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Analyzes documents on the existence of Iraqi nuclear, biological and chemical weapons during the 1991 Gulf War. Speculations about the nuclear and chemical weapons program of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein; Factors considered by the U.S. military in its decision not to bomb major Iraqi arms plants; Impact of the release low-level biological weapons agents on U.S. service members.

An interview with military analyst Daniel Ellsberg is presented. Topics mentioned include the reactions of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger by the release of the Pentagon Papers in 1971 detailed in Ellsberg's book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner," the American military policy that has always been based on the assumption of an American first strike, and the 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove." Ellsberg also explains reduction of nuclear weapons as a more realistic solution.

The article presents the author's comments on the papers by Dr. William Libby and Senator Estes Kefauver related to atomic energy. Dr. Willard Libby, one of four Atomic Energy Commissioners gave a statement in testimony on February 22 before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Civil Defense. Together with the February 15 publicity release of the AEC, it lifts at last a corner of the curtain that has hidden from people, knowledge of the future. It is a foreboding future. Senator Kefauver quotes, related to a 14-megaton bomb similar to the one that was detonated at Bikini on March 1, 1954. We are assured now by Val Peterson, the Federal Civil Defense Administrator, that super bombs four times the size of the 1954 weapon can be made. The increase in megatonnage, in fact, is relatively cheap and easy to attain.

This article reports on a White Paper issued by the British government regarding the cost of nation's nuclear deterrent missile system, Trident. The paper stated the need to retain Trident at an estimated cost of £65 billion over its lifetime. According to Stuart Parkinson, a British advisor on climate change to the United Nations, the money could be spent on more important matters. These include spending on cavity wall and solid wall insulation for homes to help reduce emissions and construction of on-shore or off-shore wind turbines to generate 33 percent of the nation's electricity.

International community is aware of the terrorists' intentions to acquire nuclear material. We are thus living with the modern day nightmare of the possibility of nuclear terrorism. Among non- state actors Al Qaeda is considered to be the most aspirant organization which has used resources and made foiled attempts to acquire nuclear weapon/material and use it. Analysts fears that hostile states namely Iran and North Korea would provide nuclear material to terrorists to use it against their enemies. Despite the fact international community realized the threat of nuclear terrorism in 1990s, IAEA has registered 800 cases, since end of the Cold War to 2010, wherein radioactive material was either missing or it was taken into possession by smugglers. As all roads of terrorist activities are linked with Pakistan, this country can face serious problems if terrorists succeeds in their attempts. This Paper highlights the competition between the international community to foil terrorists attempts to acquire nuclear weapons - and terrorists - to acquire nuclear material and carryout deadly attacks - and possible implications for Pakistan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by John Stone that criticizes on the paper written by Andrew Robb, parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Australia, another by Andrew Campbell on the analysis of Iran and its practice of deception in regards to its development of nuclear weapons capability, and another by Sharif Shuja on the variety of Islamic movements within South East Asia.

This article is a report on the revelation of secret papers that show that Great Britain assisted Israel in the making of nuclear weapons in the 1960s. According to findings discovered by the author and researchers on his BBC television show, "Newsnight," Great Britain supplied plutonium and heavy water to Israel's nuclear program without the knowledge of the prime minister at the time, Harold Wilson, and technology minister Tony Benn. Two nuclear weapons were built and held in reserve in the event of a reverse in the 1967 Six Day War. INSET: HOW WE HELPED THE FRENCH.

Profiles Bedrich Moldan, Minister for Environment for the Czech lands of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic. Start of career as a chemist on arcane problems of atomic absorption; Publication of papers on the chemistry of rain and of the atmosphere; Development of a fascination with landscapes.

The article informs that the U.S. is underestimating Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategy to increase Russia's influence on the world stage according to a white paper. It mentions that the U.S. is ill-equipped to counter the political warfare Russia is waging against democracies. It also mentions need for the U.S. to establish cooperation with Russia in key areas in the realm of nuclear weapons and also mentions about national security threat faced by the U.S.

The article presents a response to an essay entitled "The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy," by Keir Lieber and Daryl Press. The original paper claimed that the Pentagon structured the United States' nuclear arsenal to a goal of deterring nuclear attack on the United States, which the author claims is a mischaracterization of U.S. policy. Declassified documents and public statements from individuals including Defense Secretaries Robert McNamara and Clark Clifford are used to support the author's assertion.

Discusses issues raised by the article "A 21st-Century Role for Nuclear Weapons," by William Schneider, Jr., published in the spring 2004 issue of "Issues in Science & Technology," endorsing the nuclear weapons policy of the current U.S. government as promulgated in its Nuclear Posture Review and National Defense Strategy papers. Description of the primary motive for the policies; Assertion on the implications of hostile weapons of mass destruction stocks being held at risk by various means; Downplay of the value of international agreements.

Provides information on the declassified Royal Air Force (RAF) papers which claim that nuclear bombs stored at Great Britain's military bases in the late 1950s could have exploded by accident. RAF bases where nuclear bombs are kept; Description of the bombs; Reason for imposing the bombs on the RAF.

The article presents comments on various papers that were published in the earlier issue of the journal "Phi Delta Kappan," In the article by Robert Borich titled "School and Parents Take Failing Students Tow in Mandatory Extra-Help Program," suggestion is given for extra classes for failing and incompetent students. Beardslee and Mack's recent research shows that the possibility of nuclear war is on the minds of all young people, from preschoolers to teenagers. Their ego development and life decisions are being shaped by this pervasive anxiety.

The article presents information on China's white paper on national defense which offers a look on its long-term strategy of military modernization. The white paper, which was issued by the Information Office of the State Council, emphasizes the commitment of China to peaceful military development. The paper also contains China's long-standing policy of no first use of nuclear weapons.

The article discusses the impact of Lieutenant-General Sir John Cowley's lecture to the Royal United Service Institution, which rejected the core of Great Britain's official defense policy as defined in 1958 Defense White Paper. He supported the deployment of tactical atomic weapons in Central Europe as a deterrent against mass conventional attack but thought that in limited war overseas Britain should never be the first to use nuclear weapons, on grounds both of morality and expediency and because of the difficulty of limiting their use. London was still buzzing with argument about this lecture when it was reported that the government was taking the prospect of a ban on nuclear weapons.

The article presents information about the usage of nuclear power by Great Britain. After announcing its nuclear power program the government published its White Paper on Defense for 1955, in which the whole of Great Britain's defense policy is based on the use of the hydrogen bomb from the first moment of a major war. The argument is as follows. Given the Communist camp's immense superiority in military manpower, the West cannot withstand an attack in Europe without using the full weight of its nuclear power-it is assumed that the use of tactical atomic weapons must immediately involve the use of the hydrogen bomb. So long as potential aggressors realize that war in any crucial area will be thermonuclear war, the existence of the hydrogen bomb is by far the most effective deterrent.

The article presents a response to an essay entitled "The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy," by Keir Lieber and Daryl Press. The original paper claimed that the United States has achieved nuclear primacy, making the concept of mutual assured destruction obsolete. The author refutes this assertion, claiming that the paper made untenable assumptions about the status of Russia's military. Lieber and Press claim that the Russian nuclear arsenal has deteriorated in the past decade, a claim that is countered in the article.

This article looks at the papers on international relations written by fellows of the Centre for Independent Studies of Australia as of June 2007. Robyn Lim released the paper "Australia and the Future of Nuclear Deterrence," which analyzed the regional fallout from the declaration by North Korea as a nuclear power. Miranda Darling Tobias urged action on HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea in her paper "The HIV/AIDS crisis in PNG."

Several excerpts from Russian publications are presented including "Paper Tigers With Nuclear Weapons," by PAvel Felgengauer, published in the November 23, 2009 issue of " Novaya gazeta" and "Motion for Mistral - Russia Is Becoming an Importer of Military Hardware," by Nikolai Poroskov, published in the November 25, 2009 issue of "Vremya novostei."

The article presents a response to an essay entitled "The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy," by Keir Lieber and Daryl Press. The author refutes the original paper's assertions that United States nuclear policy is geared towards making the U.S. the world's supreme nuclear power, alleging that the U.S. Air Force is actively upgrading its nuclear arsenal to make it more lethal. The United States Department of Defense counteracts this assertion by claiming that improvements to nuclear weapons are designed to make them safer rather than deadlier.

Focuses on the decision of U.S. President George W. Bush to embark on a program for the deliberate use of nuclear weapons. Information on a paper released by Bush that detailed a strategy to combat weapons of mass destruction; Report by the "Bulletin" on the small nuclear weapons proposed; U.S. spending on nuclear weapons.

Discusses the possibility of a Syrian-Israeli war. Israel's nuclear option; Syria's chemical weapons capability; Technical expertise for weapons development supplied by the Soviet Union; Insights from a United States government white paper entitled 'Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs.'

Focuses on the talking paper sent by several authors to United States President Ronald Reagan which proposes several ways by which the country should deal with the issue of nuclear weapons. Key proposals of the paper; Authors included in the campaign; Authors' lack of knowledge about national security and nuclear weaponry.

Reports that letters were sent to high school students around the United States urging them to sign a petition demanding television broadcasting of a discussion between President Ronald Reagan and three other participants on the subject of nuclear arms. Letters from Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts and Concord Academy; Goal to reach 15.6 million students, mail 232,000 pieces of paper, and 64,762 letters.

The article reports on Daniel Ellsberg, an insider at Washington D.C, who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971. In February 2013, Ellsberg addressed the 25th anniversary celebration of the Western States Legal Foundation in Oakland, California, telling the audience that in 1961, while serving on U.S. President John F. Kennedy administration's nuclear war-planning team, he grew concerned about the Pentagon's war strategy.

The article highlights a paper written by Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy director Grant F. Smith entitled "America's Loose Nukes in Israel," which details how the U.S. is entangled in the Israeli nuclear espionage.

This article focuses on Great Britain's nuclear deterrent system. After this week's uncomfortably large rebellion over his relatively modest school reforms, Tony Blair will have to pick the remaining battles of his premiership with some care. One that he might be tempted to leave to his successor, but may not be able to, is over the future of the British nuclear deterrent. In 2003, a defence white paper signalled that a decision on the matter would have to be made during the current parliament. Designed to last around 30 years, the first of Britain's four Trident ballistic-missile submarines will be nearing the end of its life in 2024.

This article focuses on the varying strategies of United States presidential candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry for the nuclear disarmament of North Korea. Unkeen, despite repeated Republican taunts, to reveal the names of the mystery foreign leaders that he has claimed are rooting for him in the election, John Kerry can hardly be pleased with the one endorsement he does appear to have won--from North Korea's boss, Kim Jong Il. Senior Bush people claim Mr Kim would break out the champagne at a Kerry victory, seeing him as a soft touch. Democrats claim the growing North Korean nuclear threat proves that George Bush's high-handed manner with friend and foe alike has made America less safe. Mr Kerry has long said he would deal with the nuclear issue in direct talks, as North Korea has been demanding, rather than through more cumbersome, and so far unsuccessful, six-way talks that also include South Korea, Japan, China and Russia. But there are few illusions, even among Democrats, that there is an easy deal to be had. Given North Korea's mendacious past, any deal would need tough verification rules to convince Congress that it was worth the paper it was written on.