January/February 2009 | Arms Control Association (2024)

Author Key for ACT Staff

JA: Jeff Abramson
DA: Dan Arnaudo
WB: Wade Boese
SB: Stephen Bunnell
PC: Peter Crail
KF: Kyle Fishman

BG: Brittany Griffith
ZMH: Zachary M. Hosford
MK: Manasi Kakatkar
DGK: Daryl G. Kimball
JLF: Jessica Lasky-Fink
ML: Meredith Lugo

KM: Kirsten McNeil
OM: Oliver Meier
JP: Jeremy Patterson
MAP: Miles A. Pomper
BR: Brian Radzinsky

Subjects:

Additional Protocol: PC, "Bush Issues Directive on Additional Protocol," March, p. 35.

Australia: Lantis, Jeffrey S. "Elections and Enduring Realities: Australia's Nuclear Debate," April, p. 22; KM, "Nuclear Disarmament Panel Members Named," Oct., p. 32.

Biological Weapons: OM, "BWC States Tackle National Implementation," Jan./Feb., p. 50; JP, "Weapons Labs Biological Research Raises Concerns," March, p. 38; ML, "BWC Experts Discuss Biosecurity, Awareness," Oct., p. 48.

Book Reviews: Potter, William C. "Using Murphy's Law Against Nuclear Terrorists," April, 53 (review of Michael Levi, On Nuclear Terrorism); Boyer, Paul, "'Moral Clarity,' Ideological Rigidity, Strategic Myopia," June, p. 43 (review of J. Peter Scoblic, U.S. vs. Them: How a half Century of Conservatism has Undermined American Security); William Burr, "Keeping a Tight Lid on Pandora's Box," Sept., p. 54 (review of Nina Tannenwald, The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945); Brian Weeden, "Space Weaponization: Aye or Nay?" Nov., p. 57 (review of Paul G. Gillespie and Grant T. Weller, Harnessing the Heavens: National Defense Through Space, and James Clay Moltz, The Politics of Space Security: Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests.)

Chemical Weapons: OM, "Chemical Weapons Parlay's Outcome Uncertain," March, p. 47; Feakes, Daniel, "Getting Down to the Hard Cases: Prospects for CWC Universality," March, p. 12; Trapp, Ralf, "Advances in Science and Technology and the Chemical Weapons Convention," March, p. 18; OM, "CWC Review Conference Avoids Difficult Issues," May, p. 32; KM, "Destruction Complete at U.S. Chemical Weapons Site," Oct., p. 54; OM, "U.S., Russia Step Up Chemical Weapons Destruction," Dec., p. 57.

China: JP, "Hotline to Link U.S.-Chinese Militaries," April, p. 46; JA and JLF, "Chinese Arms Shipment Sparks Outrage," June, p. 30.

Cluster Munitions: Goose, Stephen D. "Cluster Munitions: Ban Them," Jan./Feb., p. 6. MAP, "Cluster Munitions Talks Gain Steam," March, p. 52; JA, "Senate Mulls CCW Edits; Cluster Munitions Debated," May, p. 48; JA, "Unexploded Weapons Clearance Plan Progresses," June, p. 42; JA, "107 Countries Approve Cluster Munitions Treaty," July/Aug., p. 31; JA, "Russian Cluster Use Alleged; U.S. Clarifies Policy," Sept., p. 47; JA, "CCW Considers Limits on Cluster Munitions," Oct., p. 43; JA, "Quick-Reaction Force Contract Awarded," Nov., p. 51; JA, "CCW Fails to Reach Cluster Munitions Pact," Dec., p. 48; JA, "Treaty Analysis: The Convention on Cluster Munitions," Dec., p. 49.

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: David Hafenmeister, "The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Effectively Verifiable," Oct., p. 6; OM, "Special Report: Major Exercise Tests CTBT On-Site Inspections," Nov., p. 32; DGK, "CTBT: Now More Than Ever," Dec., p. 3.

Conference on Disarmament: MK, "Conference on Disarmament Comes up Empty Again," Oct., p. 47.

Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty: WB, "Russia Suspends CFE Treaty Implementation," Jan./Feb., p. 46; WB, "Russia Unflinching on CFE Treaty Suspension," May, p. 29; WB, "Georgian Conflict Clouds Future Arms Pacts," Sept., p. 33.

Conventional Arms Control: JA, "Mandates Zero In on Certain Conventional Arms," Jan./Feb., p. 39; JA, "U.S. Joins Study of Arms Trade Treaty," March, p. 53; JA and JLF, "Chinese Arms Shipment Sparks Outrage," June, p. 30; JA, "Small Arms Conference Nets Agreement," Sept., p. 46; ML, "Israel: Hezbollah Violating Arms Embargo," Oct., p. 36; WB, "Senate Approves Pacts Regulating Conventional Arms," Oct., p. 54; JA, "Defense Trade Treaties Stall in Congress," Nov., 49; JA, "Quick-Reaction Force Contract Awarded," Nov., p. 51; JA, "Arms Trade Treaty Discussion Creeps Forward," Dec., p. 53.

Conventional Weapons Transfers: Stohl, Rachel, "Questionable Reward: Arms Sales and the War on Terrorism," Jan./Feb., p. 17; WB, "Congress Slows Saudi Arms Sale," Jan./Feb., p. 34; JA, "White House Aims to Expedite Arms Exports," March, p. 36; JA, "Alleged Top Arms Dealer Arrested," April, p. 51; WB, "Global Arms Exports Soar in 2007," Oct., p. 44; JA, "UN Register Captures Expanded Small Arms Trade," Oct., p. 45; KM, "Long-Delayed Arms Sales to Taiwan Announced," Nov., p. 29; JA, "U.S. Atop Expanding Global Arms Market," Dec., p. 56.

Czech Republic: WB, "Europe Anti-Missile Plan Faces Hard Sell," Jan./Feb., p. 47; WB, "U.S. Edges Closer to Europe Anti-Missile Deals," April, p. 31; WB, "U.S. Signs European Anti-Missile Deals," Sept., p 34.

Defense Spending: WB, "Hill Reviews Defense Policies; Nixes Warhead," Jan./Feb., p. 36; DA, "Congress Ups Nonproliferation Spending for '08," Jan./Feb., p. 40; WB, "Hill Adjusts Bush's Proposed Military Spending," Nov., p. 42.

Disarmament: DGK and MAP, "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons: An Interview With Nuclear Threat Initiative Co-Chairman Sam Nunn," March, p. 6; DGK, "Getting Real About Nuclear Disarmament," April, p. 3; Persbo, Andreas, and Bjorningstad, Marius, "Verifying Nuclear Disarmament: The Inspector's Agenda," May, p. 14; MK, "Conference on Disarmament Comes up Empty Again," Oct., p. 47; Jim Wurst, "UN Sets Ground for Future Disarmament Battles," Dec., p. 54.

European Union: OM, "The EU's Nonproliferation Efforts: Limited Success," May, p. 20.

Export Controls: WB, "U.S. Joins Others Seeking Nuclear Export Criteria," May, p. 36; PC, "UN Report Urges Progress on WMD Controls," Sept., p. 48; JA, "Defense Trade Treaties Stall in Congress," Nov., 49; JA, "Arms Trade Treaty Discussion Creeps Forward," Dec., p. 53.

France: WB, "France Upgrades, Trims Nuclear Arsenal," April, p. 35.

G-8 Summit: SB, "G-8 Nonproliferation Effort to Shift Focus," Sept., p. 49.

In Memoriam: ML, "In Memoriam: Charles Van Doren," Oct., p. 56.

India: WB, "U.S.-Indian Deal in Limbo as Clock Ticks," March, p. 41; WB, "India Test-Launches Submarine Missile," April, p. 44; WB, "Indian Politics Stymie U.S.-Indian Nuclear Deal," April, p. 43; Ferguson, Charles D. "Reshaping the U.S.-Indian Nuclear Deal to Lessen the Nonproliferation Losses," April, p. 15; WB, "U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Reaches NSG Brink," Sept., p. 27; DGK, "Unfinished Business for the NSG," Oct., p.3; WB, "NSG, Congress Approve Nuclear Trade with India," Oct., p. 27; WB, "Nuclear Deals Adding up for South Asia," Nov., p. 30.

Intelligence: PC, "Intel Report Reshapes Iran Sanctions Debate," Jan./Feb., p. 31; PC, "Senate Still Examining Pre-War Iraq Intel," March, p. 28; PC, "Swiss Destroy Key A.Q. Khan Evidence," July/Aug., p. 35; PC, "Senate Committee Completes Iraq Intel Probe," July/Aug., p. 47.

International Atomic Energy Agency: ZMH, "Conference Addresses Illicit Nuclear Trafficking," Jan./Feb., p. 51; PC, "IAEA: Iran Work Plan Progress Incomplete," March, p. 25; KF, "High-Level Panel Calls for Stronger IAEA," July/Aug., p. 36; PC, "Iran Presented With Revamped Incentives," July/Aug., p. 37; PC, "ElBaradei Says Iran Stalls IAEA Inquiry," Oct., p.33; MK, "ElBaradei to Leave IAEA in 2009," Oct., p. 42; ML, PC, "ElBaradei Warns of Nuclear Trafficking Threat," Nov., p. 38; PC, "IAEA Report Raises Suspicions on Syrian Site," Dec., p. 59; PC, "Iran Forges Ahead on Enrichment," Dec., p. 62.

Iran: PC, "Iran Lauds Development of Solid-Fuel Missile," Jan./Feb., p. 34; PC, "IAEA: Iran Work Plan Progress Incomplete," March, p. 25; PC, "Iran Starts New Centrifuge Installation Campaign," May, p. 42; PC, "Proposals Offered on Iranian Nuclear Program," June, p. 28; PC, "Iran Presented With Revamped Incentives," July/Aug., p. 37; PC, "EU Levies Sanctions on Iran," July/Aug., p. 39; PC, "Candidates Differ on Iran, Agree on Sanctions," July/Aug., p. 39; BR, "States Divest From Businesses Tied to Iran," July/Aug., p. 40; PC, MAP, "The Middle East and Nonproliferation: An Interview with Nabil Fahmy, Egypt's Ambassador to the United States," Sept., p. 6; PC, "Iran Not Receptive to Revised Nuclear Proposal," Sept., p: 40; PC, "Iran Space Launch Raises Missile Concerns," Sept., p. 41; BR, "Treasury Tightens Sanctions Net on Iran," Sept., p. 42; PC, "ElBaradei Says Iran Stalls IAEA Inquiry," Oct., p.33; WB, "Type, Targets of Sanctions Shift in Bush Administration," Oct., p. 50; Chuck Freilich, "The United States, Israel, and Iran: Defusing an "Existential" Threat," Nov., p. 6; PC, "US Wields Financial Sanctions Against Iran," Nov., p. 47; PC, "West May Seek Alternative Sanctions on Iran," Nov., p. 55; PC, "Iran Forges Ahead on Enrichment," Dec., p. 62.

Iraq: PC, "Senate Still Examining Pre-War Iraq Intel," March, p. 28; PC, "Bush Says Iraq Oil May Fuel Al Qaeda WMD," April, p. 41; PC, "Senate Committee Completes Iraq Intel Probe," July/Aug., p. 47; ML, "U.S. Removes Uranium From Iraqi Nuclear Site," Sept., p. 44.

Israel: Ramberg, Bennett, "Should Israel Close Dimona?," May, p. 6; ML, "Israel: Hezbollah Violating Arms Embargo," Oct., p. 36; Chuck Freilich, "The United States, Israel, and Iran: Defusing an "Existential" Threat," Nov., p. 6; PC, "Israeli Officials Wary of U.S. Shift on Iran," Dec., p. 61.

Japan: KM, "Nuclear Disarmament Panel Members Named," Oct., p. 32.

Landmines: WB, "Some Countries to Miss Mine Treaty Deadlines," Jan./Feb., p. 49.

Libya: PC, "Libya Ads New Pieces to Its Nuclear History," Oct., p. 35; PC, "Germany Convicts Khan Associate," Nov., p. 40.

Looking Back: Hart, John, "The Continuing Legacy of Old and Abandoned Chemical Weapons," March, p. 55; Krepon, Michael, "The 1998 Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Tests," May, p. 51; Bunn, George, and Rhinelander, John B., "The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Then and Now," July/Aug., p. 56; John Steinbruner, "Looking Back: Carter's 1978 Declaration and the Significance of Security Assurances," Oct., p. 57.

Missile Defense: WB, "More States Step Up Anti-Missile Work," Jan./Feb., p. 51; WB, "Europe Anti-Missile Plan Faces Hard Sell," Jan./Feb., p. 47; WB, "Missile Defense Budget Boosts Requested," March, p. 30; WB, "U.S. Edges Closer to Europe Anti-Missile Deals," April, p. 31; WB, "Missile Defense Role Questioned," July/Aug., p. 43; WB, "Shorter-Range Missile Defenses Show Progress," July/Aug., p. 45; WB, "U.S. Presses Poland on Anti-Missile Site," July/Aug., p. 54; WB, "U.S. Signs European Anti-Missile Deals," Sept., p 34; WB, "Hill Adjusts Bush's Proposed Military Spending," Nov., p. 42; WB, "Reports Fault U.S. Anti-Missile Approach," Nov., p. 45; MK, "UK Auditor Criticizes Trident Renewal Plan," Dec., p. 40; WB, "Anti-Missile Systems Uncertainty Grows," Dec., p. 42.

Missile Tests: PC, "Iran Lauds Development of Solid-Fuel Missile," Jan./Feb., p. 34; WB, "Anti-Missile Test Shelved By Technical Glitch," June, p. 40; WB, "Shorter-Range Missile Defenses Show Progress," July/Aug., p. 45; PC, "Iran Space Launch Raises Missile Concerns," Sept., p. 41.

NATO: WB, "NATO Summit Results Fall Short of Bush Goals," May, p. 28; WB, "Georgian Conflict Clouds Future Arms Pacts," Sept., p. 33; OM, "NATO Mulls Nuke Modernization, Security," Sept., p. 37.

Nonproliferation: DA, "GAO Report Chides Energy Department Program," March, p. 37; PC, MAP, "The Middle East and Nonproliferation: An Interview with Nabil Fahmy, Egypt's Ambassador to the United States," Sept., p. 6; SB, "G-8 Nonproliferation Effort to Shift Focus," Sept., p. 49; DA, "Threat Reduction Programs Continue Despite Rifts," Oct., p. 40; PC, "U.S. Launches New Safeguards Initiative," Oct., p. 48; Christopher A. Ford, "A New Paradigm: Shattering Obsolete Thinking on Arms Control and Nonproliferation," Nov., p. 12; Joseph Cirincione, "Strategic Collapse: The Failure of the Bush Nuclear Doctrine," Nov., p. 20; DA, "New Global Nuclear Security Institute Formed," Nov., p. 39; MK, "NNSA Reports Progress in HEU Removal," Nov., p. 52.

North Korea: PC, "U.S.-NK Clash on Nuclear Deadline," Jan./Feb., p. 43; PC, "North Korea Slows Nuclear Disablement," March, p. 42; PC, "Declaration Snags U.S.-North Korean Talks," April, p. 45; PC, "U.S. Shares Information on NK-Syria Nuclear Ties," May, p. 38; PC, "U.S., NK Seek Compromise on Nuclear Declaration," May, p. 45; PC, "NK Delivers Plutonium Documentation," May, p. 25; PC, "House Agrees on NK Sanctions Waiver," May, p. 26; PC, "North Korea Delivers Nuclear Declaration," July/Aug., p. 51; PC, "Verification Dispute Stalls NK Nuclear Talks," Sept., p. 29; PC, "North Korea Moves to Restart Key Nuclear Plant," Oct., p. 29; PC, "U.S., NK Agree on Draft Verification Plan," Nov., p. 27; PC, "North Korea Hedges on Nuclear Sampling," Dec., p. 58.

Nuclear Black Markets: PC, "Swiss Destroy Key A.Q. Khan Evidence," July/Aug., p. 35; PC, "Libya Ads New pieces to Its Nuclear History," Oct., p. 35; ML, PC, "ElBaradei Warns of Nuclear Trafficking Threat," Nov., p. 38; PC, "Germany Convicts Khan Associate," Nov., p. 40.

Nuclear Forensics: Chivers, Daniel, Goldblum, Bethany F. Lyles, Isselhardt, Brett H., and Snider, Jonathan, "Before the Day After: Using Pre-Detonation Nuclear Forensics to Improve Fissile Material," July/Aug., p. 22.

Nuclear Fuel Cycle: MAP, "Congress Alters Bush's Fuel Cycle Plans," Jan./Feb., p. 41; MAP, "Bush Calls for More GNEP, MOX Facility Funds," March, p. 34; JLF, "Brazil, Argentina Pursue Nuclear Cooperation," April, p. 49; Lyman, Edwin and von Hippel, Frank N. "Reprocessing Revisited: The International Dimensions of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership," April, p. 6; PC and JLF, "Middle Eastern States Seeking Nuclear Power," May, p. 40; MAP, "Key GNEP Decision Left to Next President," May, p. 49; MAP, "Bush's Nuclear Reprocessing Plan Under Fire," July/Aug., p. 50; PC, MAP, "The Middle East and Nonproliferation: An Interview with Nabil Fahmy, Egypt's Ambassador to the United States," Sept., p. 6; Fiona Simpson, "Reforming the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Time is Running Out," Sept., p. 12; Frank N. von Hippel, "National Fuel Stockpiles: An Alternative to a Proliferation of National Enrichment Plants?" Sept., p. 20; MAP, WB, "Efforts to Limit Fuel Cycle Capabilities Falter," Sept., p. 50; MK, "NNSA Reports Progress in HEU Removal," Nov., p. 52; PC, "Iran Forges Ahead on Enrichment," Dec., p. 62.

Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: Store, Jonas Gahr, "Envisioning a World Free of Nuclear Weapons," June, p. 7; Subrahmanyam, K., "Elimination or Irrelevance," June, p. 9; Pickering, Thomas R., "New Opportunities for Nonproliferation," June, p. 11; Dhanapala, Jayantha, "Fulfill and Strengthen the Bargain," June, p. 14; OM, "NPT Meet Buoys Hopes for 2010 Conference," June, p. 35; PC, MAP, "The Middle East and Nonproliferation: An Interview with Nabil Fahmy, Egypt's Ambassador to the United States," Sept., p. 6; Jean du Preez, "Avoiding a Perfect Storm: Recharting the NPT Review Process," Oct., p. 13.

Nuclear Suppliers Group: WB, "U.S. Joins Others Seeking Nuclear Export Criteria," May, p. 36; WB, "Nuclear Export Criteria Lacks Consensus," June, p. 38; Fiona Simpson, "Reforming the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Time is Running Out," Sept., p. 12; WB, "U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Reaches NSG Brink," Sept., p. 27; DGK, "Unfinished Business for the NSG," Oct., p.3; WB, "NSG, Congress Approve Nuclear Trade with India," Oct., p. 27; MAP, "Nuclear Suppliers Make Progress on New Rules," Dec., p. 52.

Pakistan: PC, "Pakistan Defends Nuke Security Amid Instability," March, p. 43; PC, "Swiss Destroy Key A.Q. Khan Evidence," July/Aug., p. 35; WB, "Nuclear Deals Adding up for South Asia," Nov., p. 30; PC, "Germany Convicts Khan Associate," Nov., p. 40.

Poland: WB, "Europe Anti-Missile Plan Faces Hard Sell," Jan./Feb., p. 47; WB, "U.S. Edges Closer to Europe Anti-Missile Deals," April, p. 31; WB, "U.S. Presses Poland on Anti-Missile Site," July/Aug., p. 54; WB, "U.S. Signs European Anti-Missile Deals," Sept., p 34.

Proliferation Security Initiative: WB, "Interdictions Initiative Success Assessed," July/Aug., p. 33; PC, "GAO Report Calls for Revamped PSI," Dec., p. 45.

Russia: Steinbruner, John and Gallagher, Nancy, "If You Lead, They Will Follow: Public Opinion and Repairing the U.S.-Russian Strategic Relationship," Jan./Feb., p. 24; WB, "Russia Halts Missile Launch Notices," March, p. 46; MAP, "Courts Threaten Russian Weapons Uranium Cuts," April, p. 34; WB, "U.S., Russia at Odds on Key Arms Issues," April, p. 33; WB, "Bush, Putin Leave Arms Disputes Unsettled," May, p. 27; MAP, "Bush Sends Russia Nuclear Energy Pact to Hill," June, p. 32; WB, "Russia Wants Limits on Prompt Global Strike," June, p. 39; Arbatov, Alexei, and Gottemoeller, Rose, "New Presidents, New Agreements?: Advancing U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Control," July/Aug., p. 6; SB, "Russian Plutonium-Producing Reactors Closed," July/Aug., p. 55; WB, "Georgian Conflict Clouds Future Arms Pacts," Sept., p. 33; MAP, "U.S.-Russian Nuclear Agreement Faces Delay," Sept., p. 37; JA, "Russian Cluster Use Alleged; U.S. Clarifies Policy," Sept., p. 47; SB, "G-8 Nonproliferation Effort to Shift Focus," Sept., p. 49; WB, "U.S.-Russia Dialogue in Limbo," Oct., p.38; MAP, " Hill Pushes Russian Weapons Uranium Elimination," Oct., p.39; DA, "Threat Reduction Programs Continue Despite Rifts," Oct., p. 40; DGK, "Jump-STARTing U.S.-Russian Disarmament," Nov., p. 3; WB, "Bush Administration Sets Russian Arms Talks," Nov., p. 53; DGK, MAP, "A Fresh Start? An Interview with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak," Dec., p. 6.

Sanctions: PC, "New UN Sanctions on Iran Proposed," March, p. 27; PC, "Security Council Adopts More Iran Sanctions," April, p. 37; PC, "EU Levies Sanctions on Iran," July/Aug., p. 39; BR, "Treasury Tightens Sanctions Net on Iran," Sept., p. 42; WB, "Type, Targets of Sanctions Shift in Bush Administration," Oct., p. 50; PC, "US Wields Financial Sanctions Against Iran," Nov., p. 47; PC, "West May Seek Alternative Sanctions on Iran," Nov., p. 55.

Small Arms: JA, "Small Arms Conference Nets Agreement," Sept., p. 46; Ambassador Dalius Cekuolis, "Tackling the Illicit Small Arms Trade: The Chairman Speaks," Oct., p. 19; JA, "UN Register Captures Expanded Small Arms Trade," Oct., p. 45.

South Korea: MAP, "Concerns Raised as South Korea Joins GNEP," Jan./Feb., p. 44; KF, "IAEA South Korea Concerns Resolved," July/Aug., p. 52.

Space: WB, "Russia Pushes Pacts as U.S. Kills Satellite," March, p. 50; PC, "Iran Space Launch Raises Missile Concerns," Sept., p. 41; MK, "Conference on Disarmament Comes up Empty Again," Oct., p. 47.

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty: Arbatov, Alexei, and Gottemoeller, Rose, "New Presidents, New Agreements?: Advancing U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Control," July/Aug., p. 6; WB, "U.S.-Russia Dialogue in Limbo," Oct., p.38; DGK, "Jump-STARTing U.S.-Russian Disarmament," Nov., p. 3; WB, "Bush Administration Sets Russian Arms Talks," Nov., p. 53; DGK, MAP, "A Fresh Start? An Interview with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak," Dec., p. 6; WB, "START Decision Put Off to 2009," Dec., p. 39.

Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty: Arbatov, Alexei, and Gottemoeller, Rose, "New Presidents, New Agreements?: Advancing U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Control," July/Aug., p. 6; WB, "U.S. ICBM Cuts Completed," Sept., p. 53; WB, "U.S.-Russia Dialogue in Limbo," Oct., p.38; WB, "Bush Administration Sets Russian Arms Talks," Nov., p. 53.

Syria: PC, "U.S. Shares Information on NK-Syria Nuclear Ties," May, p. 38; Spector, Leonard S., and Cohen, Avner, "Israel's Airstrikes on Syria's Reactor: Implications for the Nonproliferation Regime," July/Aug., p. 15; PC, "Syria Shirks Follow-Up IAEA Probe," Sept., p. 44; PC, "IAEA Report Raises Suspicions on Syrian Site," Dec., p. 59.

Taiwan: JP, "Taiwan Fuse Shipment Reveals Nuclear Security Gaps," May, p. 46.

Threat Reduction: DA, "Bush Requests Less for Threat Reduction Program," March, p. 32; DA, "Threat Reduction Programs Meet Benchmarks," May, p. 30; ML, "U.S. Removes Uranium From Iraqi Nuclear Site," Sept., p. 44; DA, "Threat Reduction Programs Continue Despite Rifts," Oct., p. 40.

UN Resolution 1540: PC, "UN Renews Committee on WMD," June, p. 37; "UN Report Urges Progress on WMD Controls," Sept., p. 48.

United Kingdom: MK, "UK Auditor Criticizes Trident Renewal Plan," Dec., p. 40.

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: DK, "Transforming U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy," Jan./Feb., p. 3; Arbatov, Alexei, and Gottemoeller, Rose, "New Presidents, New Agreements?: Advancing U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Control," July/Aug., p. 6; JLF, "Air Force Issues New Nuclear Weapons Procedures," March, p. 39; WB, "Nuke Commander Unhappy With Status Quo," April, p. 48; JP, "Taiwan Fuse Shipment Reveals Nuclear Security Gaps," May, p. 46; SB, "Air Force Leaders Fired Over Nuke Handling," July/Aug., p. 42; OM, "NATO Mulls Nuke Modernization, Security," Sept., p. 37; KM, "Report Urges Changes in Air Force Nuke Operations," Oct., p. 53; Joseph Cirincione, "Strategic Collapse: The Failure of the Bush Nuclear Doctrine," Nov., p. 20; Jeffry Lewis, "After the Reliable Replacement Warhead: What's Next for the U.S. Nuclear Arsenal?", Dec., p. 18; "Arms Control Today 2008 Presidential Q&A: President-Elect Barack Obama," Dec., p. 31; Christopher F. Chyba, "Time for a Systematic Analysis: U.S. Nuclear Weapons and nuclear Proliferation," Dec., p. 24; DGK, MAP, "A Fresh Start? An Interview with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak," Dec., p. 6; WB, "START Decision Put Off to 2009," Dec., p. 39; KM, "Air Force Reorganizes Nuclear Commands," Dec., p. 44.

U.S. Nuclear Weapons R&D and Testing: WB, "Bush Budget Revives Cut Warhead," March, p. 29; WB, "Hill Adjusts Bush's Proposed Military Spending," Nov., p. 42; Richard L. Garwin, "A Different Kind of Complex: The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons and the Nuclear Weapons Enterprise," Dec., p. 13.

U.S. Security Policy: SB, "Pentagon Calls for More DTRA Support," July/Aug., p. 49; OM, "NATO Mulls Nuke Modernization, Security," Sept., p. 37; JA, "Russian Cluster Use Alleged; U.S. Clarifies Policy," Sept., p. 47; WB, "Panel Backs Long-Range Conventional Missile," Sept., p. 52; KM, "Report Urges Changes in Air Force Nuke Operations," Oct., p. 53; WB, "Senate Approves Pacts Regulating Conventional Arms," Oct., p. 54; Richard L. Garwin, "A Different Kind of Complex: The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons and the Nuclear Weapons Enterprise," Dec., p. 13; "Arms Control Today 2008 Presidential Q&A: President-Elect Barack Obama," Dec., p. 31.

WMD Terrorism: BG, "Panel Formed on WMD, Terrorism," June, p. 41; WB, "U.S. Issues Broad Threat to WMD Accomplices," July/Aug., p. 45; PC, "UN Report Urges Progress on WMD Controls," Sept., p. 48; ML, PC, "ElBaradei Warns of Nuclear Trafficking Threat," Nov., p. 38.

January/February 2009 | Arms Control Association (2024)

FAQs

Why did SALT 1 fail? ›

His policy of linkage had in fact failed. It failed mainly because it was based on flawed assumptions and false premises, the foremost of which was that the Soviet Union wanted strategic arms limitation agreement much more than the United States did.

What is the treaty for destroying nukes? ›

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) includes a comprehensive set of prohibitions on participating in any nuclear weapon activities. These include undertakings not to develop, test, produce, acquire, possess, stockpile, use or threaten to use nuclear weapons.

What did the US and USSR agree on in the INF Treaty? ›

On December 8, 1987, Reagan and Gorbachev signed the INF Treaty in Washington, D.C. The final treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons, restricting the deployment of both intermediate and short-range land-based missiles worldwide.

What was the main purpose of the SALT treaties to slow down the arms race to offer more goods to consumers to share nuclear technology to ban nuclear weapons? ›

The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) were a series of bilateral conferences and international treaties signed between the United States and the Soviet Union. These treaties had the goal of reducing the number of long-range ballistic missiles (strategic arms) that each side could possess and manufacture.

Was Salt 2 ever passed? ›

Although the SALT II treaty was never ratified, both sides considered the limits it set important enough to their own security and the balance of power that they adhered to the terms anyway.

Was salt a success or failure? ›

SALT I is considered the crowning achievement of the Nixon-Kissinger strategy of détente. The ABM Treaty limited strategic missile defenses to 200 interceptors each and allowed each side to construct two missile defense sites, one to protect the national capital, the other to protect one ICBM field.

Is Hiroshima still radioactive? ›

Today, the city of Hiroshima explains on its website, the city's level of radiation is “on a par with the extremely low levels of background radiation (natural radioactivity) present anywhere on Earth” and has no effect on humans (here).

Is there a no nuke treaty? ›

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), or the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal being their total elimination.

When were nukes banned? ›

Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, treaty signed in Moscow on August 5, 1963, by the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom that banned all tests of nuclear weapons except those conducted underground.

Why didn t the US and USSR trust each other? ›

The 2 sides were enemies long before they were allies in WWII. Relations had been bad since 1917 as Russia had become communist and the West had interfered to try and stop it. Russia had also not been allowed to join the League of Nations in the 1920s and things had got worse in the 1930s.

What was the zero option in the Cold War? ›

The "Zero Option" was the name given to an American proposal for the withdrawal of all Soviet and United States intermediate-range nuclear missiles from Europe. This term was subsequently expanded to describe the vision of eliminating all nuclear weapons everywhere.

What was the Reagan Nuclear Arms Reduction treaty? ›

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) was an arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union (and its successor state, the Russian Federation). US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signed the treaty on 8 December 1987.

Should countries forfeit their nuclear weapons? ›

Nuclear weapons pose unacceptable risks to humanity and the environment. The vast majority of the world's nations have already chosen to contribute to a world without nuclear weapons by rejecting ever developing, possessing or using them as members of Nuclear- Weapons-Free-Zones.

Why did the Salt Treaty fail? ›

In December 1979, however, the Soviets launched an invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviet attack effectively killed any chance of SALT-II being passed, and Carter ensured this by withdrawing the treaty from the Senate in January 1980. SALT-II thus remained signed, but unratified.

Which treaty attempted to actually reduce the number of nuclear weapons? ›

The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, which was signed by the United States and the Soviet Union on May 26, 1972, and entered into force on October 3, 1972, constrained strategic missile defenses to a total of 200 launchers and interceptors per country, which were divided between two widely separated deployment ...

Why were the SALT II talks unsuccessful? ›

U.S. President Jimmy Carter asked the Senate not to consider SALT II for its advice and consent after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, and the treaty was not taken up again. Both Washington and Moscow subsequently pledged to adhere to the agreement's terms despite its failure to enter into force.

What was the consequence of SALT 1 1972? ›

SALT I 1972

This was the first agreement under which both superpowers put limits on the number of nuclear missiles that could be produced. However, proliferation continued after this as the limits were so high and only some types of weapon systems were to be controlled.

What was the problem with Salt 2? ›

During the negotiations, however, it became clear that there was fundamental disagreement between the two sides on two major issues: how cruise missiles were to be addressed, and whether the new Soviet bomber known to the United States as Backfire would be considered a heavy bomber and therefore counted in the 2,400 ...

Was Salt 2 effective? ›

The treaty, which never formally went into effect, proved to be one of the most controversial U.S.-Soviet agreements of the Cold War. The SALT-II agreement was the result of many nagging issues left over from the successful SALT-I treaty of 1972.

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