Disarmament Diplomacy

Issue No. 70,
April - May 2003

Contents

• Editor's Introduction
• Editorial
  • Resisting the Poisoned Chalice: The UN and the Aftermath of War
    By Rebecca Johnson
• Opinion & Analysis
  • Incentives, Obligations And Enforcement: Does the NPT Meet its States Parties' Needs?
    By Rebecca Johnson
  • Biological Disarmament Diplomacy in The Doldrums: Reflections After The BWC Fifth Review Conference
    By Nicholas Sims
• News Review
  • Security Council Bypassed, Inspections Swept Aside by Operation Iraqi Freedom
  • No Breakthrough in North Korean Nuclear Crisis as Pyongyang Vows To Avoid 'Miserable Fate' of Iraq
  • US Insists Iran Poses Gathering Nuclear Proliferation Threat
  • Further Escalation of Political, Nuclear Tensions in South Asia
  • Duma Postpones Ratification of Moscow Treaty on Eve of US-Led War in Iraq
  • Pentagon Consideration of 'Mini Nukes' Hits Headlines Again
  • 'A Mere Extension Of The Continuum': US Nuclear Use Policy In The Spotlight
  • Pentagon Wavers Over Missile Defence Testing Request
  • International Conference Focuses on 'Dirty Bomb' Threat

Editor's Note

An expanded version of the News Review is available on our website at http://www.acronym.org.uk/dd/dd70/nrindex.htm. In addition to supplementary coverage of many of the following stories, notably the crises in Iraq and North Korea, the online Review features 8 extra items:

• Senior Senate Democrats Introduce Resolution Demanding 'Comprehensive' Non-Proliferation Strategy
• Republican House Policy Committee Sets Out Ambitious Nuclear Weapons Agenda
• CTR Under Fire As US Report Urges Greater Access to Russia WMD Sites
• Agreement On Russia Plutonium Reactor Shutdowns
• Work To Prepare CTBT Regime Continues Into Seventh Year
• New Clouds Over Russia's CW Destruction Plans
• Fourth Anniversary of Mine Ban Treaty; Landmines, Cluster Bombs Used In Iraq
• Meetings Consider Regional Small Arms Crises

The Review, covering developments from February 1 - April 1, is compiled by Dr. Sean Howard on the basis of newswire reports and other specified electronic sources. The Review is an account of news reports and does not seek to put forward or reflect the views or claims of Disarmament Diplomacy.

Note to Readers

With this issue, Disarmament Diplomacy reverts to the Acronym Institute, as the move to the Simons Centre has not worked out as hoped. As you will see from the new size and mailing address, the journal will henceforth be produced from the editorial office of Dr. Sean Howard in Cape Breton. We are very grateful to the Ford Foundation for enabling us to continue publishing Disarmament Diplomacy as an independent, internationalist journal.

Disarmament Diplomacy publishes articles to stimulate debate on topical disarmament and arms control issues. No individual article in the journal or website should be construed as representing the views of the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy or its Board.

Executive Editor: Rebecca Johnson
Editor: Sean Howard
Production and Editorial Assistants:
Heather Campbell and Lorna Richardson

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