubin. “Iran 's New Alliance with China Could Cost U.S. Leverage,” The Washington Post, November 17, 2004.