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United States-Russia Nuclear Arms Control
In the mid-1980s Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev initiated a series of nuclear arms agreements with the United States, a process that continued after the breakup of the Soviet Union and into the twenty-first century. What have been the important accomplishments of these agreements? What explains the motivations of the two sides? What are criticisms of the agreements? What are the possibilities for future agreements between the two countries, and what might those agreements entail?
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Space cops: coming to a planet near you! No one within the administration or the nuclear weapons establishment is publicly advocating placing low-yield weapons in space--yet. Here's how it might happen. Mike Moore.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Nov-Dec 2003 v59 i6 p46(11) (7111 words)
Just like old times: Russia's old Cold Warriors couldn't be happier with their country's new nuclear weapons plans. Paul Webster.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists July-August 2003 v59 i4 p30(6) (2709 words)
The Russian nuclear arms control agenda after SORT. (Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty) Nikolai Sokov. Arms Control Today April 2003 v33 i3 p7(5)
America's nuclear deterrence in the age of terrorism. (a discussion of U.S. foreign policy and nuclear policy in the present and past 20 years) Binoy Kampmark. Contemporary Review April 2003 v282 i1647 p206(5)
Stopping a dangerous drift in U.S. arms control policy. (threat reduction programs languishing while new nuclear weapons being considered) John M. Spratt Jr.. Arms Control Today March 2003 v33 i2 p3(5)
A strategic choice: new bunker busters versus nonproliferation. (devleopment of low-yield nuclear weapons would undermne nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty) Sidney Drell, James Goodby, Raymond Jeanloz, Robert Peurifoy. Arms Control Today March 2003 v33 i2 p8(3)
A breakdown of breakout: U.S. and Russian warhead production capabilities. Oleg Bukharin. Arms Control Today Oct 2002 v32 i8 p8(5)
A Risk of Loose Nukes. (Russia's active warheads may not be secure)(World)(Brief Article) Mark Thompson. Time May 27, 2002 v159 i21 p45
New strategic experiment. (Focus). (Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty)(Brief Article) Daryl G. Kimball. Arms Control Today Jan-Feb 2002 v32 i1 p2(1)
Tall tales and deceptive discourses. (weapons treaties) Hugh Gusterson. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Nov-Dec 2001 v57 i6 p65(4) Mag.Coll.: 108H2914.
Illusions of the Second Nuclear Age. (dangers of nuclear weapons) Robert Jay Lifton. World Policy Journal Spring 2001 v18 i1 p25
Commit to abolition. (ICBM nuclear warheads) Alan Cranston. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Jan 2001 v57 i1 p39 Mag.Coll.: 106C3274.
Third Act of the Nuclear Era. (need to abolish nuclear weapons) Douglas Mattern. UN Chronicle Summer 2000 v37 i2 p67 Mag.Coll.: 105B3286.
Nuclear Madness. JONATHAN SCHELL. The Nation May 29, 2000 v270 i21 p5 Mag.Coll.: 103J0090.
The nuclear age: the next chapter. Robert A. Manning. Foreign Policy Winter 1997 n109 p70(15) Mag.Coll.: 92B2353.
Look before your leap: practicable steps toward nuclear arms reduction. Clifford E. Singer. The Washington Quarterly Summer 1997 v20 n3 p199(12)
Democrats criticize nuclear posture review. (News and Negotiations). (Brief Article) Philipp C. Bleek. Arms Control Today March 2002 v32 i2 p23(2)
A Dangerous Treaty. (United States-Russia nuclear weapons agreement)(Brief Article) The Nation June 3, 2002 v274 i21 p3 Mag.Coll.: 111B0112.
A farewell to armaments; Missiles and summitry. (Arms control and summitry bring America and Russia closer)
The Economist (US) May 18, 2002 pNA
Nuclear terrorism and warhead control in Russia. (fear of theft of nuclear weapons by terrorists) Tom Z. Collina, Jon B. Wolfsthal. Arms Control Today April 2002 v32 i3 p15(5)
THINKING ABOUT THE UNTHINKABLE: Unreasonable Exuberance? Andrew L. Ross. Naval War College Review Spring 2001 v54 i2 p36
Don't rush into missile defences. (diplomatic effects of national missile defense system in US) The Economist (US) June 3, 2000 v355 i8173 p16
The continuing Chill of the Cold War. (Brief Article) Allison Macfarlane. Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy Winter 1999 v14 i4 p105
Nuclear free-fall. (economic issues eclipsing the concerns over the nuclear warhead proliferation in Russia) Joseph Cirincione. The Washington Quarterly Wntr 1999 v22 i1 p17(6)
HABIGER: DESPITE BETTER RELATIONS, RUSSIA REMAINS A THREAT. (Air Force Gen. Eugene Habiger on nuclear weapons control) Defense Daily April 2, 1998 v198 n63 pNA(1)
The case for nuclear deterrence today. Robert G. Joseph, John F. Reichart. ORBIS Wntr 1998 v42 n1 p7(13)
Ready, aim, fire. (Nuclear Posture). (nuclear weapons policy) John Isaacs. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists July-August 2002 v58 i4 p21(3)
The jury is still out. (Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty). Wade Boese, J. Peter Scoblic. Arms Control Today June 2002 v32 i5 p4(3)
Assessing the new U.S.-Russian pact. (Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty). John Holum. Arms Control Today June 2002 v32 i5 p7(2)
THREAT V. REALITY. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists July 2001 v57 i4 p36 Mag.Coll.: 107J2919.
Moscow's Matrix. Alexander A. Pikayev. The Washington Quarterly Summer 2000 v23 i3 p187
Russia's strategic priorities: The Russian government has bet it will not lose as much from a world without the anti-ballistic missile treaty as it will gain from a United States willing to cooperate. (Statistical Data Included) Celeste A. Wallander. Arms Control Today Jan-Feb 2002 v32 i1 p4(3) |
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