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July/August 2006 Bibliography
Of Special Interest
Blix, Hans, “Don’t Forget About Those Other 27,000 Nukes,” International Herald Tribune, June 9, 2006.
ElBaradei, Mohamed and Store, Jonas Gahr, “How the World Can Combat Nuclear Terrorism,” Financial Times, June 14, 2006.
ElBaradei, Mohamed, “Rethinking Nuclear Safeguards,” The Washington Post, June 14, 2006, p. A23.
Squassoni, Sharon, The U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and Article I Obligations Under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), Congressional Research Service, June 19, 2006, 12 pp.
I. Strategic Arms
Blix, Hans, “What About the Weapons We Already Have?” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 4, 2006.
Brown, Nick, “Chancellor Reignites UK Nuclear Deterrent Debate,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, June 28, 2006, p. 6.
Hall, Ben, “Short Warns Chancellor After Pledge on Trident,” The Financial Times, June 23, 2006.
House of Commons Defence Committee, The Future of the UK’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: The Strategic Context, June 30, 2006, 194 pp.
Kirsanov, Dmitry, “USA Wants More Information on Russia’s Tactical Nuke Weapons,” ITAR-TASS, June 13, 2006.
Sirak, Michael, “Minuteman Fleet Has Life Beyond 2020, Says Senior Air Force Space Official,” Defense Daily, June 14, 2006.
The Economist, “The Fewer the Better,” June 10, 2006, p. 13.
The Economist, “The Long, Long Half-Life,” June 10, 2006, p. 23.
Vartabedian, Ralph, “Rival U.S. Labs in Arms Race to Build Safer Nuclear Bombs,” The Los Angeles Times, June 13, 2006, p. 1.
II. Nuclear Proliferation
Abramowitz, Michael, “ Iran and N. Korea Cautioned at Summit,” The Washington Post, June 22, 2006, p. A1.
Prime-Tass, “Putin Calls for More Aggressive Promotion of Russian Nuke Technology Abroad,” June 9, 2006.
Sokolski, Henry, “Unconditionally Bad: The Indian Nuclear Deal Trades Away our Credibility on North Korea and Iran,” National Review Online, June 26, 2006.
India
Agence France-Presse, “ India and U.S. Hold Talks on Landmark Nuclear Energy Pact,” June 12, 2006.
Carter, Ashton B., “ America’s New Strategic Partner?” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2006.
Bagchi, Indrani, “N-Deal May Run into a Chinese Wall at NSG,” The Times of India, June 6, 2006.
Chellany, Brahma, “The Best of Intentions, the Worst of Results,” International Herald Tribune, June 26, 2006.
Donnelly, Tom and Serchuk, Vance, “Ink the India Deal,” The Weekly Standard, Volume 11, Issue 37, June 12, 2006.
The Hindu, “ India Can Make 50 Nuclear Warheads a Year,” June 19, 2006.
Krishnaswami, Sridhar, “Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal Weakens Non-Proliferation Regime,” The Hindustan Times, June 15, 2006.
Levi, Michael A., and Ferguson, Charles D., U.S.-India Nuclear Deal: A Strategy for Moving Forward, Council on Foreign Relations Press, June 2006, 48 pp.
Mohan, C. Raja, “ India and the Balance of Power,” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2006.
Prasad, A. N., “Why Indian Scientists are Upset About the Nuclear Deal,” Rediff, June 29, 2006.
Ramachandran, T.R., “ India Not to Cap N-Programme,” Tribune News Service, June 28, 2006.
Reuters, “ India Seeks Chinese Help to Enter Nuclear Club,” June 13, 2006.
Stuhldreher, Katie, “Cheney Pushes Nuclear Initiative,” The Washington Times, June 28, 2006, p. A15.
Tellis, Ashley J., Atoms for War? U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation and India’s Nuclear Arsenal, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, June 2006, 61 pp.
United News of India, “Nobel Laureates Urge U.S. to Shelve N-Deal,” June 15, 2006.
Vyas, Neena, “Nuclear Deal: BJP Questions ‘No Testing’ Commitment,” The Hindu, June 30, 2006.Iran
Adler, Michael, “IAEA Studies Enrichment Compromise But U.S. Remains Unimpressed,” Agence France-Presse, June 25, 2006.
Broad, William J. and Sciolino, Elaine, “At the Heart of the United Front on Iran, Vagueness on Crucial Terms,” The New York Times, June, 18, 2006.
Bunn, Matthew, Placing Iran’s Enrichment Activities in Standby, Project on Managing the Atom, June 2006, 5 pp.
Charbonneau, Louis, “ Germany Can Accept Nuclear Enrichment in Iran,” Reuters, June 28, 2006.
Faiola, Anthony and Linzer, Dafna, “Japan Wary of Plan for Sanctions Against Iran,” The Washington Post, June 14, 2006, p. A14.
Ignatius, David, “Talk Boldly with Iran,” The Washington Post, June 23, 2006, p. A25.
International Atomic Energy Agency, Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, June 8, 2006, 3 pp.
Landau, Emily B., “ U.S. Engagement with Iran: The Moment of Truth in the Nuclear Crisis?” Tel-Aviv Notes, No. 173, June 6, 2006.
Leverett, Flynt, “The Race for Iran,” The New York Times, June 20, 2006, p. A17.
Perle, Richard, “Why Did Bush Blink on Iran? (Ask Condi),” The Washington Post, June 25, 2006, p. B1.
Salama, Sammy and Salch, Elizabeth, “ Iran’s Nuclear Impasse: Give Negotiations a Chance,” Center for Nonproliferation Studies, June 2, 2006.
Sciolino, Elaine and Broad, William J., “ Iran Quietly Learns of Penalties in a Nuclear Incentive Deal,” The New York Times, June 15, 2006, p. A3.
Sciolino, Elaine, “Nuclear Monitor Says Iran Fails to Provide Data,” The New York Times, June 13, 2006, p. A6.
Solomon, Jay, “ U.S. Approach to Iran Has a Familiar Ring,” The Wall Street Journal, June 13, 2006, p. 4.
Vick, Karl, “ Iran’s Gray Area on Nuclear Arms,” The Washington Post, June 21, 2006, p. A15.Israel
Perelman, Mark, “U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Puts Israel In Hot Seat,” The Forward, June 16, 2006.
North Korea
Albright, David and Brannan, Paul, The North Korean Plutonium Stock Mid-2006, Institute for Science and International Security, June 26, 2006, 11 pp.
Giacomo, Carol, “Bush Under Pressure to Let Envoy Visit N. Korea,” Reuters, June 14, 2006.
Kyodo News, “Armitage Calls for Iran-Style Incentives in Talks with N. Korea,” June 10, 2006.
III. Nonproliferation
Agence France-Presse, “Anti-WMD Scheme Seizes 12 Illegal Arms Cargos: Polish Official,” June 21, 2006.
Baker, Peter, “ U.S., Russia Break Impasse on Plan to Keep Arms From Rogue Users,” The Washington Post, June 20, 2006, p. A11.
Doolin, Joel A., “The Proliferation Security Initiative: Cornerstone of a New International Norm,” Naval War College Review, Spring 2006, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 29.
Eisler, Peter, “ U.S., Russia Reach Deal on Securing Soviet WMD,” USA Today, June 16, 2006, p. A4.
Grier, Peter, “How to Slow the Spread of the Bomb,” The Christian Science Monitor, June 5, 2006.
Hoge, Warren, “Blix Says U.S. Impedes Effort to Curb A-Arms,” The New York Times, June 1, 2006.
ITAR-TASS, “Russian Government Paper Criticizes Current Nonproliferation Agreements,” June 21, 2006.
Krepon, Michael, “Upholding Nonproliferation,” The Henry L. Stimson Center, June 15, 2006.
Lee, Rensselaer, Reappraising Nuclear Security Strategy, Cato Institute, June 14, 2006, 13 pp.
Rachmianto, Andy, “Issues Behind Indonesia Joining the PSI,” The Jakarta Post, June 14, 2006.
Schneidmiller, Chris, “MOX Program Faces Obstacles,” Global Security Newswire, June 26, 2006.
Singer, Jeremy, “ Pentagon Creates Center to Coordinate WMD Fight,” Defense News, June 26, 2006, p. 40.
IV. Missiles and Missile Defense
Carter, Ashton B. and Perry, William J., “If Necessary, Strike and Destroy,” The Washington Post, June 22, 2006, p. A29.
Coleman, Joseph, “ U.S., Japan Expand Missile-Defense Plan,” Associated Press, June 23, 2006.
Cooper, Helene and Gordon, Michael R., “ North Korea Disavows Its Moratorium on Testing of Long-Range Missiles,” The New York Times, June 21, 2006.
Faiola, Anthony and Kessler, Glenn, “Former Defense Officials Urge U.S. Strike on North Korea Missile Site,” The Washington Post, June 22, 2006, p. 23.
Ferguson, Charles D. and Mistry, Dinshaw, “Moving Away From Missile Programs,” The Boston Globe, June 19, 2006.
Freeman, Colin and Soukhorukov, Sergey, “If We’ve Got a Missile, Let’s Fire It into George W. Bush’s Window, Say N Koreans,” The Telegraph, June 25, 2006.
Gard, Robert and Samson, Victoria, “The Growing Hubris Over Missile Defense Capabilities,” United Press International, June 23, 2006.
Liang, John, “Negotiations Should Precede BMDS, Blix Report Recommends,” Inside Missile Defense, June 7, 2006, p. 1.
Litovkin, Viktor, “New American Non-Nuclear ICBM Creates Global Dangers,” United Press International, June 16, 2006.
National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat, March 2006, 28 pp.
Pritchard, Charles L., “No, Don’t Blow It Up,” The Washington Post, June 23, 2006, p. A25.
Reuters, “ Russia Expresses Alarm at U.S. Arms Plans,” June 7, 2006.
Roque, Ashley, “GAO: Criteria Needed for Declaring Missile Defense System Operational,” Inside Missile Defense, June 7, 2006, p. 1.
Ruppe, David, “ U.S. Missile Defense System Could Work, Obering Says,” Global Security Newswire, June 26, 2006.
Sanger, David E., “Don’t Shoot. We’re Not Ready,” The New York Times, June 25, 2006.
Sieff, Martin, “Boost Phase Blues Impact Missile Shield Development,” United Press International, June 16, 2006.
Sherman, Jason, “Experts Question U.S. System’s Ability to Intercept North Korean Missile,” Inside Missile Defense, June 21, 2006, p. 1.
Spiegel, Peter, “For N. Korean Missile, U.S. Defense is Hit or Miss,” The Los Angeles Times, June 22, 2006.
United Press International, “Ballistic Missile Defense Key to Defending Taiwan,” June 12, 2006.
Minnick, Wendell, “ Taiwan’s Missile Program Draws Concern,” Defense News, June 19, 2006, p. 1.
V. Chemical and Biological Arms
Birch, Douglas, “Making, Fighting Diseases of Terror,” The Baltimore Sun, June 26, 2006.
The Geneva Forum, Meeting the Challenge of Reviewing the Biological & Toxin Weapons Convention, March 2006, 26 pp.
Hoekstra, Peter and Santorum, Rick, “Saddam’s WMD,” The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2006, p. A15.
Isla, Nicholas, Transparency in Past Offensive Biological Weapons Programs: An Analysis of Confidence Building Measure Form F, 1992-2003, Hamburg Center for Biological Arms Control, June 2006, 43 pp.
RANSAC and Landau Network-Centro Volta, Advancing International Cooperation on Bio-Initiatives in Russia and the CIS, Spring 2006, 30 pp.
Reuters, “Howell Reassures Libya,” June 26, 2006.
Rosenthal, Elisabeth, “Group Hopes to Prove Chemicals Killed Kurds,” The New York Times, June 25, 2006.
Rosenthal, Elisabeth, “Making a Firm Case Against Saddam,” International Herald Tribune, June 19, 2006.
Shane, Scott, “For Diehards, Search for Iraq’s W.M.D. Isn’t Over,” The New York Times, June 23, 2006.
Waterman, Shaun, “Cyanide Gas Device ‘Probably Didn’t Work,’” United Press International, June 25, 2006.
VI. Conventional Arms
Arieff, Irwin, “ U.S. Backs Easing of UN Arms Embargo on Liberia,” Reuters, June 6, 2006.
Biting the Bullet, Reviewing Action on Small Arms 2006: Assessing the First Five Years of the UN Programme of Action, June 2006, 288 pp.
Fidler, Stephen, “ Beijing Has Dangerous Approach to Arms Exports,” The Financial Times, June 12, 2006.
Fidler, Stephen, “ UK Arms Makers to Join Call for Treaty,” The Financial Times, June 22, 2006.
Hoge, Warren, “With Caveats, U.S. Backs Session at U.N. on Curtailing Illegal Arms,” The New York Times, June 28, 2006.
Holdanowicz, Grzegorz, “Poland Secures Several Indonesian Arms Deals,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, June 21, 2006, p. 16.
ITAR-TASS, “No Final Document Adopted At CFE Treaty Review Conference,” June 3, 2006.
Kytömäki, Elli and Yankey-Wayne, Valerie, Five Years of Implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Regional Analysis of National Reports, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, 2006, 190 pp.
Oxfam International, Ammunition: The Fuel of Conflict, June 15, 2006, 19 pp.
Sen, Amartya, “It’s Time for Global Control of Small Arms,” International Herald Tribune, June 25, 2006.
Sterling, Toby, “ Dutch Court Convicts 1 in Liberia Arms Case,” Associated Press, June 1, 2006.
Waltz, Susan, “Can UN Stem Flow of Small Arms?” The Christian Science Monitor, June 15, 2006.
VII. U.S. Policy
Foreign Policy in Focus, Report of the Task Force on a Unified Security Budget for the United States, 2007, Center for Defense Information, May 2006.
Cohen, Stephen F., “The New American Cold War and Its Dangers,” The Nation, July 10, 2006.
Jervis, Robert, “The Remaking of a Unipolar World,” The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2006, Vol. 29, No. 3, p. 7.
Unger, Craig, “The War They Wanted, the Lies They Needed,” Vanity Fair, July 2006.
Warrick, Joby, “Warnings on WMD ‘Frabricator’ Were Ignored, Ex-CIA Aide Says,” The Washington Post, June, 25, 2006, p. A1.
VIII. Space
Hitchens, Theresa and Valasek, Tomas, European Military Space Capabilities: A Primer, Center for Defense Information, May 2006, 68 pp.
Nebehay, Stephanie, “ China, Russia Warn Against Deploying Space Weapons,” The Boston Globe, June 8, 2006.
Reuters, “ U.S. Insists on Right to Develop Arms for Outer Space,” June 13, 2006.
IX. Other
Associated Press, “ U.S. Grants 1 st License for Major Nuclear Plant in 30 Years,” The Washington Post, June 25, 2006, p. A10.
Borrie, John and Randin, Vanessa Martin, Alternative Approaches in Multilateral Decision Making: Disarmament as Humanitarian Action, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, 2005, 135 pp.
Borie, John and Randin, Vanessa Martin, Disarmament as Humanitarian Action: From Perspective to Practice, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, May 2006, 178 pp.
Government Accountability Office, U.S. Enrichment Corporation Privatization: USEC’s Delays in Providing Data Hinder DOE’s Oversight of the Uranium Decontamination Agreement, June 2006, 36 pp.
Karp, Jonathan, “In Military-Spending Boom, Expensive Pet Projects Prevail,” The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2006, p. 1.
McFaul, Michael and Milani, Abbas, “Inside Iran’s Fractured Regime,” The Washington Post, June 25, 2006, p. B5.
Reiter, Dan, Preventative War and Its Alternatives: The Lessons of History, Strategic Studies Institute, April 2006, 35 pp.