Volume 3, Issue 2
Spring 2004

Dear Colleague:

I am pleased to provide the following three items, which the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control has recently produced.  They explore the impact of the Iraq war on proliferation:

• First, findings from our roundtable, in which four experts on weapons proliferation gathered to discuss whether the Iraq war is having a positive or negative impact on the worldwide spread of mass destruction weapons.  The roundtable was held in Washington D.C. on April 14, 2004.

• Second, the latest issue of the IraqWatch Bulletin, which concludes that the war in Iraq had one unexpected benefit: it has incited the war's opponents to seek out effective ways to stem the spread of mass destruction weapons.

• Finally, a link to timelines setting out key events in North Korea, Iran and Libya that occurred during the period just before and just after the Iraq war.  The timelines will help you assess the impact of the war on the weapon intentions of three key proliferant states and on the Bush administration's ability to deal with such states.

We hope you will find the latest series of IraqWatch products useful.  Please feel free to contact me with any question you may have.

Sincerely,

Valerie Lincy

Research Associate
Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
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Washington D.C. 20006
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