Disarmament Diplomacy

Issue No. 72
August - September 2003

Contents

• Editor's Introduction
• Opinion & Analysis
  • The First Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms: Building Momentum for Global Action
    By Peter Batchelor
  • What Price British Influence?
    Tony Blair And The Decision to Back Missile Defence
    By Nicola Butler
  • Managing Missiles: Blind Spot Or Blind Alley?
    By W. Pal S. Sidhu and Christophe Carle
  • Preparing the Ground for Modest Steps: A Progress Report on the Hague Code of Conduct
    By Mark Smith
• News Review
  • Search For WMD In Iraq Fuels Crisis Of Credibility Over Pre-War Claims
  • Rough Waters, Diplomatic Drift in North Korea Nuclear Crisis
  • IAEA Increases Pressure On Iran Over Nuclear Inspections
  • Hesitant Rapprochement, Wary Diplomacy in South Asia
  • Congress Embraces New Nuclear Agenda, Opens Door Wider to 'Mini-Nukes'
  • 25th Anniversary of First Special UN Session on Disarmament

Editor's Note

An expanded version of the News Review is available on our website at http://www.acronym.org.uk/dd/dd72/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 5 extra items:

• International Efforts Intensify for Common Non-Proliferation Strategy
• Moscow Treaty Enters into Force
• Faltering Path to Initial US Missile Defence Deployments
• Lethal War Debris In Iraq Forms Grim Backdrop To UN Discussions On Unexploded Ordnance
• SIPRI Charts Steeply Rising Military Spending In Post-9/11 Era

The Review, covering developments from May 1 - July 10, 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.

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
Research Associate: Nicola Butler
Production and Editorial Assistants:
Heather Campbell and Lorna Richardson

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