In this issue: Commitments to disarmament and arms control ; Country Reports ; Missile Defence ; Other Public
Publication
NATO and the Afghan Insurgency: Looking ahead to Bucharest
The insurgency shows few signs of abating. Training of the Afghan army and police, and reconstruction, are essential.
Updated NIE implies constructive pragmatism
The eight-year Iran–Iraq war and Iraq's invasion of Kuwait were often reported as the reason Iran considered nuclear weapons. With Iraq neutralized, Iran may have felt secure enough to cease weapons-related work.
Getting to Zero Update
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Getting to Zero Update
Getting to Zero – Update
To ask the question is to answer it
I think events of this year alone show that the answer to the question, explicit in the title of this 2006 congressional hearing, is no. I recommend taking a glance so you can see how little we have advanced since then.
May 25, 2006:
Hearing: The A.Q. Khan Network: Case Closed?
HEARING TRANSCRIPT (.HTM)
HEARING TRANSCRIPT (.PDF = 517 KB)
The real cost behind Trident replacement and the carriers
The lifetime costs – £5bn, or 40% of the defense equipment budget – is unjustifiable at a time of tightening public budgets