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Title: East of the Middle East: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and U.S. security implications
Authors: Tim Murphy
Date: December 2006Title: U.S. Arms Still Dominate International Market, Russia Leader to Developing World
Authors: Richard F. Grimmett
Date: November 2006Title: The Limits and Liabilities of Missile Defense
Authors: Philip Coyle
Date: November 2006Title: Iraqi Tribunal Imposes Death Sentence on Saddam Hussein
Authors: CDI
Date: November 2006Title: Afghan Update: Oct. 1 –; Oct. 31, 2006
Authors: Thomas Keller
Date: November 2006Title: Putting the Cart Before the Horse: United States resumes military assistance to Indonesia
Authors: Rhea Myerscough
Date: May 2006Title: Afghanistan Stage III: NATO’s most ambitious operation?
Authors: Francis Rheinheimer
Date: May 2006Title: Afghan Update: April 1 - April 30, 2006
Authors: Francis Rheinheimer
Date: May 2006Title: Terrorism Statistics Flawed
Authors: Francis Rheinheimer
Date: April 2006Title: Afghan Update: March 3 - March 31, 2006
Authors: Francis Rheinheimer
Date: April 2006Title: Fear of China is overplayed
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: March 2006Title: Afghan Update: Jan. 1 - Feb. 7, 2006
Authors: Francis Rheinheimer
Date: March 2006Title: Afghan Update: Jan. 1 - Feb. 7, 2006
Authors: Francis Rheinheimer
Date: February 2006Title: Afghan Update: Nov. 28 - Dec. 31, 2005
Authors: Joseph Button
Date: January 2006Title: U.S. Military Assistance to Countries Using Child Soldiers: 1990-2006
Authors: Rhea Myerscough
Date: December 2005Title: UN enters "era of application" in its campaign against child soldiers
Authors: Rhea Myerscough
Date: October 2005Title: Afghan Update: Sept. 5 - Oct. 2, 2005
Authors: Joseph Button
Date: October 2005Title: Here There Be Dragons: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Authors: Benjamin Goldsmith
Date: September 2005Title: Current List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Other Terrorist Organizations
Authors: Mark Burgess
Date: August 2005Title: State Department Reports on the Use of Child Soldiers, 2005
Authors: Daniel Schaeffer
Date: May 2005Title: Law Watch: Abu Ghraib Court Martial: "Ring Leader" Spc. Charles A. Graner, Jr., Sentenced to Ten Years
Authors: Steven C. Welsh
Date: January 2005Title: Iraq Transition, Interim Constitution, and Human Rights: Legal Standards Governing Treatment of Iraqi Detainees by Iraqi Security Forces During U.S. Occupation
Authors: Steven C. Welsh
Date: January 2005Title: Iraq Reconstruction Update #5: Retaking Fallujah
Authors: Michael Donovan
Date: December 2004Title: Law Watch: Abu Ghraib: Military Intelligence Spc. Armin J. Cruz Convicted over Abu Ghraib Abuse
Authors: Steven C. Welsh
Date: September 2004Title: U.S. Post-Sept. 11 Arms Trade Policy
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: August 2004Title: China's Space Activities
Date: August 2004Title: The World’s Nuclear Arsenals
Authors: Ali Chaudhry, Andrew George
Date: July 2004Title: Iran’s Nuclear Shadow
Authors: Ali Chaudhry
Date: July 2004Title: Iran’s Missile Flight Tests
Authors: Ali Chaudhry
Date: July 2004Title: Iran’s Ambitious Missile Programs
Authors: Ali Chaudhry
Date: July 2004Title: In the Spotlight: Sipah–I–Sahaba Pakistan (SSP)
Authors: Ali Chaudhry
Date: July 2004Title: Current List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Other Terrorist Organizations (as designated by the U.S. State Department)
Authors: Heather Nickerson
Date: July 2004Title: The Proliferation Security Initiative in Perspective
Authors: Andrew Prosser
Date: June 2004Title: The Proliferation Security Initiative in Perspective
Authors: Andrew Prosser
Date: June 2004Title: The PATRIOT/TORNADO Fratricide: It Could Happen Again
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: June 2004Title: Space by the Numbers
Authors: Henry L. Stimson Center
Date: June 2004Title: Q&A with Gen. Anthony Zinni, Former Director of USCENTCOM
Authors: Anthony Zinni
Date: June 2004Title: Law Watch - Detainees: Supreme Court Guantanamo Decision
Authors: Steven C. Welsh
Date: June 2004Title: In the Spotlight: Communist Party of Nepal–Maoists
Authors: Heather Nickerson
Date: June 2004Title: “Megatons to Megawatts”: The U.S.–Russia Highly Enriched Uranium Agreement
Authors: Andrew Prosser
Date: June 2004Title: U.S. Arms Transfers to America’s Newest “Major Non–NATO Ally”
Authors: Andrew Prosser
Date: May 2004Title: The Legacy of Illicit Small Arms: Devastation in West Africa
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: May 2004Title: Operation Iraqi Freedom: Theater Air and Missile Defense History
Authors: 32nd Air and Missile Defense Command, Howard B. Bromberg
Date: May 2004Title: National Space Policy: Has the U.S. Air Force Moved the Goal Posts?
Authors: Theresa Hitchens
Date: May 2004Title: Law Watch: First Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Court Martial
Authors: Steven C. Welsh
Date: May 2004Title: In the Spotlight: Moroccan Combatant Group (GICM)
Authors: Benjamin Keating
Date: May 2004Title: Gen. Anthony Zinni, USMC, (Ret.) Remarks at CDI Board of Directors Dinner, May 12, 2004
Date: May 2004Title: Eritrea
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: May 2004Title: Considering China as a Potential Member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group
Authors: Andrew Prosser
Date: May 2004Title: U.S. Military Assistance to 1460 Report Countries: 1990–2005
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: April 2004Title: State Department Reports on the Use of Child Soldiers
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: April 2004Title: Law Watch: U.S. Responsibility for Violations of the Geneva Convention at Abu Ghraib Prison
Authors: Steven C. Welsh
Date: April 2004Title: Ethiopia
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: April 2004Title: Pakistan Policy Sends Dangerous Signal
Authors: Matt Schroeder, Rachel Stohl
Date: March 2004Title: Haiti’s Big Threat: Small Arms
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: March 2004Title: Control Arms Campaign
Authors: Alexandra Arriaga, Ray Offenheiser, Rachel Stohl
Date: March 2004Title: Bahrain
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: March 2004Title: A Unified Security Budget for the United States
Authors: Marcus Corbin, Miriam Pemberton
Date: March 2004Title: USAF Transformation Flight Plan Highlights Space Weapons
Authors: Theresa Hitchens
Date: February 2004Title: Oman
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: February 2004Title: Director of Operational Test and Evaluation FY03 Report: Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: February 2004Title: When is a Space Weapon Not a Space Weapon?
Authors: Theresa Hitchens
Date: January 2004Title: Turkmenistan
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: January 2004Title: Nepal
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: January 2004Title: Iraq Reconstruction Update No. 4: Crossroads
Authors: Dr. Michael Donovan
Date: January 2004Title: Rogue States: Nuclear Red Herrings
Authors: Bruce Blair
Date: December 2003Title: Preemptive War and International Law
Authors: Steven C. Welsh
Date: December 2003Title: Missile Defense is Spiraling Out of Congress’ Control
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: December 2003Title: Kazakhstan
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: December 2003Title: North Korea’s Missile Flight Tests
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: November 2003Title: Kyrgyzstan
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: November 2003Title: Evolution of U.S. Policy on Small Arms
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: November 2003Title: Day Two in Iraq
Authors: Lawrence J. Korb
Date: November 2003Title: Day Three in Iraq
Authors: Lawrence J. Korb
Date: November 2003Title: Day One in Iraq
Authors: Lawrence J. Korb
Date: November 2003Title: Worldwide reorientation of U.S. military basing: Part II: Central Asia, Southwest Asia, and the Pacific
Authors: Colin Robinson
Date: October 2003Title: U.S. Weaponization of Space: Implications for International Security
Authors: Theresa Hitchens
Date: October 2003Title: The Truth About Missile Defense: Will Science Make A Difference?
Authors: Philip Coyle
Date: October 2003Title: The Patriot Missile Defense System in Iraq: Newly–released Army History Raises Serious Questions
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: October 2003Title: The Marines’ Three–Block War in Iraq
Authors: Mark Burgess
Date: October 2003Title: Reframing the Agenda: the Impact of NGO and Middle Power Cooperation in International Security Policy
Authors: Stefan Brem, Richard A. Matthew, Kenneth R. Rutherford, Rachel Stohl
Date: October 2003Title: Kenya
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: October 2003Title: Japan’s Recent Step–up in Missile Defense
Authors: Rui Kotani
Date: October 2003Title: Iraq Reconstruction Update No. 3: Competing Visions
Authors: Dr. Michael Donovan
Date: October 2003Title: China Crosses Threshold of Manned Spaceflight
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: October 2003Title: Air Force Space Command Strategic Master Plan FY06 and Beyond
Authors: Air Force Space Command, Lance W. Lord
Date: October 2003Title: Worldwide reorientation of U.S. military basing in prospect
Authors: Colin Robinson
Date: September 2003Title: Iraq Reconstruction Update No. 2: The Search for Legitimacy
Authors: Dr. Michael Donovan
Date: September 2003Title: Homeland Security Requirements and the Future Shape of the Army National Guard
Authors: Colin Robinson
Date: September 2003Title: Djibouti
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: September 2003Title: The Army National Guard’s Restructuring for Homeland Security
Authors: Colin Robinson
Date: August 2003Title: Less is More: The Future of U.S.–Arab Military Relations
Authors: Dr. Michael Donovan
Date: August 2003Title: CDI’s Iraq Reconstruction Update
Authors: Dr. Michael Donovan
Date: August 2003Title: Uzbekistan
Authors: Victoria Garcia, Rachel Stohl
Date: July 2003Title: The U.S. presence in Iraq: inching toward internationalized ‘peacekeeping’?
Authors: Colin Robinson
Date: July 2003Title: The Nuclear Multipolarity Project
Authors: Bruce Blair
Date: July 2003Title: Small Arms Pose a Peril that Must Not be Forgotten
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: July 2003Title: Iraq Casualties
Authors: Eli Jellenc
Date: July 2003Title: History Lesson
Authors: Winslow T. Wheeler
Date: July 2003Title: History Lesson
Authors: Winslow T. Wheeler
Date: July 2003Title: Boost–Phase Intercept: Billions Spent, Little Return
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: July 2003Title: A Brief History Of Terrorism
Authors: Mark Burgess
Date: July 2003Title: The Unfettered MDA
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: June 2003Title: Post Sept. 11 Arms Sales and Military Aid Demonstrate Dangerous Trend
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: June 2003Title: A menace that must be controlled: Proliferation of small arms
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: June 2003Title: Yemen
Authors: Victoria Garcia, Rachel Stohl
Date: May 2003Title: We Keep Building Nukes For All the Wrong Reasons
Authors: Bruce Blair
Date: May 2003Title: War ends, but Iraq battle over small arms just begins
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: May 2003Title: Stand–Off with North Korea: War Scenarios and Consequences
Authors: Stephen H. Baker, Colin Robinson
Date: May 2003Title: Small Arms are Continuing Threat in Iraq
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: May 2003Title: Nuclear Recollections
Authors: Bruce Blair
Date: May 2003Title: Hold your applause: the Patriot missile defense system’s wartime record reveals a complicated mosaic of innovations and flaws
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: May 2003Title: A First-hand Report: Cuban Biotechnology
Authors: Glenn Baker
Date: May 2003Title: A Daily Breakdown of Patriot Activity
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: May 2003Title: State Department Required to Report on the Use of Child Soldiers
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: April 2003Title: Rumsfeld’s Strategy: Fine for the War; Now What About the Peace?
Authors: Marcus Corbin
Date: April 2003Title: Iraq War: Drop the Myths; Learn the Lessons
Authors: Winslow T. Wheeler
Date: April 2003Title: Hair–Trigger Missiles Risk Catastrophic Nuclear Terrorism
Authors: Bruce Blair
Date: April 2003Title: Controlling Costs in Tactical Aircraft Programs: CDI Congressional Testimony on the F/A–22
Authors: Christopher Hellman
Date: April 2003Title: The Patriot: Its Performance so Far
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: March 2003Title: Relevant Now More than Ever
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: March 2003Title: Inspections in Iraq?
Authors: Mark Burgess
Date: March 2003Title: Azerbaijan
Authors: Victoria Garcia, Rachel Stohl
Date: March 2003Title: U.S. Nuclear Policy And Counterproliferation Conference: Introduction and Opening Remarks
Authors: Bruce Blair
Date: February 2003Title: The Humanitarian Cost of a War in Iraq
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: February 2003Title: Slipping Down the Nuclear Slope: Bush Administration Nuclear Policy Lowers Bar Against Usage
Authors: Theresa Hitchens
Date: February 2003Title: Honing the Sword: Strategy and Forces After 9/11
Authors: Marcus Corbin
Date: February 2003Title: A Swift, Elusive Sword: What if Sun Tzu and John Boyd Did a National Defense Review?
Authors: Col. (Ret.) Chester W. Richards
Date: February 2003Title: Transcript of a Panel Discussion on Arms Transfers to India and Pakistan
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: January 2003Title: The Transformation of an Ally? Present Status and Future Prospects for the New Zealand Defense Forces
Authors: Colin Robinson
Date: January 2003Title: Misconduct and Missile Defense: How Boeing Engineers Lost the EKV Contract
Authors: Victoria Samson
Date: January 2003Title: International Cooperation On Nuclear Security Still Lacks Urgency
Authors: Benjamin Friedman
Date: January 2003Title: Military Action in Iraq: 1990-2002
Authors: Sofia Aldape, Colin Robinson
Date: November 2002Title: Inspections in Iraq?
Authors: Michael Donovan
Date: November 2002Title: Children Used as Soldiers in Iraq
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: November 2002Title: More U.S. Military Aid Released to Colombia
Authors: Victoria Garcia
Date: October 2002Title: Weapons in Space: Silver Bullet or Russian Roulette? The Policy Implications of U.S. Pursuit of Space–Based Weapons
Authors: Theresa Hitchens
Date: September 2002Title: U.S. Senate Ratifies Child Soldiers Treaty
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: July 2002Title: UN Holds Special Session on Children
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: May 2002Title: Mini–Nukes, Bunker–Busters, and Deterrence: Framing the Debate
Authors: Benjamin Friedman
Date: April 2002Title: Senate Holds Hearing on Child Soldiers Treaty
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: March 2002Title: Homeland Security: A Competitive Strategies Approach
Authors: F. G. Hoffman
Date: March 2002Title: Terrorism - Terrorist Finances
Authors: Reyko Huang
Date: January 2002Title: Terrorism - Europe and the War on Terrorism
Authors: Tomas Valasek
Date: January 2002Title: Terrorism - Pearl Harbor Redux?
Authors: F. G. Hoffman
Date: December 2001Title: Is U.S. Arming Future Adversaries Through Sales, Military Training?
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: December 2001Title: Unrestricted Arms Sales Not the Answer to Terror
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: September 2001Title: United States Weakens Outcome of UN Small Arms and Light Weapons Conference
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: September 2001Title: Attempts Made to Control Conflict Diamonds
Authors: Anna Franklin, Rachel Stohl
Date: August 2001Title: UN Conference on Small Arms Concludes with Consensus
Authors: Rachel Stohl
Date: July 2001Title: Soldiers of Fortune Ltd.: Profile of Today's Private Sector Corporate Mercenary Firms
Authors: David Isenberg
Date: August 1997Title: Arms Proliferation Policy: Support to the Presidential Advisory Board
Authors: Marcy Agmon, James L. Bonomo, Michael Kennedy, Maren Leed, Kenneth Watman, Katharine Webb, Charles Wolf
Date: January 1996Title: World-Wide Conventional Arms Trade (1994-2000): A Forecast and Analysis
Authors: U.S. Department of Defense
Date: December 1994Title: Constraining Conventional Proliferation: A Role For Canada
Authors: Ken Epps, Keith Krause, David Mutimer, Bill Weston
Date: January 1994