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BASIC Reports is a newsletter on international security policy published by the British American Security Information Council, an independent research organization.

BASIC Reports #86, October 2004

BASIC Reports #85, March 2004

  • CFE Treaty: Legacy of the Past or Hope for the Future?
  • EU Strategy against WMD Proliferation
  • Russia's secret weapon: myth or reality?
  • Iran and the IAEA
  • UK Nuclear Collaboration with the United States

BASIC Reports #84, October 2003

BASIC Reports #83, February 2003 

  • WHAT'S LEFT AFTER SORT?
  • CHANGING THE GUARD IN AFGHANISTAN AND MACEDONIA
  • THE PROBLEM OF CIVIL PLUTONIUM STOCKPILES
  • THE MISSILE DEFENCE DEBATE GAP

BASIC Reports #82  November 2002

  • BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS REVIEW UNCERTAIN
  • MILITARY AND POLITICAL COSTS OF A WAR WITH IRAQ
  • THE ROAD TO PRAGUE, AND BEYOND
  • THE FUTURE OF THE OSCE - PANEL DISCUSSION IN WASHINGTON

BASIC Reports #81  May 2002

  • CONTROVERSIAL TRIAL EXAMINES SOUTH AFRICAN CBW ACTIVITIES
  • NPT PPREPCOM ACHIEVES LITTLE DESPITE GROWING NUCLEAR DANGERS
  • OSCE ADVANCES SMALL ARMS CONTROL MEASURES

BASIC Reports #80  April 2002

  • "NATO OBVIOUSLY HAS TO MOVE AHEAD"
  • YUGOSLAVIA'S NATIONAL HEALING TO BEGIN

BASIC Reports #79  February 2002

  • COUNTRIES CONFRONT OBSTACLES TO STRENGTHENED BWC
  • TOTH REMARKS ON INDUSTRY, ANTHRAX ATTACKS
  • 2002 INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS

BASIC Reports #78  15 May 2001

  • DENMARK DEBATES CHINESE REACTION TO MISSILE DEFENSE
  • PUSH NEEDED TO CONCLUDE BWC PROTOCOL
  • AT UN 2001 PREP COM, CONSENSUS ELUSIVE ON PROGRAM OF ACTION
  • WILL THE EU FILL GAP LEFT BY US REVERSAL IN NON-PROLIFERATION?
  • INDIA THANKS BUSH FOR CTBT REPRIEVE

BASIC Reports #77  10 March 2001

  • CTBT INSPECTIONS REMAIN CONTENTIOUS
  • U.N. STILL LACKS MANDATE FOR SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE 

BASIC Reports #76  10 February 2001

  • NATO FOREIGN MINISTERS ADOPT LIMITED PROPOSALS ON ARMS CONTROL
  • 2001 INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS 

BASIC Reports #75  10 November 2000

  • NATO 'PARAGRAPH 32' ARMS CONTROL REVIEW GATHERS PACE
  • IS SOUTH ASIA HEADED FOR A POST-COLD WAR NUCLEAR RACE?
  • 2000 UN REGISTER OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS

BASIC Reports #74  14 August 2000

  • GLOOM HANGS OVER CD
  • MD STIRS INTERNAL TENSIONS IN ALLIED NATIONS
  • NEWS BRIEFS
  • STATUS OF CURRENT ARMS CONTROL TREATIES
  • EDITOR'S NOTE

BASIC Reports #73  17 January 2000

  • OSCE AND NATO TAKE AIM AT SMALL ARMS
  • US, RUSSIA Y2K MONITORING LAYS GROUND FOR SHARED EARLY
    WARNING MEASURES
  • OSCE SUMMIT UPHOLDS GREATER REGIONAL ROLE
  • 2000 INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS

BASIC Reports #72  15 November 1999

  • OSCE TO ADOPT NEW CIVILIAN RESPONSE CAPABILITY AT SUMMIT
  • GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ADVANCE SMALL ARMS EFFORTS

BASIC Reports #71  1 October 1999

  • UN SMALL ARMS REPORT PAVES PATH FOR 2001 CONFERENCE
  • INDIA LAUNCHES TEST OF PROLIFERATION POLICY

BASIC Reports #70  5 July 1999

  • STABILITY PACT FOR SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE ENCOUNTERS  OBSTACLES TO FUNDING, FULFILLMENT
  • RUSSIA WATERS DOWN ROLE OF NATO
  • EU SECURES DEFENSE IDENTITY, BUT WAFFLES ON WAY FORWARD
  • NEWS BRIEF: EU & US BOLSTER CRISIS PREVENTION
  • UK PARLIAMENT SEIZES ARMS TRADE MONITORING OPPORTUNITY
  • OAS CONVENTION PAVES PATH TO REGIONAL ARMS REPORTING
  • COLLECTIVE CONCERN SPURS SMALL ARMS STEPS
  • NEWS BRIEF: US NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE MAY GO GLOBAL
  • STABILITY PACT FOR SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE (EXCERPTS)

BASIC Reports #69  29 March 1999

  • BRITISH PARLIAMENT KEPT OUT OF THE LOOP ON NATO STRATEGY
  • CFE TALKS ADVANCE AMID CONTROVERSY
  • IMPASSE OVER NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AT THE CD
  • NATO AMBASSADORS TACKLE SMALL ARMS PROBLEM

BASIC Reports #68  24 February 1999

  • NUCLEAR DOCTRINE REMAINS THORN IN NATO'S SIDE
  • NUCLEAR KNOW-HOW: AN INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD BUTLER

BASIC Reports #67  27 November 1998

  • SOUTH ASIAN NUCLEAR TESTS DOMINATE FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE
  • 1998 UN REGISTER
  • DOWNLOAD 1998 UN REGISTER TABLES

BASIC Reports #66  23 October 1998

  • NATO FORMULATING NEW STRATEGIC CONCEPT
  • POLISH ARMS SMUGGLERS VIOLATED UN EMBARGOES
  • ...BUILD...DIVERSIFY...EXPAND...MATURE...GROW...

BASIC Reports #65  14 August 1998

  • MORE TALK, LITTLE ACTION ON LIGHT WEAPONS IN OSLO
  • AN INTERNATIONAL AGENDA ON SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS: ELEMENTS OF A COMMON UNDERSTANDING
  • UN LOBBIES FOR COORDINATION ON SMALL ARMS
  • COORDINATING ACTION ON SMALL ARMS (CASA): THE UNITED NATIONS POLICY
  • INTERVIEW WITH DR. OWEN GREENE ON UN EFFORTS TO CONTROL SMALL ARMS
  • NATIONS CALL FOR NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD

BASIC Reports #64  4 June 1998

  • EU PAYS HIGH PRICE FOR FRENCH SUPPORT ON CODE OF CONDUCT
  • NATO-RUSSIA COOPERATION STUCK IN NEUTRAL
  • ECOSOC, G-8 JOIN FORCES TO COMBAT FIREARMS TRAFFICKING
  • ECOSOC RESOLUTION: MEASURES TO REGULATE FIREARMS

BASIC Reports #63  21 April 1998

  • US SENATE TELLS NATO TO KEEP RUSSIA AT ARMS LENGTH
  • TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR AN EXAMINATION AND UPDATING AS NECESSARY OFTHE STRATEGIC CONCEPT
  • BIG POWERS UNITE ON GLOBAL LIGHT WEAPONS CONTROL
  • STAKES RISE IN NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY MANEUVERS

BASIC Reports #62  15 December 1997

  • NATO U-TURN ON COST STUDY
  • NATO AND RUSSIA ESTABLISH NUCLEAR EXPERTS GROUP, BY MARTIN BUTCHER
  • FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATES SMALL ARMS AND TRANSPARENCY IN ARMAMENTS
  • CALENDAR OF INTERNATIONAL EVENTS IN 1998

BASIC Reports #61  11 November 1997

  • FRENCH PARLIAMENTARIANS FIND FAULT WITH NATO EXPANSION
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: DRAFT OAS CONVENTION ON FIREARMS TRAFFICKING
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: 1997 UN REGISTER

BASIC Reports #60  6 October 1997

  • NATO-RUSSIA WORK PLAN: TEXT
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: WORK PROGRAMME OF THE NATO-RUSSIA PERMANENT JOINT COUNCIL UNTIL THE END OF 1997

BASIC Report #59  25 August 1997

  • AFTER DISCORD, CONSENSUS ON UN SMALL ARMS REPORT
  • REGISTER REVIEW PRODUCES LIMITED RESULTS
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: REPORT ON THE PANEL OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON SMALL ARMS

BASIC Reports #58  1 July 1997

  • SIZE OF NATO ENLARGEMENT IN LIMBO AS MADRID SUMMIT APPROACHES
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN EXECUTIVE SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF US COMMITTEE TO EXPAND NATO
  • BOARD OF DIRECTORS FACT SHEET
  • ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES PROPOSES PRE-NOTIFICATION OF ARMS TRANSFERS
  • UNITED NATIONS REGISTER OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS

BASIC Reports #57  1 April 1997

  • AFTER HELSINKI, RUSSIANS WARN AGAINST "PREMATURE OPTIMISM"
  • UN REGISTER EXPERTS ARGUE OVER EXPANSION
  • HELSINKI STATEMENT ON NUCLEAR FORCES
  • NATO's CFE PROPOSAL

BASIC Reports #56  11 February 1997

  • NEW EVIDENCE FURTHER IMPLICATES FRANCE IN THE FALL OF SREBRENICA
  • CABLE FROM AKASHI TO ANNAN, 19 JUNE 1995
  • UN SMALL ARMS PANEL MAKES PROGRESS
  • MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING?

BASIC Reports #55  16 December 1996

  • NPT REVIEW: LET THE GAMES BEGIN
  • OSCE SUMMIT FALLS SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS
  • CALENDAR OF SELECTED INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 1997
  • HOT DEBATE, LUKEWARM RESULTS IN UN FIRST COMMITTEE

BASIC Report #54  28 October 1996

  • NATO PROCEEDS CAUTIOUSLY ON CFE ADAPTATIO
  • UN EXPERTS' PANEL ON SMALL ARMS FACES OBSTACLES
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: OTTAWA DECLARATION ON ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES
  • US MAINTAINS DOMINANCE OF WORLD ARMS MARKET
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER

BASIC Reports #53  23 September 1996

  • A TEST BAN TREATY THAT DOESN'T BAN TESTS?
  • STEPS TOWARDS A NATO--RUSSIA CHARTER
  • NEW NPT REVIEW PROCESS GETS UNDER WAY

BASIC Reports #52  13 May 1996

  • WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT IN LIMBO
  • EAST-WEST DIFFERENCES MAY IMPEDE PROGRESS AT CFE REVIEW
  • CTB OR NOT CTB
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: UN REGISTER OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS; COMPOSITE TABLE OF REPLIES TO DATE; UK SUBMISSION; US SUBMISSION
  • GERMAN LAND MINE BAN INCLUDES CLAYMORE MINES

BASIC Reports #51  30 April 1996

  • DEFINITION THREATENS TO CREATE LOOPHOLE IN LAND MINE BAN
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: UK POLICY STATEMENT ON LAND MINES 22 APRIL 1996

BASIC Reports #50  21 February 1996

  • WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT CONTROVERSIAL
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT FINAL DECLARATION
  • CONFIDENCE-BUILDING AND ARMS CONTROL IN BOSNIA
  • FRANCE SEEKS A NEW NATO
  • COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY NEGOTIATIONS
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: INDIA'S STATEMENT TO THE CD

BASIC Reports #49  1 December 1995

  • NEW FORUM "SMALL GROUP" MEETING PRODUCES MEAGRE RESULTS
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER, RUSSIAN SUBMISSION
  • THE FIFTIETH SESSION OF THE UN FIRST COMMITTEE
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: UN FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS: CTBT, SMALL ARMS, AND AFRICAN NWFZ
  • THE WEU ALLOWS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC APPROACHES BUT KEEPS ITS MILITARY FORCES

BASIC Reports #48  20 November 1995

  • INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES FAIL TO SUPPLY INFORMATION TO WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: LETTER FROM JUDGE RICHARD GOLDSTONE TO MR. STEVE MATHIAS, LEGAL ADVISOR AT THE US EMBASSY IN THE HAGUE
  • US AND GERMANY DOMINATE WORLD WEAPONS EXPORTS
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER

BASIC Reports #47  16 October 1995

  • US INTELLIGENCE KNEW SERBS WERE PLANNING AND ASSAULT ON SREBRENICA
  • THE 1995 CD SESSION ENDS: CTBT TEXT STILL ROLLING
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: PELINDABA TEXT OF THE ARFICAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE TREATY

BASIC Reports #46  20 July 1995

  • WESTERN POLICY IN BOSNIA
  • MOVING TOWARDS THE NEW FORUM
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER: COMPOSITE TABLE OF REPLIES OF GOVERNMENTS

BASIC Reports #45  1 July 1995

  • A PERMANENT NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENTS: NPT CONFERENCE FINAL DOCUMENTS
  • UN REGISTER SUBMISSIONS

BASIC Reports #44 14 April 1995

  • AMBASSADOR GRAHAM ON US POLICY AND THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
  • WESTERN STATES WEIGH INDEFINITE EXTENSION AND A CONSENSUS DECISION
  • EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES WIERSMA REPORT ON THE NPT
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENT: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REPORT ON THE NPT: PART A: MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
  • DISCUSSIONS START ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN SECURITY
  • REPRINTED DOCUMENTS: RUSSIAN AND US STATEMENTS ON EUROPE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

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