Intelligence Review 

*Coming clean - India's export control regime
Australia's 5 December 2011 decision to lift its longstanding ban on exporting uranium to India is testament to the country's growing reputation as a responsible...
20-Jan-2012
*Space relations - Preventing an arms race above the Earth
Unlike its terrestrial counterpart, outer space has been an environment largely free from offensive military action and weaponry. This has allowed the extensive development of...
08-Dec-2011
*Volatile mix - Chemical weapons security after the Arab Spring
The death of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Ghadaffi on 20 October marked the fall of another authoritarian leader in the wave of Arab Spring uprisings...
14-Nov-2011
*Fissile range - The Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty stalls
US President Barack Obama reignited international interest in a possible international Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT), when he listed such an agreement among his administration's...
12-Oct-2011
*Worm holes - Virus attacks Iran's enrichment operation
Arguably the most sophisticated malware ever devised, the Stuxnet computer worm was discovered in July 2010 after infecting thousands of computers around the globe. Unlike...
15-Sep-2011
*Grand designs - Russia's nuclear power plant innovation
Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom is making considerable strides in its plan to construct the world's first commercial sea-borne nuclear power plant. The ...
11-Aug-2011
*Fuelling unease - safety concerns linger over nuclear plant
The launch of operations at the Bushehr nuclear power plant (BNPP) will represent a major milestone in Iran's advancing nuclear programme. On 7 June, Iranian...
12-Jul-2011
*Behind the lines - North Korea's ballistic missile units
North Korea possesses the largest ballistic missile force in the developing world and appears intent on advancing its missile and satellite launch capabilities. The April...
14-Jun-2011
*After the shock - implications of the Japanese nuclear crisis
The effects of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on 11 March will continue to be felt for many years, not least in the...
09-May-2011
*Republic space - Iran's satellite programme accelerates
The Iranian space programme showed few outward signs of progress in 2010. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced a number of objectives for the programme at...
14-Apr-2011
*Fission fears - Pakistan's nuclear security under scrutiny
With a growing nuclear energy sector and a nuclear arsenal of between 70 and 100 weapons, Pakistan has long been the object of international concern...
18-Mar-2011
*Big bank theory - A new approach to nuclear fuel provision
The coming decades are likely to bear witness to the substantial growth of nuclear power generation. Heralded as a 'nuclear renaissance', a notable portion of...
18-Feb-2011
*Ban the bomb - Assessing the nuclear test ban treaty
With October satellite imagery confirming reports of recent activity at North Korea's nuclear test site - indicating possible detonation preparations - the need to implement...
04-Jan-2011
*Cluster's last stand: Cluster munitions remain a threat to civilians
Cluster munitions are weapons intended to saturate an area with explosive force by means of multiple submunitions or bomblets released from a container or dispenser....
10-Dec-2010
*Power potential - Brazil's nuclear programme advances
On 31 October, Dilma Rousseff was elected as Brazil's next president, with her administration likely to follow the same policy outlines as those of her...
12-Nov-2010
*Critical mass - Is Syria pursuing nuclear capability?
Syria continues to display a lack of co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) investigation of the country's nuclear programme, according to the latest...
14-Oct-2010
*Chemical solutions - Regulatory body's challenges for a new era
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is arguably the most successful non-proliferation agreement in history. Nevertheless, its implementing body, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical...
15-Sep-2010
*Power posturing - China's tactical nuclear stance comes of age
The 2009 debut of the Dong Hai (DH)-10 cruise missile suggests China may be at the zenith of tactical nuclear weapons technology. More than 10...
12-Aug-2010
*Atomic revelation - Defector reveals Myanmar's nuclear programme
Where there is smoke, there is often fire. If this rationale is correct, the smoke signals sent out by the United States since mid-2009 would...
20-Jul-2010
*Conference call - Nuclear council reaches consensus
The most important diplomatic gathering on issues of global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in recent years took place in May in New York. The ...
18-Jun-2010
*START-up - The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
This is shaping up to be a landmark year in nuclear non-proliferation and arms control policy. Clearly a high priority on the foreign policy agenda...
11-May-2010
*Up in arms - North Korea's illicit weapons deals
The revelation in February that a shipment of North Korean tank components had been seized by South Africa in November 2009 was the latest example...
15-Apr-2010
*Launch sight - Iranian rocket capabilities advance
Iran appears to be making steady advances in its missile capabilities, having recently debuted its largest rocket to date. At the Aerospace Technology Day Ceremony...
11-Mar-2010
*Pyramid scheme - Egypt's ballistic missile test and launch facility
Relatively little is known about Egypt's ballistic missile programme. Yet, as one of the first developing countries to pursue a serious interest in such weapons,...
04-Feb-2010
*Regional restraint - The uses of nuclear weapons-free zones
Combined with treaties prohibiting the placement of nuclear weapons in outer space and the Antarctic, much of the world is now covered by one of ...
14-Jan-2010
*Toxic traps - Weaknesses of the chemical control regime
Under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), riot control agents fall into a grey area whereby they are permitted for law enforcement purposes, but prohibited as...
10-Dec-2009
*Bang or whimper? - Reconsidering India's nuclear capabilities
Controversy has erupted over the nature of India's nuclear capabilities. In August 2009, 11 years after the country conducted what it claimed to be the...
12-Nov-2009
*Nuclear renaissance - Security challenges of atomic power
More than 30 countries are currently considering establishing their own nuclear power programmes. The growing popularity of nuclear power could be likened to a 'nuclear...
16-Oct-2009
*Second site - Iran reveals its Qom enrichment facility
High drama surrounded the revelation on 21 September that Iran's nuclear programme is expanding. On that date, Iran notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...
16-Oct-2009
*Clouded alliance - North Korea and Myanmar's covert ties
Speculation about the nature of military co-operation between North Korea and Myanmar has abounded since the two Asian states re-established diplomatic relations in April 2007....
17-Sep-2009
*Space cadets - The Korean peninsula's rocket competition
For South Korea, it is better late than never. The country is finally nearing the launch of the Naro-1, or the Korea Space-Launch Vehicle (KSLV-1),...
14-Aug-2009
*Alternative energy -Two scenarios for nuclear Iran
The latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on the status of Iran's nuclear programme, released on 5 June, indicates that Iran's capacity to enrich...
16-Jul-2009
*Nuclear fallout - North Korea returns to proliferation programme
A series of North Korean actions between April and June have amounted to a complete breakdown in non-proliferation efforts on the peninsula. Pyongyang's 5 ...
19-Jun-2009
*Punitive power - Combating proliferation with sanctions
The UN Security Council has imposed financial sanctions on three North Korean firms in response to the regime's 5 April rocket launch. The sanctions follow...
14-May-2009
*Agency provocateurs - Atomic organisation faces policy challenges
This year the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will select a new leader. The question of who should succeed Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, who has been...
08-Apr-2009