Disarmament Diplomacy

Issue No. 66, September 2002

Contents

• Editor's Introduction
• Editorial
  • One Year After 9/11: What Have We Learned?
    By Rebecca Johnson
• Opinion & Analysis
  • Drawing the Line: the Path to Controlling Weapons in Space
    By Philip E. Coyle and John B. Rhinelander
  • Preventing Terrorist Access to Dangerous Pathogens: The Need for International Biosecurity Standards
    By Jonathan B. Tucker
  • Deterrence or a Deadly Game? Nuclear Propaganda and Reality in South Asia
    By Achin Vanaik

• News Review
  • 57th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing of Japan
  • 'That Terrible Pinnacle': Efforts to Move Beyond Nuclear Crisis Management in South Asia
  • US Hails Post-ABM Era as Moscow Treaty Comes Under Spotlight
  • US Shift to Pre-Emption Raises Nuclear Fears
  • Iraq Offers Talks, UN Demands Inspections as US Debates War
  • US Scientific Panel Defends CTBT
  • Russia and China Introduce Draft Treaty on Space Weapons
  • Belated, Uncertain Breakthrough in US-North Korea Relations
  • US Turns Up Heat on Russia over Iran
  • US Sees Twofold Threat from China
  • G-8 Adopts $20 Billion WMD Non-Proliferation Programme
  • US-Russia Uranium Deal Revived
  • South Carolina Fights Losing battle over Plutonium Shipments
  • Controversial Nuclear Shipment Leaves Japan for Britain
  • IAEA Emphasises 'Dirty Bomb' Risk as US Arrests Suspect
  • US Reports Highlight Threat of 'Catastrophic Terrorism'
  • New OPCW Director-General
  • Australia Group Adopts New CBW Export Control Guidelines
  • Congress Urges Urgent US Action on Russian CW Destruction
  • Synthetic Virus Raises BW Concerns
  • US Studies Sedatives as Weapons
  • Kabul Embraces Ottawa Convention
  • SIPRI Yearbook Marks Rising Tide of Military Spending

News Review is compiled by Dr. Sean Howard from newswire reports and other internet and media sources. The Review is an account of news reports and does not seek to put forward or reflect the views or claims of the Acronym Institute.

Disarmament Diplomacy publishes articles to stimulate debate on topical disarmament and arms control issues. No individual article in the journal should be construed as representing the views of the Acronym Institute's staff or board.

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