Disarmament Diplomacy

Issue No. 68,
December 2002 - January 2003

Contents

• Editor's Introduction
• Opinion & Analysis
  • Stuck on the Launch Pad? The Ballistic Missile Code of Conduct Opens for Business
    By Mark Smith
  • Anti-Satellite Capabilities of Planned US Missile Defence Systems
    By David Wright and Laura Grego
• BWC Report
  • Waiting for Godot or Saving The Show? The BWC Review Conference Reaches Modest Agreement
    By Marie Isabelle Chevrier
• First Committee Report
  • Anxiety, Hope and Cynicism: The 2002 UN First Committee
    By Fiona Simpson
  • Appendix: Summary of Resolutions
• News Review
  • 'Last Chance' for Peace as Inspectors Return to Iraq
  • North Korea Crisis Escalates Amid Consternation and Confusion
  • Carter, Butler Condemn Nuclear-Weapon State Double Standards
  • Anniversary of Cuban Missile Crisis Fuels Controversy over US Policy
  • Calm After ABM Storm as US, Russia Stress Missile Defence Cooperation
  • US Moves to Enhance Stockpile Stewardship Programme
  • Limited Troop Withdrawals Ease Tension in South Asia
  • Use of Gas in Moscow Siege Raises Arms Control Fears

Editor's Note

An expanded version of the News Review is available on our website at http://www.acronym.org.uk/dd/dd68/nrindex.htm. In addition to supplementary coverage of developments surrounding the crises in Iraq and North Korea, the online Review features 12 extra items.

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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