December 2007 Bibliography | Arms Control Association

Of Special Interest

Biden, Joseph R., “A New Course on Pakistan,” The Baltimore Sun, November 12, 2007, p. 11A.

Brown, Harold, and Deutch, John, “The Nuclear Disarmament Fantasy,” The Wall Street Journal,” November 19, 2007, p. A19.

Brzezinski, Zbigniew, “A Partner for Dealing with Iran?” The Washington Post, November 30, 2007, p. A23.

International Atomic Energy Agency, Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions 1737 (2006) and 1747 (2007) in the Islamic Republic of Iran, November 15, 2007, 9 pp.

International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Landmine Monitor Report 2007: Toward a Mine-Free World, November 2007, 1,124 pp.

I. Strategic Arms

Bernstein, Jeremy, Nuclear Weapons: What You Need to Know, Cambridge University Press, 2008, 299 pp.

Blair, Bruce, A Rebuttal of the U.S. Statement on the Alert Status of U.S. Nuclear Forces, Center for Defense Information, November 6, 2007, 5 pp.

The Economist, “Reliable Evidence?” November 15, 2007.

Foley, James, “Taking Down U.S. Nukes Easier Said Than Done,” Medill Reports, November 21, 2007.

Inderfurth, Karl F., and Riedel, Bruce, “A World Without Nukes,” Boston Globe, November 24, 2007.

Lederer, Edith M., “UN Panel OKs Resolution on Nuclear Alert,” The Associated Press, November 1, 2007.

Lynch, Colum, “U.S. Official Is Faulted for Nuclear Weapons Claim,” The Washington Post, November 1, 2007, p. A17.

Pincus, Walter, “ICBM Crews’ Work Largely Unchanged Since Cold War,” The Washington Post, November 23, 2007, p. A13.

RIA Novosti, “Lavrov Says Any New Nuclear Pact With U.S. Must Lower WMD Limits,” November 28, 2007.

WorldPublicOpinion.org and the Center for International and Strategic Studies at Maryland, Americans and Russians on Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Disarmament, November 9, 2007, 20 pp.

II. Nuclear Proliferation

Levi, Michael A., On Nuclear Terrorism, Harvard University Press, November 2007, 224 pp.

Meek, James Gordon, “Unlikely Al Qaeda Will Obtain Nuclear Weapons, Say Officials,” The New York Daily News, November 6, 2007.

Sidel, Victor W., and Levy, Barry S., “Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Opportunities for Control and Abolition,” American Journal of Public Health, September 2007.

India
Burns, Nicholas R., “America’s Strategic Opportunity with India,” Foreign Affairs, November/December 2007, p. 131.
Indo-Asian News Service, “BJP Rejects Nuclear Deal, Wants 123 Renegotiated,” November 7, 2007.
Malhotra, Jyoti, “To Russia with Nuclear Reactor Love,” The Telegraph, November 8, 2007.
Mohideen, Nabeel, “India Isn’t Barred from Testing Under Nuclear Accord,” Bloomberg, November 28, 2007.
Pradhan, Bibhudatta, “India to Start Safeguard Talks on U.S. Nuclear Accord,” Bloomberg, November 16, 2007.
Radyuhin, Vladimir, “India Fails to Sign Deal for More Reactors for Koodankulam,” The Hindu, November 13, 2007.
Rajesh, Y. P., “Indian Communists Offer Hope Over U.S. Nuclear Deal,” Reuters, November 16, 2007.
Sengupta, Somini, “Indian Coalition Wins Political Dispute Over Nuclear Pact,” The New York Times, November 16, 2007.
Sokolski, Henry, “Devils Emerge From India Nuclear Deal,” Far Eastern Economic Review, November 2007.
The Times of India, “CPI Does Not Rule Out Consensus on N-Deal,” November 1, 2007.
Iran
Agence France-Presse, “Israel Says UN Nuclear Chief Should Go for Failure Over Iran,” November 8, 2007.
Akhavi, Khody, “Iran: Nuke Watchdog Report No Brake on Sanctions,” Inter Press Service, November 16, 2007.
Albright, David, and Shire, Jacqueline, November IAEA Report: Centrifuge File Not Closed; Natanz Enrichment Expands, Institute for Science and International Security, November 15, 2007, 2 pp.
Associated Press, “Iranian President Says 3,000 Centrifuges Are Fully Working,” November 7, 2007.
Beeston, Richard, “Saudi Offers Deal to End Iran Nuclear Stand-Off,” The Times, November 1, 2007.
Cirincione, Joseph, and Grotto, Andrew J., A Report Half Empty: Iran Needs to Level With the IAEA, The Center for American Progress, November 16, 2007.
Faulconbridge, Guy, “IAEA Sealing Russian Nuclear Fuel Bound for Iran,” Reuters, November 29, 2007.
Goldschmidt, Pierre, Congratulations to Iran, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, November 26, 2007.
Heinrich, Mark, “Russia and China Block Tough Iran Sanctions: U.S.,” Reuters, November 1, 2007.
Hoffman, Gil, “PM Doubts Iran Will Have Nukes By 2009,” The Jerusalem Post, November 12, 2007.
Murphy, Dan, “Iranian President Announces Nuclear Milestone,” The Christian Science Monitor, November 8, 2007.
Parker, George, “Brown Turns Sanctions Screw on Iran,” The Financial Times, November 12, 2007.
Reuters, “Israel Quietly Prepares for Iran Atomic Bomb,” November 15, 2007.
Reuters, “Iran Bank Says U.S. Sanctions, Accusations Wrong,” November 3, 2007.
RIA Novosti, “Russia, IAEA to Prepare for Nuclear Fuel Deliveries to Iran,” November 16, 2007.
Sciolino, Elaine, “In Gesture, Iran Provides Nuclear Document,” The New York Times, November 14, 2007, p. A10.
Tait, Robert, “Iranian Hardliners Accuse Former Nuclear Negotiator of Leaking Secrets to U.K. Embassy,” The Guardian, November 15, 2007.
United Press International, “Bahrain Says Iran Developing Nuclear Bombs,” November 2, 2007.
Wright, Robin, “U.S. to Seek New Sanctions Against Iran,” The Washington Post, November 16, 2007, p. A22.
Israel
Butler, Lew, “It’s Time to Talk About Israel’s Nukes, and Ours, Too,” The San Francisco Chronicle, November 30, 2007, p. B11.
Stout, David, “Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal Vexed Nixon,” The New York Times, November 29, 2007, p. A18.
North Korea
Bechtol, Jr., Bruce E., Red Rogue: The Persistent Challenge of North Korea, Potomac Books Inc., 2007, 285 pp.
The Economist, “Getting Technical,” November 8, 2007.
Fifield, Anna, “‘Good Start’ to Yongbyon Disablement,” Financial Times, November 6, 2007.
Kessler, Glenn, “N. Korea Offers Evidence to Rebut Uranium Claims,” The Washington Post, November 10, 2007, p. A1.
Kralev, Nicholas, “U.S. to Hold N. Korea to Nuclear Promises,” The Washington Times, November 29, 2007, p. A1.
Kralev, Nicholas, “U.S. Navy Rescue Features in Nuke Talks,” The Washington Times, November 1, 2007, p. A14.
Lee, Dong-min, “U.S. Should Step Up Demands on N.K. Nuclear Declaration to Address Syria Issue: Experts,” Yonhap, November 1, 2007.
Pakistan
Armstrong, David, and Trento, Joseph, America and the Islamic Bomb: The Deadly Compromise, Steerforth Press, 2007, 292 pp.
Baabar, Mariana, “Pakistan Admits U.S. Help in Securing Nukes,” The News, November 21, 2007.
Baabar, Mariana, “Pakistan Rejects Concern Over Nukes Safety,” The News, November 13, 2007.
Farah, Douglas, “A.Q. Khan’s Atomic Vision,” The Washington Post Book World, November 18, 2007, p. 3.
Frantz, Douglas, and Collins, Catherine, “Those Nuclear Flashpoints Are Made in Pakistan,” The Washington Post, November 11, 2007, p. B1.
Frantz, Douglas, and Collins, Catherine, The Nuclear Jihadist: The True Story of the Man Who Sold The World’s Most Dangerous Secret and How We Could Have Stopped Him, Twelve, 2007, 413 pp.
Levy, Adrian, and Scott-Clark, Catherine, Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons, Walker & Company, 2007, 586 pp.
Miller, Greg, “Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal a U.S. Worry,” Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2007, p. A10.
Opall-Rome, Barbara, “Israeli Official Warns of Pakistani Nukes,” Defense News, November 19, 2007, p. 8.
Reuters, “Pakistan’s Musharraf Warns on Nuclear Weapons,” November 17, 2007.
Sanger, David E., “So, What About Those Nukes?” The New York Times, November 11, 2007.
Sanger, David E., and Broad, William J., “U.S. Secretly Aids Pakistan in Guarding Nuclear Arms,” The New York Times, November 18, 2007.
Tirone, Jonathan, “Pakistan Says Its Nuclear Weapons Are Secure, Pose No Threat,” Bloomberg, November 20, 2007.
Warrick, Joby, “Pakistan Nuclear Security Questioned,” The Washington Post, November 11, 2007, p. A1.
Wonacott, Peter, “Inside Pakistan’s Drive to Guard Its A-Bombs,” The Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2007.
Wood, David, “Crisis Raises Alarm Over Arsenal,” The Baltimore Sun, November 8, 2007.
Syria
Akhavi, Khody, “Air Strikes First, Questions Later,” Inter Press Service, November 7, 2007.
Forbes, “Is Syria a Nuclear Threat?” November 1, 2007.
Fulghum, David A., Wall, Robert, and Barrie, Douglas, “New Satellite Surveillance System Was Key Israeli Tool in Syria Raid,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, November 2, 2007.

III. Nonproliferation

Caribbean Net News, “Bahamas Signs Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty,” November 29, 2007.

Choubey, Deepti, “A Chance for Nuclear Leadership,” The Washington Post, November 7, 2007.

Hoge, Warren, “Iran Was Blocked From Buying Nuclear Materials at Least 75 Times,” The New York Times, November 16, 2007, p. A8.

Janicek, Karel, and Kole, William J., “Police: Thwarted Sale Involved Uranium,” Associated Press, November 29, 2007.

Yomiuri Shimbun, “Governments’ G-8 Priorities to Include Nuclear Nonproliferation,” November 26, 2007.

Yomiuri Shimbun, “North Korea’s Nuclear Threat: Maritime Antiproliferation Efforts Falling Short,” November 15, 2007.

IV. Missiles and Missile Defense

Associated Press, “Gorbachev Sees US Missile Plan in Europe Targeting Russia,” November 28, 2007.

Associated Press, “Iran Says It’s Produced New Missile,” November 27, 2007.

Bruno, Michael, “Congress Will Push to ‘NATO-ize’ European BMD Site, Tauscher Says,” Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 9, 2007.

Butler, Amy, “Attention Turning to Cruise Missiles Defense,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, November 14, 2007.

Grossman, Elaine M., “Lawmakers Restrict Conventional Trident Program,” Global Security Newswire, November 7, 2007.

Hackett, James, “X-Band Radar for Defense,” The Washington Times, November 15, 2007, p. A18.

Isachenkov, Vladimir, “Russia May Supply Missiles to Belarus,” Associated Press, November 14, 2007.

Itar-Tass, “Russia, US to Hold Another Missile Defense Talks Round-Lavrov,” November 27, 2007.

The Jerusalem Post, “Sneh: Iranian Missile Threatens Moscow,” November 27, 2007.

Matthews, William, “U.S.: Missile Defense Sites Intended Mainly to Defend Europe,” Defense News, November 19, 2007, p. 22.

Norris, Robert S., and Kristensen, Hans M., “Nuclear Cruise Missiles,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December 2007, p. 60.

RIA Novosti, “Russian FM Lavrov Criticizes U.S. Missile Cooperation Proposals,” November 27, 2007.

RIA Novosti, “Czech Diplomat Says Gabala Radar No Alternative to Europe Shield,” November 1, 2007.

Shanker, Thom, “U.S. Official Calls Russian Radar Good, but Not Exact Enough for Tracking Plan,” The New York Times, November 5, 2007, p. A10.

Sieff, Martin, “BMD Focus: SM-3s are ‘Mature,’” United Press International, November 8, 2007.

Sieff, Martin, “BMD Focus: Israel and Sky Guard,” United Press International, November 2, 2007.

V. Chemical and Biological Arms

Allen, Steven J., “Iran Chemical, Bio Weapons Threat Is Real,” Newsmax, November 7, 2007.

Associated Press, “Secret Source of Phony Iraq Intel Outed,” November 2, 2007.

Dunham, Will, “Experts Fault U.S. Preparation for Anthrax Attack,” Reuters, November 14, 2007.

Eisler, Peter, “Chemical Weapons’ Disposal Delayed,” USA Today, November 20, 2007.

Global Security Newswire, “Experts Consider Biological Threat to Middle East,” November 13, 2007.

Maurer, Stephen M., and Zoloth, Laurie, “Synthesizing Biosecurity,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December 2007, p. 16.

Milstein, Michael, “Suit Challenges Chemical Weapon Incineration,” The Oregonian, November 15, 2007.

VI. Conventional Arms

Agence France-Presse, “Russia Abandons Key Cold War Arms Treaty,” November 16, 2007.

Associated Press, “Cautious Steps at U.N. Weapons Conference to Limit Use of Cluster Bombs,” November 13, 2007.

Associated Press, “Britain, Others Likely to Miss 2009 Deadline for Clearing Land Mines: Report,” November 12, 2007.

Chikwendiu, Jahi, “After the Blast,” The Washington Post, November 25, 2007, p. B3.

Grimmett, Richard F., U.S. Arms Sales to Pakistan, Congressional Research Service, November 8, 2007, 4 pp.

Donald, David, “Pakistan’s New F-16 Shipment to Close Era of Chinese Reliance,” Aviation International News, November 11, 2007.

Evans, Robert, “Envoys Highlight ‘Step Forward’ on Cluster Bombs,” Reuters, November 14, 2007.

Faulconbridge, Guy, “Russia Parliament Votes to Suspend Arms Treaty,” Reuters, November 7, 2007.

Itkowitz, Colby, “Chorus of Calls to Halt Aid to Pakistan Getting Louder on Capitol Hill,” CQ Today, November 7, 2007.

Matthews, William, “U.S. Opposition Rises to Mideast Arms Sale,” Defense News, November 26, 2007.

Reuters, “Pope Calls for Complete Ban on Landmines,” November 18, 2007.

Reuters, “Japan Wants Partial Ban on Cluster Bombs,” November 3, 2007.

RIA Novosti, “Russia Hopes CFE Moratorium Will Improve Arms Control Regime,” November 16, 2007.

United Nations Mine Action Service, Portfolio of Mine Action Projects 2008, November 2007, 550 pp.

VII. U.S. Policy

Afrasiabi, Kaveh L., “U.S. Lacks Smart Nuclear Policy,” Asia Times, November 21, 2007.

Andreasen, Steve, and Simon, Steven N., “Beyond War, How Engaged Are We?” Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 27, 2007.

Kralev, Nicholas, “White House Fills State Position,” The Washington Times, November 16, 2007, p. A1.

Sevastopulo, Demetri, Dombey, Daniel, and Ward, Andrew, “U.S. Strike on Iran ‘Not Being Prepared,’” The Financial Times, November 12, 2007.

Stebbins, Michael, “Stumping on Security,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December 2007, p. 19.

VIII. Space

Agence France-Presse, “Concerns Persist Over Chinese Anti-Satellite Test: U.S. Military,” November 20, 2007.

Gertz, Bill, “Chinese Still Silent on Space Weapons,” The Washington Times, November 6, 2007, p. A3.

Pincus, Walter, “Space Defense Program Gets Extra Funding,” The Washington Post, November 12, 2007, p. A19.

Spillius, Alex, “U.S. Plans New Space Weapons Against China,” The Telegraph, November 15, 2007.

IX. Other

Drogin, Bob, Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War, Random House, 2007, 343 pp.

Goldstein, Richard, “Paul W. Tibbets Jr., Pilot of Enola Gay, Dies at 92,” The New York Times, November 1, 2007, p. C11.

Kibaroglu, Mustafa, “A Turkish Nuclear Turnaround,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December 2007, p. 64.

Murphy, Dan, “Middle East Racing to Nuclear Power,” The Christian Science Monitor, November 1, 2007.

Pearson, Obiko, “African Nations Pin Power Hopes on Nuclear Energy,” The Wall Street Journal, November 13, 2007, p. A18.

Shrader, Katherine, “Suitcase Nukes Unlikely to Exist,” Associated Press, November 10, 2007.

Wines, Michael, “Break-In at Nuclear Site Baffles South Africa,” The New York Times, November 15, 2007, p. A3.