Nuclear Weapons
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Websites and Online Articles
1. Arms Control Association - National nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to promoting public understanding and support for effective arms control policies.
2. Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies - Provides information, news, events, discussions and publications related to problems of arms reduction. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology site.
3. Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) - Research projects, databases and publications about the global proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons of mass destruction. Monterey Institute of International Studies provides training on nonproliferation issues.
4. Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security - A private voluntary organization based at the UN providing services and facilities to citizens' groups concerned with the peace and disarmment activities of the United Nations.
5. Council for a Livable World - Educate the public about nuclear weapons, the dangers of the arms race, and the search for peaceful alternatives. Provides news and resources.
6. Defense Threat Reduction Agency - Consolidates a variety of US Defense Department functions to deal more effectively with the threats posed by nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons. Information on the activities and technology of the agency.
7. Disarmament Diplomacy Archives - Articles on nuclear, biological, and terrorism. Copywrited in 1999 by The Acronym Institute. Disarmament Diplomacy, published since January 1996, is the successor journal to Nuclear Proliferation News.
8. Eonomists Allied for Arms Reduction - ECAAR - NGO offering analysis on global issues relating to peace, security, and the world economy. Includes overview, publications, and events.
9. Federation of American Scientists - Analyses public policy for global security; covers Arms Sales Monitoring, Biological Weapons, CyberStrategy, Intelligence Reform, Military Analysis, Monitoring Emerging Diseases, Nuclear Weapons, Secrecy and Government and Space Policy.
10. Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) - Working for nuclear nonproliferation and decreased weapons production. Employing science like satellite imagery in the pursuit of international peace.
11. Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies - Foster research, teaching, and public discussion of military and strategic issues of national and international significance. Research activities on military history and the strategic analysis of defence operations, peace-keeping, and arms control.
12. Missile Defense Working Group - A network of campaigning and research organisations that are opposed to the development of a Missile Defense system and to any UK involvement in a United States or European missile defense system.
13. Ploughshares Fund - Enhances global security by fighting nuclear terrorism and proliferation, preventing war, reducing defense spending, restraining arms trading, cleaning up radioactive waste, and banning landmines.
14. US State Department Bureau of Arms Control - Policy oversight for the missions of arms control, nonproliferation, and political-military affairs. Merged with the former Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Many fact sheets, treaties and reports.
15. US State Department Bureau of Nonproliferation - Responsible for the missions of arms control, nonproliferation, and political-military affairs. Merged with the former Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Many fact sheets, treaties and reports.
16. United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) - Disarmament issues.
17. Western States Legal Foundation - Information and analysis for peace and environmental activists. Provides WSLF publications, government documents on nuclear weapons policy and related topics, and web links.
JSTOR articles
1. Denying Armageddon: Preventing Terrorist Use of Nuclear Weapons, Michael V. Hynes, John E. Peters, Joel Kvitky, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 607, Confronting the Specter of Nuclear Terrorism (Sep., 2006), pp. 150-161. (JSTOR login required)
2. The Race between Cooperation and Catastrophe: Reducing the Global Nuclear Threat, Sam Nunn, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 607, Confronting the Specter of Nuclear Terrorism (Sep., 2006), pp. 43-50. (JSTOR login required)
3. Averting Nuclear Catastrophe: Contemplating Extreme Responses to U.S. Vulnerability, Robert L. Gallucci, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 607, Confronting the Specter of Nuclear Terrorism (Sep., 2006), pp. 51-58. (JSTOR login required)
4. A Nuclear Response to Nuclear Terror: Reflections of Nuclear Preemption, Andrei Kokoshin, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 607, Confronting the Specter of Nuclear Terrorism (Sep., 2006), pp. 59-63. (JSTOR login required)
5. Terrorist Nuclear Weapon Construction: How Difficult?, Matthew Bunn, Anthony Wier, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 607, Confronting the Specter of Nuclear Terrorism (Sep., 2006), pp. 133-149. (JSTOR login required)
6. Toward a Comprehensive Safeguards System: Keeping Fissile Materials out of Terrorists' Hands, Siegfried S. Hecker, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 607, Confronting the Specter of Nuclear Terrorism (Sep., 2006), pp. 121-132. (JSTOR login required)
7. Intelligence Estimates of Nuclear Terrorism, Micah Zenko, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 607, Confronting the Specter of Nuclear Terrorism (Sep., 2006), pp. 87-102. (JSTOR login required)
8. Nuclear Weapons and the Indo-Pakistani Conflict: Global Implications of a Regional Power Cycle, Daniel S. Geller, International Political Science Review / Revue internationale de science politique, Vol. 24, No. 1, Power Cycle Theory and Global Politics. Cycle de pouvoir et politique mondiale (Jan., 2003), pp. 137-150. (JSTOR login required)
9. Determinants of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation, Dong-Joon Jo, Erik Gartzke, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Feb., 2007), pp. 167-194. (JSTOR login required)
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1. Iran’s Nuclear Program [New York Times archives]: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iran/nuclear_program/index.html.
2. Annotated Google map of Iranian nuclear sites
3. In Focus : IAEA and Iran
4. Q & A with Director General of the IAEA on Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, 22 February 2008, Video (5 min 43 s), Transcript.
5. Report by the Director General of IAEA: Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006) and 1747 (2007) in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 22 February 2008, GOV/2008/4.
6. Technical Addendum to the Joint Threat Assessment on the Iran's Nuclear and Missile Potential: A Technical Assessment of Iran's Ballistic Missile Program, by Theodore Postol, 6 May 2009.
7. Towards Transatlantic Cooperation in Meeting the Iranian Nuclear Challenge – analysis by George Perkovich, IFRI Proliferation Papers n°14, 2005
8. Iran's Nuclear History, Prof. Mohammad Sahimi, Chairman of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Southern California, and member of the Union of Concerned Scientists, 2 October 2003
9. Iran's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities: A Pattern of Peaceful Intent?PDF (2.36 MB), US State Department, September 2005–presentation of US position. Satellite photography and quotes from Iranian leaders are documented and analyzed.
10. Iran as a Pioneer Case for Multilateral Nuclear Arrangements. Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
11. Europe's Iran Policy: Breaking out of the Spiral of Mistrust by Prof. Volker Perthes, head of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin
12. Iran needs nuclear energy, not weapons, Le Monde diplomatique, November 2005 – questions whether Iran's nuclear program was really clandestine as commonly claimed.
13. Forced to Fuel (Harvard Int'l Law Review, Vol. 26 No. 4 – Winter 2005) lays out the case for nuclear energy in Iran, by Prof. Muhammad Sahimi.
14. If Iran Gets Nukes by Abolghasem Bayyena, Antiwar.com, 17 January 2006
15. Gareth Porter, The Iranian Nuke Forgeries: CIA Determines Documents were Fabricated, CounterPunch, 29 December 2009, [7].
16. Rethinking U.S. Policy Toward Iran, Jayshree Bajoria| Huffington Post| 23 September 2011
17. Iran's Continuing Pursuit of Weapons of Mass Destruction Testimony by John R. Bolton, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, before the House International Relations Committee Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, Washington DC, 24 June 2004
18. Iranian Response to UN Security Council Resolution Ambassador Javad Zarif's statement to the UN Security Counsel in response to the resolution requiring Iran to suspend enrichment, 31 July 2006.
19. Video-Interviews with Ali Asghar Soltanieh (Amb. Iran) during the NPT PrepCom 2008
20. CASMII – The Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran
21. Miller, Steven E. "Nuclear Weapons 2011: Momentum Slows, Reality Returns." Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists 68.1 (2012): 20-28. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=70224491&site=ehost-live
22. Bansak, Kirk C. "Managing Networks Of Risk: A Tailored Approach To Iran’S Biological Warfare Threat Potential." Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists 67.5 (2011): 66-76. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=66905305&site=ehost-live
23. Edelman, Eric S., Andrew F. Krepinevich, and Evan Braden Montgomery. "The Dangers Of A Nuclear Iran." Foreign Affairs 90.1 (2011): 66-81. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=56625553&site=ehost-live
24. Ogultarhan, Adem. "Iran's Nuclear Program: The US Misses Opportunities? -An Examination Of US Policies In The Middle East And Implications Of Those Policies On The US Global Position." Alternatives: Turkish Journal Of International Relations 9.1 (2010): 112-147. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=53171070&site=ehost-live
25. Berman, Ilan. "Iran With Nuclear Weapons: Anticipating The Consequences For U. S. Policy." Middle East Quarterly 17.4 (2010): 91-92. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=54939693&site=ehost-live
26. Cohen, Avner. "Israel's Nuclear Future: Iran, Opacity And The Vision Of Global Zero." Palestine-Israel Journal Of Politics, Economics & Culture 16.3/4 (2010): 6-19. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=49758317&site=ehost-live
27. Peterson, Scott. "Downed US drone: How Iran caught the 'beast'." Christian Science Monitor 09 Dec. 2011: N.PAG. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=69235958&site=ehost-live
28. BRONNER, ETHAN. "Hoping to Make Iran Sanctions Work but Readying Gas Masks, Too." New York Times 05 Mar. 2010: 12. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=48387611&site=ehost-live
29. Ben-Meir, Alon. "Nuclear Iran Is Not An Option: A New Negotiating Strategy To Prevent Iran From Developing Nuclear Weapons." DOMES: Digest Of Middle East Studies 18.1 (2009): 74-89. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=41989559&site=ehost-live
30. Burr, William. "A Brief History Of U.S.-Iranian Nuclear Negotiations." Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists 65.1 (2009): 21-34. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=35819555&site=ehost-live
31. Mattair, Thomas R. "The United States And Iran: Diplomacy, Sanctions And War." Middle East Policy 17.2 (2010): 52-61. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=51325379&site=ehost-live
32. Zuckerman, Mortimer B. "Is It Too Late to Stop Iran?." U.S. News & World Report Aug. 2010: 128+. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=52288140&site=ehost-live
33. Lake, Eli. "Operation Sabotage." New Republic 241.12 (2010): 16-17. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=51857060&site=ehost-live
34. Stephens, Bret. "Iran Cannot Be Contained." Commentary 130.1 (2010): 61-70. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=52041750&site=ehost-live
35. Giraldi, Philip. "The World's Hardest Target: United States Intelligence On Iran." Mediterranean Quarterly 21.3 (2010): 16-25. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=53920559&site=ehost-live
36. Cordesman, Anthony H. "Iran And The United States: The Nuclear Issue." Middle East Policy 15.1 (2008): 19-29. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=31481716&site=ehost-live
37. "Iran: The Nuclear Threat And Beyond." American Foreign Policy Interests 29.2 (2007): 101-112. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=25084940&site=ehost-live
38. Peterson, Scott, and Payam Faramarzi. "Exclusive: Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer." Christian Science Monitor 15 Dec. 2011: N.PAG. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=69695397&site=ehost-live
39. Knickerbocker, Brad. "How valuable is downed US drone to Iran?." Christian Science Monitor 09 Dec. 2011: N.PAG. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=69235971&site=ehost-live
40. Laingen, L. Bruce, and John Limbert. "Five reasons US must avoid war with Iran." Christian Science Monitor 17 Jan. 2012: N.PAG. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=70352792&site=ehost-live
41. Mahapatra, Chintamani, and Monish Tourangbam. "Iran’S Quest For Nuclear Weapon Status." India Quarterly 67.3 (2011): 229-244. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=65285419&site=ehost-live
42. Zakaria, Fareed. "CONTAINING A NUCLEAR IRAN. (Cover Story)." Newsweek 154.15 (2009): 32-36. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=44493317&site=ehost-live
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