Nuclear Weapons: Current Issues and Articles

Most recently in the news much of the international community has been suspicious of enrichment activity occurring in Iran. The United Nations has threatened economic and diplomatic sanctions unless Iran stops its uranium enrichment. The Washington Post recently published an article in which it is stated that thus far "the International Atomic Energy Agency has said that Iran's pattern of secrecy and deception has contributed to those suspicions, but that there is insufficient evidence to prove Iran is producing nuclear weapons." Full text of the article can be found here and more information about the situation in Iran is here.

In March, India also pledged to allow US inspectors into the country to look over 14 of its civilian nuclear reactors. A full article on the visit can be found here

Here are links to more articles that pertain to nuclear weapons and disarmament.

• "Nonproliferation and Disarmament Go Hand in Hand" Sept. 22, 2004 op ed in the International Herald Tribune written by the seven foreign ministers of the New Agenda Coalition (NAC) on nuclear weapons, disarmament and nonproliferation.
• Here is anarticle by Jonathan Dean on why President Bush's nuclear weapons policy is problematic.
• Toward Nuclear Sanity: A Response to "Differentiation and Defense: An Agenda for the Nuclear Weapons Program" Union of Concerned Scientists, April 2003
• The Disarmament Debate: The Fate of Nuclear Weapons Policy. Q & A with John Burroughs, Lawyers Committee for Nuclear Policy.
• Major Proposals to Strengthen the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: A Resource Guide: April 2005 joint publication by Claire Applegarth, Scoville Peace Fellow with the Arms Control Association, and Rhianna Tyson of WILPF's Reaching Critical Will
• Russia: Arbatov Argues for the "Democratic Control Over Nuclear Weapons" By Vremya Novostei, July 18, 2005.