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Additions in 2002

December 2002 & January 2003

Disarmament Documentation

• Non-Proliferation & US-Russia Relations: Comments by Alexander Vershbow, US Ambassador to Russia, January 9
• Working Against Provocation: Interviews with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Mamedov, December 23/24
• President Bush Announcement on Missile Defence Deployments, December 17

Disarmament Diplomacy

• Anti-Satellite Capabilities of Planned US Missile Defence Systems
  By David Wright and Laura Grego
• Calm After ABM Storm as US, Russia Stress Missile Defence Cooperation
• US Moves to Enhance Stockpile Stewardship Programme
• Use of Gas in Moscow Siege Raises Arms Control Fears

October & November

Disarmament Documentation

• 'Climb on Board': Speech on Missile Defence by John Bolton, November 18
• US Deputy Defense Secretary Speech on Missile Defence, October 24
• US National Academies' Statement on Science and Security, October 18
• Los Alamos Press Release on Neptunium Experiment, October 17
• Colin Powell Speech on US-Russia Relations, October 3

Disarmament Diplomacy

• US Unveils New National Security Strategy
• US and Russia Discuss Agenda for Moscow Treaty Era
• Russia Raises CFE, Nuclear Concerns over NATO Expansion

August & September

Disarmament Documentation

• US-Russia Statement on Fissile Material Reductions, September 16

July 2002

Disarmament Documentation

• Moving Towards a Post-Arms Control Relationship: Rumsfeld Testimony on Moscow Treaty, July 17
• 'A New Way of Doing Business': Powell Testimony on Moscow Treaty, July 9

News Review, Disarmament Diplomacy

• US Hails Post-ABM Era as Moscow Treaty Comes Under Spotlight
• US Shift to Pre-Emption Raises Nuclear Fears
• US Turns Up Heat on Russia over Iran
• Congress Urges Urgent US Action on Russian CW Destruction

June 2002

Disarmament Documentation

• Russia-China CD Working Paper on New Space Treaty, June 27
• Special Pentagon Briefing on Missile Defence, June 25
• US & Russia Begin Moscow Treaty Ratification Process, June 20-21
• US Withdrawal from ABM Treaty/Russia Withdrawal from START II, June 13/14
• Russia, China and Proliferation: Congressional Testimony by Assistant Secretary John Wolf, June 6

May 2002

Disarmament Diplomacy

• Three Pages Paper Over the Cracks at US-Russia Summit
• NATO and Russia Confirm New Relationship, Stress Non-Proliferation Cooperation
• US Prepares to Shake Off ABM Treaty
• US Concern over Russia Testing as Congress Considers Test Readiness, New Weapons

Disarmament Documentation

• Details of US-Russian Non-Proliferation Working Groups, May 30
• US Speech on Outer Space, May 28
• NATO-Russia Summit Meeting, Rome, May 28
• Senator Biden Comment on Moscow Treaty, May 28
• US-Russia Summit, Moscow and St. Petersburg, May 23-26
• "We didn't need this treaty": Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Congressional Testimony, May 21
• US-Russia Arms Control Breakthrough Announced, May 13
• Russian Foreign Minister Visit to Washington, May 2-6

April 2002

Disarmament Diplomacy

• The US Nuclear Posture Review:
  Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
  by Jack Mendelsohn
• Hopes Mix With Accusation and Alarm in US-Russia Nuclear Talks
• Russia-Iran Discussions on Non-Proliferation, Nuclear Cooperation

Disarmament Documentation

• US-Russia Arms Control Discussions, April 23

March 2002

Disarmament Documentation

• 'Very Productive': US-Russia Arms Control Discussions, Geneva, March 21-22
• Classified Excerpts from NPR Published, March 14
• Press Conference by President Bush, March 13
• US-Russia Defence Ministers' Meeting, Washington, March 13
• 'The Second Stage': Speech by President Bush, March 11
• Article and Statements on US Nuclear-Use Policy, March 9
• Congressional Testimony by US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, March 6
• Globalising the Cooperative Threat Reduction Programme: Speech by Senator Richard Lugar , March 4
• 'Not Proceeding Smoothly': Russian Foreign Minister Remarks on Nuclear Reduction Discussions, March 1

February 2002

Disarmament Diplomacy

• US-Russia Discussions Wrestle With Post-ABM Agenda

Disarmament Documentation

• Russia-US Arms Control Discussions, February 19
• Interview with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, February 15
• Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith, February 14
• Secretary of State Colin Powell, February 13
• Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, February 12
• Speech by Former US Vice President Al Gore, February 12
• Munich Security Conference, February 1 - 3

January 2002

Disarmament Documentation

• Interview with US Assistant Secretary of State John Wolf, January 30
• US-Russia Arms Control Discussions, Washington, January 15-16
• US National Intelligence Estimate on the Ballistic Missile Threat, January 10
• US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), January 8
• New US Missile Defense Agency, January 4

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