Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


Congressional Research Service [CRS]
Nuclear, Chemical and Missile Weapons and Proliferation

Arms Control
Department of Energy

China
India / Pakistan
Iran
Iraq
North Korea
Russia

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The Congressional Research Service [CRS] is the research arm of Congress. None of their reports are available at the official CRS web site, and they would be quite happy if none of their reports were available here. The University of Oregon Library includes links to other sources of CRS reports, and some of the more interesting reports also show up at the Foreign Press Center.
Arms Control
94029 Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress January 6, 1997 HTML
Conventional Forces In Europe Treaty: Russian Attitudes And Implications For Us Interests September 15, 1995 HTML
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): Flank Agreement & Treaty January 1997 HTML
96492e Export Administration Legislation August 27, 1996 HTML
RL32359 Globalizing Cooperative Threat Reduction: A Survey of Options July 2, 2004 PDF
RL30427 Missile Survey: Ballistic and Cruise Missiles of Foreign Countries March 5, 2004 PDF
RL32572 Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons Sept 9, 2004 PDF
94054 Nuclear Arms Control and Nuclear Threat Reduction: Issues and Agenda October 30, 1996 HTML
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Missile Proliferation Sanctions: Selected Current Law November 25, 1997 HTML
98-116 Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Missile Proliferation Sanctions: Selected Current Law May 27, 1998 HTML
91023 Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Issues in the 104th Congress November 1, 1996 HTML
IB10091 Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues October 7, 2003 PDF
IB10091 Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues June 21, 2004 PDF
RL32595 Nuclear Terrorism: A Brief Review of Threats and Responses Sept 22, 2004 PDF
92099 Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and Nuclear Testing June 4, 1998 HTML
97-564 Nuclear Weapons: Disposal Options for Surplus Weapons-Usable Plutonium May 22, 1997 HTML
92099 Nuclear Weapons Testing and Negotiation of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty November 14, 1996 HTML
91139 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START I & II): Verification and Compliance Issues November 22, 1996 HTML
RS21528 Terrorist “Dirty Bombs”: A Brief Primer April 1, 2004 PDF
RL31623 U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Changes in Policy and Force Structure February 23, 2004 HTML
RL32097 Weapons of Mass Destruction Counterproliferation: Legal Issues for Ships and Aircraft October 1, 2003 PDF
RL31332 Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Terrorist Threat Legal Issues for Ships and Aircraft March 7, 2002 PDF
IB92099 Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty January 10, 2005 PDF
RS22125 NPT Compliance: Issues and Views April 26, 2005 PDF
RS21758 Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction: Establishment and Composition March 31, 2005 PDF
IB92099 Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty January 10, 2005 PDF
RL30699 Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles: Status and Trends January 14, 2005 PDF
RL31448 Nuclear Arms Control: The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty January 21, 2005 PDF
RL31559 Proliferation Control Regimes: Background and Status February 10, 2005 PDF
US Nuclear Weapons
92059 Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal November 21, 1996 HTML
95110 DOE Laboratory Restructuring Legislation December 4, 1996 HTML
96020 The Department of Energy's FY1997 Budget December 3, 1996 HTML
98-256 Department of Energy FY1999 Research and Development Budget: Description and Analysis June 18, 1998, (PDF)
97002 The Department of Energy's Tritium Production Program September 16, 1997 HTML
91039 Magnetic Fusion: The DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Program December 31, 1996
90074 Nuclear Weapons Production Complex: Environmental Compliance and Waste Management November 21, 1996 HTML
IB88090 Nuclear Energy Policy December 5, 1996 HTML
IB88090 Nuclear Energy Policy September 1, 2004 PDF
95111 Privatizing the United States Enrichment Corporation December 4, 1996 HTML
97012 Restructuring DOE and Its Laboratories: Issues in the 105th Congress January 31, 1997 HTML
IB10036 Restructuring DOE and Its Laboratories: Issues in the 106th Congress May 17, 2000 HTML
RS21762 Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Budget Request and Plan, FY2005-FY2009 March 8, 2004 PDF
RL32130 Nuclear Weapon Initiatives: Low-Yield R&D, Advanced Concepts, Earth Penetrators, Test Readiness March 8, 2004 PDF
RL31623 U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Changes in Policy and Force Structure January 13, 2005 PDF
China
95-1173F China Policy: Crisis Over Taiwan, 1995 -- A Post Mortem December 5, 1995 HTML
98018 China-U.S. Relations March 25, 1994 HTML
94422 Chinese Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Policies: Implications and Options for the United States March 25, 1994 HTML
92-056 Chinese Missile and Nuclear Proliferation: Issues for Congress November 16, 1995 HTML
Chinese Missile and Nuclear Proliferation: Issues for Congress October 20, 1993 HTML
98-485 China: Possible Missile Technology Transfers From U.S. Satellite Export Policy -- Background and Chronology June 12, 1998 HTML
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92056 Chinese Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Policy Issues January 6, 1997 HTML
92056 Chinese Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Policy Issues UPDATED, June 1, 1998 HTML
China's Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction udpated, July 15, 1998 HTML
Foreign Military Assistance to China--Perspectives of U.S. and Foreign Specialists July 8, 1997 HTML
94-154S Theater Missile Defenses: Possible Chinese Reactions; U.S. Implications And Options HTML
98-549 Transfer of Missile and Satellite Technology to China: A Summary of H.Res. 463 Authorizing a House Select Committee June 24, 1998 (PDF)
India / Pakistan
93097 India - U.S. Relations December 9, 1996 HTML
93097 India-U.S. Relations April 21, 1995 HTML
93097 India - U.S. Relations May 21, 1998 UPDATED HTML
90149 Pakistan Aid Cutoff: U.S. Nonproliferation and Foreign Policy Considerations December 6, 1996 HTML
94041 Pakistan-U.S. Relations May 28, 1998 HTML
94041 Pakistan-U.S. Relations November 7, 1996 HTML
President Clinton's South Asia Trip March 31, 2000 HTML
93243 South Asia: U.S. Interests and Policy Issues February 12, 1993 HTML
RL31900 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between North Korea and Pakistan March 11, 2004 PDF
RL32745 Pakistan’s Nuclear Proliferation Activities and the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission: U.S. Policy Constraints and Options January 25, 2005 PDF
RL32745 Pakistan’s Nuclear Proliferation Activities and the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission: U.S. Policy Constraints and Options March 16, 2005 PDF
RL31589 Nuclear Threat Reduction Measures for India and Pakistan February 17, 2005 PDF
Iraq
Iraqi Chemical & Biological Weapons (CBW) February 17, 1998 HTML
Iraqi Chemical & Biological Weapons (CBW) Capabilities April 1998 HTML
98-129 Iraqi Chemical & Biological Weapons (CBW) Capabilities February 17, 1998 (PDF)
94049 Iraq-U.S. Confrontations December 5, 1996 HTML
Iraq-U.S. Confrontation: 1997-1998 December 17, 1998 HTML
98-120 Iraq Crisis: U.S. and Allied Forces March 6, 1998 (PDF)
98-114 Iraq: International Support For U.S. Policy February 19, 1998 (PDF)
92117 Iraqi Compliance with Cease-Fire Agreements December 2, 1996 HTML
Iraqi Compliance with Cease-Fire Agreements udpated, November 27, 1998 HTML
RS21324 Congressional Action on Iraq 1990-2002: A Compilation of Legislation December 5, 2002 PDF
IB92117 Iraq: Weapons Threat, Compliance, Sanctions, and U.S. Policy December 10, 2002 PDF
North Korea
91141 North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program March 17, 2003 [96K PDF]
94-311S Korean Crisis, 1994: Military Geography, Military Balance, Military Options April 11, 1994 HTML
91141 North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program December 12, 1996 HTML
94470F North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program U.S. Policy Options June 1, 1994 HTML
93-612F North Korea: Policy Determinants, Alternative Outcomes, U.S. Policy Approaches June 24, 1993 HTML
94-299F U.N. Security Council Consideration of North Korea's Violations of its Nuclear Treaty Obligations April 6, 1994 HTML
94-578F North Korea After Kim Il Sung July 20, 1994 HTML
94-505F North Korea: U.S. Policy and Negotiations To Halt Its Nuclear Weapons Program; An Annotated Chronology and Analysis July 20, 1994 HTML
94-933S Korea: Procedural and Jurisdictional Questions Regarding Possible Normalization of Relations With North Korea November 29, 1994 HTML
95-1187F North Korea's Campaign Against the Korean Armistice December 11, 1995 HTML
RL31900 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between North Korea and Pakistan March 11, 2004 PDF
IB91141 North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program December 30, 2004 PDF
IB91141 North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program January 27, 2005 PDF