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CIAO DATE: 06/05
Volume 10, Number 1, March 2005
Cover page (PDF, 2 pages, 186.0 kbs)
About This Issue (PDF, 1 page, 75.7 kbs)
Table of Contents (PDF, 2 pages, 90.5 kbs)
Introduction
U.S. Firmly Committed to NPT (PDF, 1 page, 59.5 kbs), by President George W. Bush
Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons must take strong action to confront the threat of noncompliance with the NPT in order to preserve and strengthen the treaty's nonproliferation undertakings.
U.S. Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy
Controlling the World's Most Dangerous Weapon (PDF, 2 pages, 125.9 kbs), by Stephen G. Rademaker, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control
New proliferation threats require new tools and a willingness to improve and creatively adapt the nonproliferation regime that helps protect us all.
How to Strengthen the NPT (PDF, 4 pages, 155.1 kbs), by Jackie Wolcott Sanders, Ambassador, Conference on Disarmament and Special Representative of the President for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
The NPT's collective security framework is severely undermined when NPT parties violate their nonproliferation obligations.
Perspectives
Taking Legislative Aim at Weapons of Mass Destruction (PDF, 4 pages, 171.9 kbs), by Richard Lugar, Chairman, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The world is awash with nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and materials.
Nuclear Terrorism: Weapons for Sale or Theft? (PDF, 4 pages, 155.8 kbs), by Gavin Cameron, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Calgary
The theft of a tactical nuclear weapon, or the purchase of weapons-grade nuclear material by terrorists is a 21st-century nightmare that may well come true.
Case Studies: Successes And Challenges
Libya Renounces Weapons of Mass Destruction (PDF, 3 pages, 151.2 kbs), by Paula DeSutter, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification And Compliance
Libya's decision to give up its weapons of mass destruction programs is a real nonproliferation success story of the new millennium.
After Iran: Keeping Nuclear Energy Peaceful (PDF, 3 pages, 133.6 kbs), by Henry D. Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
Iran's claim that it has a "peaceful" right to acquire all it needs to come within days of having a bomb should remind us of what the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was meant to avoid.
North Korea: A Rogue State Outside the NPT Fold (PDF, 3 pages, 161.0 kbs), by Kongdan Oh, Institute for Defense Analyses and Ralph C. Hassig, Consultant on North Korean Affairs
The government of North Korea has never been in full compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to which it acceded in 1985.
New Players on the Scene: A.Q. Khan And the Nuclear Black Market (PDF, 4 pages, 204.6 kbs), by Colonel Charles D. Lutes, USAF, Senior Military Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Existing nonproliferation regimes may be inadequate to deal with the emerging threat of non-state proliferation as exemplified by the A.Q. Khan nuclear smuggling network.
Not With a Whimper: Visions of Mass Destruction in Fiction and Film (PDF, 3 pages, 161.4 kbs), by Richard Pells, Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin
It has so far proven very "difficult for novelists or filmmakers to portray the mentality of the stateless terrorist, the messianic fanatic who seeks to murder people indiscriminately, for no obvious purpose except to pile up the bodies."
Duck and Cover (Full Length Video) (PDF, 1 page, 87.1 kbs)
The 1950s saw Americans trying to heed their government's advice on how to prepare for a nuclear attack.
Additional Reading
Bibliography (PDF, 1 page, 71.9 kbs)
Internet Resources (PDF, 1 page, 70.2 kbs)