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- The Nuclear Option. Odom, William E. // Foreign Policy;May/Jun2007, Issue 160, p51
The author discusses how the United States' policy toward nuclear weapons in foreign countries has increased nuclear proliferation and threatened regional stability. The U.S. acceptance of India and Pakistan's nuclear programs has undermined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Attempts at...
- A BLEAK OUTLOOK. Jett, Dennis // Foreign Service Journal;Mar2007, Vol. 84 Issue 3, p28
The article discusses the international relation of U.S. President George W. Bush. The president's first term, he focuses on re-election. As with his strategy in gaining votes he concentrates on his international affairs. He has an enormous trade deficit with China and a nuclear weapon test in...
- Antinuclear groups push to keep treaty review in the air. Hopkin, Michael // Nature;1/20/2005, Vol. 433 Issue 7023, p184
Reports on propositions to keep a treaty review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Impasse between the U.S. and those nations that have no nuclear weapons but want to see signs of disarmament from those that do; Concerns over the plausibility for the NPT to wither its...
- Just like old times. Webster, Paul // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Jul/Aug2003, Vol. 59 Issue 4, p30
Focuses on the nuclear weapons plans of Russia. Information on the Moscow Treaty; Renewal of the Russian nuclear weapons enterprise; Discussion of the weapons budget; Difficulty in getting information on Russian weapons development budgets.
- O lucky Canada. Clearwater, John; O'Brien, David // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Jul/Aug2003, Vol. 59 Issue 4, p60
Discusses the decision of the British government to conduct the testing of nuclear weapons in Australia rather than in Canada. Reasons for choosing Australia as the testing site; Information on the plan drafted for testing atomic devices; Details of the tests conducted in Australia from 1952 to...
- 'One Rogue State Crisis at a Time!' Roehrig, Terence // World Affairs;Spring2003, Vol. 165 Issue 4, p155
Analyzes the events that led to the current state of affairs in the U.S., as of March 2003. Provisions of the Agreed Framework (AF), which address several issues pertaining to the 1994 nuclear crisis; Problems of the AF, North Korean capabilities, and motivation concerning nuclear weapons;...
- Safeguarded zonal Disarmament. Orear, Jay // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Feb1963, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p18
The article focuses on issues concerning East-West disarmament negotiations. Such zonal disarmament negotiations calls for an inspection from both sides. Soviet-style inspection involves observation of weapons as they are destroyed, but with no direct verification of the numbers of retained...
- REASSESSING NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION POLICY. Smith, Gerard; Rathjens, George // Foreign Affairs;Spring81, Vol. 59 Issue 4, p875
The article assesses the importance of the nuclear nonproliferation policy of the U.S. in its effort to prevent the spread of nuclear power facilities. Under the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which entered into force in 1970, non-weapons states which signed the treaty foreswore...
- Nuclear Free Zones. Christoffel, Tom // American Journal of Public Health;Jul87, Vol. 77 Issue 7, p869
The article offers information about several nuclear free zone laws worldwide. In 1959, the U.S. and 19 other nations had signed the Antarctica Treaty, a treaty that prohibits the deployment of nuclear weapons and nuclear waste on the Antarctic continent. In 1967, the Central and South American...
