Arms Control Today articles from January 2004

Arms Control Today archives from January 2004

Reality check: Libya and Iran.(Focus)
January 1, 2004... In the past month, two states long suspected of pursuing weapons of mass destruction (WMD)--Iran and Libya--have been persuaded to allow intrusive international inspections. Although some in the Bush administration believe the threat of...

The Bush administration's views on the future of nuclear weapons; an interview with NNSA administrator Linton Brooks.(Interview)
January 1, 2004... Linton Brooks, the administrator of the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), discussed the Bush administration's policy on a variety of issues related to the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile in a Dec. 2...

Toward a more responsible nuclear Nonproliferation strategy.
January 1, 2004... For nearly half a century, the United States has attempted to "delegitimize" the use of weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons. From John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson's support for the Limited Test Ban Treaty and nuclear...

The politics of arms control; 2004 presidential election special section.(Special Section Campaign 2004)
January 1, 2004... In the 2000 U.S. presidential election between Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore, discussions of arms control, nonproliferation, and foreign policy were rare as the candidates chose to focus on domestic issues. Yet, George...

Election 2004: the national security context.(Special Section Campaign 2004)
January 1, 2004... In U.S. politics, it is not always "the economy, stupid." However often economic and domestic concerns have dominated U.S. political campaigns, national security and foreign policy issues also play frequent roles in shaping voter choices,...

President George W. Bush.(Special Section Campaign 2004)
January 1, 2004... President George W. Bush's approach to addressing proliferation reflects skepticism toward the effectiveness of formal arms control agreements and international institutions to deal with threats posed by regimes and nonstate actors intent on...

General Wesley Clark, (ret.).(Special Section Campaign 2004)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... POLITICAL CAREER First time running for office [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EDUCATION U.S. Military Academy at West Point, B.S., 1966; Oxford University, Rhodes scholar, M.A., 1968 MILITARY SERVICE U.S. Army 1966-2000;...

Governor Howard Dean.(Special Section Campaign 2004)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... POLITICAL CAREER Vermont House of Representatives, 1982-86 (assistant minority leader, 1985-86); Vermont lieutenant governor, 1987-91; governor, 1991-2003 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EDUCATION Yale University, B.A., 1971; Albert...

Senator John Edwards (D-N.C.).(Special Section Campaign 2004)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... POLITICAL CAREER Elected to the Senate in 1998; not running for re-election [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EDUCATION North Carolina State University, B.S., 1974; University of North Carolina, J.D., 1977 MILITARY SERVICE None...

Representative Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.).(Special Section Campaign 2004)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... POLITICAL CAREER St. Louis Board of Aldermen, 1971-76; U.S. House, 1977-present (majority leader, 1989-95; minority leader, 1995-2002); presidential candidate, 1988 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EDUCATION Northwestern University,...

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.).(Special Section Campaign 2004)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... POLITICAL CAREER Democratic nominee for U.S. House of Representatives, 1972; Massachusetts lieutenant governor, 1983-85; U.S. Senate, 1985-present [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EDUCATION Yale University, B.A., 1966; Boston College,...

Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.).(Special Section Campaign 2004)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... POLITICAL CAREER Connecticut Senate, 1971-81; candidate for Connecticut lieutenant governor, 1978; Democratic nominee for U.S. House of Representatives, 1980; Connecticut attorney general, 1983-88; U.S. Senate, 1989-present; Democratic...

Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio).(Special Section Campaign 2004)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... BACKGROUND Cleveland mayor, 1977-79; Ohio Senate, 1995-97; U.S. House, 1997 present; ranking minority member of Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun.(Special Section Campaign 2004)(Brief Article)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... BACKGROUND Illinois House of Representatives, 1979-87; U.S. Senate, 1993-98; U.S. ambassador to New Zealand, 1999-2001 http://moseley-braun.org [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] During her one term in the Senate from 1993 to 1998, Carol...

Reverend Al Sharpton.(Special Section Campaign 2004)(Brief Article)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... BACKGROUND Civil rights activist, minister; U.S. Senate candidate, 1992 and 1994; candidate for mayor of New York City, 1997 www.sharpton2004.org/ [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Al Sharpton has been sharply critical of President George W....

Libya vows to dismantle WMD program.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... FOLLOWING MONTHS OF secret meetings with U.S. and British officials, Libya's Foreign Ministry announced Dec. 19 that it would dismantle its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs, disclose all relevant information about those programs, and...

U.S. and North Korea at impasse over talks.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... MORE THAN FOUR months after China hosted the first round of six-party talks aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis, discussions remain stalled as Washington and Pyongyang struggle to reach mutually acceptable terms for resuming...

Deconstructed: North Korea's nuclear programs.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... President George W. Bush has declared that he will only support an agreement with North Korea that contains measures to verify the complete and irreversible end of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs. Yet, implementing such an agreement will...

Taiwan proposes controversial vote on Chinese missiles.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... IN THE MIDST of a heated re-election campaign, Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian has proposed a referendum demanding China end its deployment of ballistic missiles opposite Taiwan. Washington and Beijing as well as rival Taiwanese politicians...

Iran signs additional protocol with IAEA.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... IRAN SIGNED AN additional protocol to its International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards agreement on Dec. 18, less than a month after the IAEA Board of Governors adopted a resolution condemning Tehran for pursuing clandestine nuclear...

Questions remain over failure to find Iraqi WMD; U.S. begins program to employ Iraqi scientists.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... THE CAPTURE OF former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein Dec. 13 may yield new clues as to whether Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMD) when a U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq last spring. During interrogations with U.S. officials,...

China stresses common approach with Bush administration's nonproliferation policy.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT recently issued a "White Paper" describing its nonproliferation policies that represents a rhetorical progression from earlier Chinese statements. The paper stresses Chinese policies consistent with the U.S....

U.S., allies seek right to board ships in WMD search.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... AS PART OF their effort to stop shipments of dangerous weapons and related goods in transit, the United States and its allies are now asking other countries to sign agreements allowing their vessels to be stopped and searched. A senior...

Senate approves new U.S. ambassador to CD.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... AFTER GOING ALL of last year without a formal ambassador to the UN Conference on Disarmament (CD), the United States will be represented in 2004 by newly confirmed Ambassador Jackie Wolcott Sanders. The Senate approved Sanders en bloc Dec. 9...

U.S. rebukes Russia for failing to withdraw troops from Georgia and Moldova.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... THE UNITED STATES is strongly criticizing Russia for failing to live up to past pledges to withdraw its armed forces from Georgia and Moldova. (See ACT, December 2003.) Secretary of State Colin Powell Dec. 2 expressed regret that Moscow...

Pact on battlefield munitions reached.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... THE UNITED STATES and other countries have successfully wrapped up negotiations on an agreement to clean up unexploded and abandoned munitions after conflicts. But U.S. officials have yet to decide whether to endorse the accord and seek Senate...

Pentagon awards two major Missile Defense contracts.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... IN THE SPAN of a week, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) doled out two contracts worth close to $9 billion for future U.S. missile defense work. One contract is for developing an interceptor to hit missiles soon after they are...

Wassenaar endorses steps to deny terrorists arms.(News and Negotiations)
January 1, 2004... THE UNITED STATES and 32 other leading arms exporters Dec. 12 endorsed voluntary steps to make it more difficult for terrorists to acquire conventional arms and dual-use goods that could be used to build weapons of mass destruction. As...

Funds OK'd for Shchuch'ye destruction facility.(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... President George W. Bush waived conditions that prevented U.S. funding from reaching the former Soviet republic of Russia for construction of the Shchuch'ye chemical weapons destruction facility. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Colin...

Blix to head new nonproliferation commission.(News Briefs)
January 1, 2004... Sweden's foreign ministry announced Dec. 11 that Hans Blix, the recently retired head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) will chair a Stockholmfunded, independent commission on the proliferation...

Nuclear material removed from Bulgaria.(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Seventeen kilograms of Russian-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) were returned from Bulgaria to the Russian Federation Dec. 23. The fresh HEU was airlifted from Gorna Oryahovista airport in Bulgaria to Dmitrovgrad, Russia, where Russian...

Australia volunteers for missile defense.(News Briefs)
January 1, 2004... Australia announced Dec. 4 that it would like to take part in the evolving U.S. missile defense system, although it has yet to determine exactly what it can contribute or what role it could play. Both Australian Defense Minister Robert Hill...

Naval missile defense test succeeds.(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Bouncing back from its first setback six months earlier, the Pentagon's sea-based missile defense system scored a hit in a Dec. 11 intercept test. Designed to counter short-and medium-range ballistic missiles, the Aegis Ballistic Missile...

U.S. circulates draft UN resolution to prevent proliferation.(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The United States is circulating a draft UN Security Council resolution that calls on UN member states to take domestic legal steps to prevent proliferation, particularly the acquisition of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons by...

Last Nuclear artillery shell in U.S. stockpile dismantled.(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has dismantled the last nuclear artillery shell in the U.S. nuclear stockpile, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced Dec. 17. The dismantlement of the last W-79 warhead "marks the end...

Putin says Russian export controls must be improved.(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Speaking Dec. 3 to Russia's top security officials, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is among the highest security priorities for Russia but that Moscow's current approach to the...

Tensions between India and Pakistan ease.(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Relations on the subcontinent appeared to thaw some in December, with Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf suggesting early in the month that he would order Pakistani troops away from the line of control separating the disputed province...