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BASIC Reports
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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