Disarmament Diplomacy

Issue No. 82
Spring 2006

Contents

• Integrated Disarmament: a Prerequisite for Sustainable Nonproliferation
  by Rebecca Johnson
  Proposes a sustainable, integrated approach to disarmament and nonproliferation, taking nuclear weapons out of military doctrine and further restricting access to nuclear materials.
• Towards the BWC Review Conference:
  Diplomacy Still in the Doldrums
  by Nicholas A. Sims
  Reports back from the December meeting of BWC parties and looks ahead to the challenges and opportunities facing the Sixth BWC Review Conference.
  
• Practical Steps to Accelerate BWC Universality
  by Daniel Feakes
  Considers the obstacles to universality and proposes ways forward for the BWC.
• Small Arms and Light Weapons: Making the UN Programme of Action work
  by Rebecca Peters
  A comprehensive review of the challenges facing governments and civil society at the first Review Conference on the 2001 Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons, opening June 2006.
  
• Cooperation and Defection in the Conference on Disarmament
  by John Borrie
  An unusual and thought-provoking analysis of the causes and dynamics of the impasse in the CD.
  
• Implementing Resolution 1540: What the National Reports Indicate
  by Lars Olberg
  Provides a summary and overview of the first national reports on preventing non-state access to WMD materials and technology, as submitted to the 1540 Committee.
• Industry and Nonproliferation: Don't Neglect the First Line of Defence
  by Matthew C. Fuhrmann
  Argues for more attention to be paid to the role that companies can play in nonproliferation.
• Two Treaties to Contain Missile Proliferation
  by Thomas Graham and Dinshaw Mistry
  Proposes two multilateral approaches to curbing missile proliferation.
• North Korean Denuclearisation: A Chinese View of the Way Forward
  by Hui Zhang
  Provides a Chinese perspective on the North Korean situation and proposes a roadmap for denuclearisation of the peninsula.
  
• In the News
  • Iran: recent developments and documents
  • Chirac reasserts French nuclear weapons policy
  • The misbegotten US-India nuclear deal

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Deputy Director and Website Manager: Nicola Butler
Press Officer: Robin Bloomfield
Cover Design: Calvert's Press
Cover photo © J.Borrie 'Palais des Nations', 2005.

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