Nuclear Black Market Dossier: A Net Assesment

23 Jun 2008 - - Guardian - Nuclear scare stories But the basic story has been around for a while. For example, last May the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) published a dossier on Khan's network. IISS director-general John Chipman said: "Bomb designs were apparently digitalised and copied on to computer disks at one of Khan's offices in Dubai. One of the Swiss members of the network admitted to having atomic bomb construction plans in his own office. Swiss and American authorities, as well as the IAEA, have...
31 May 2008 - - Guardian - Nuclear bomb blueprints for sale on world black market, experts fear However, there are widespread fears this has already happened or still could. "We know that copies were made," said Mark Fitzpatrick, an expert on the illicit networks at the British-based International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS). "Both US intelligence and the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN's nuclear watchdog] had been pursuing this with great urgency and diligence. But what happened to the other copies that [Tinner] made? It is worrisome that there...
04 May 2008 - - Daily Times - Pakistan and army: a changing relationship? Finally, Pakistan remains a key and strategically important country in a troubled region of the world, sitting as it does on the cusp of South Asia, Central Asia, and the Gulf. It also has nuclear arms, whose control and safeguarding remain key to the future stability of the region. For now the army has maintained effective control over the nuclear weapons. A recent Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS) report called the system of safeguards “robust”, based on concentric...
December 30th - - Hindustan Times - Snaring the N-Jihadi This thesis has been supported by a recent study of A.Q. Khan's nuclear black market operations by the International Institute for Strategic Studies and a book, The Nuclear Jihadist, by Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins. Both conclude the fragmented nature of Pakistan's polity allowed Khan to sell nuclear secrets freely. "The diffusion of domestic political power among the troika of the President, Prime Minister and the Army Chief, obscured the command and control authority over the...
A review of Nuclear Black Markets Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A. Q. Khan and the Rise of Proliferation Networks, edited by Mark Fitzpatrick, a senior fellow at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies and formerly with the U.S. State Department, where he served as deputy assistant secretary of nonproliferation and at the South Asia desk, is an important addition to the literature on Pakistan's nuclear program and the dynamics of nuclear proliferation. The report offers a sweeping, well-referenced...
So, What About Those Nukes? "The diffusion of domestic political power among the troika of the president, prime minister and the army chief,” said a major study of the Khan network published earlier this year by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, “obscured the command and control authority over the covert nuclear weapons program.”
Pakistan Nuclear Security Questioned Instead of allowing U.S. officials access to its weapons facilities, the Musharraf government insisted that Pakistani technicians travel to the United States for training on how to use the new systems, said Mark Fitzpatrick, a weapons expert who recently completed a study of the Pakistani program for the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies.
BB crosses the line on AQ Khan? The most recent report revealing Dr Khan’s “sale” of nuclear technology has come this year from the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. It confirms that Dr Khan had begun making his efforts to put his enterprise on the market in 1987 when he talked openly to the Indian journalist Kuldip Nayar about what he had in his nuclear inventory. After being “reprimanded” by General Zia-ul-Haq, he nonetheless sold his wares to Iran the same year...
United Nations Disarmament Conference In view of the growing threats to global and regional security arising from nuclear proliferation risks, the conference will address challenges facing the nuclear non-proliferation regime and strengthening of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and will discuss a new vision and required leadership towards a world free from nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. Regional issues in relation to nuclear testing and nuclear proliferation will also be...
Khan network out of business, says State Dept Commenting on a report by London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies which claims that the Khan network is still running, Mr McCormack said while he could not say whether “any copycats or other elements” associated with the group were attempting to continue these illicit activities, the network itself no longer existed.Earlier, IISS official Mark Fitzpatrick told the US House Subcommittee on South Asia that “at least some of Dr Khan’s associates appear...
Rep. Ackerman Issues Statement One year ago we didn't know the full extent of the A.Q. Khan proliferation network. A year later, as the report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies issued in May points out, we still don't. One year ago we didn't know the exact number of countries, entities or individuals involved. A year later we still don't know if we have a complete list. One year ago, we didn't know whether Dr. Khan or any of his associates had contact with al Qaeda as has been reported, or whether his...
Rep. Royce Issues Statement This IISS report we'll hear about documents North Korea's extensive procurement activities, which centered on the Khan network, but include China. This report suggests that this regime can draw upon a large and experienced transnational criminal network for nuclear procurement. Indeed, the Treasury Department's investigation of Banco Delta Asia "revealed additional illicit financial conduct ... including activity related to entities facilitating weapons of mass destruction...
Ways to Detect and Thwart Nuclear Trade I’d like to now focus on several policy remedies, two of which will be further developed by Ralf and Matti, and IISS under Mark Fitzpatrick, who I think I just saw, has also recently issued an excellent report which I would recommend, and that provides great information and insights into the nuclear trade and many important policyprescriptions to try to fix the problem.
Ackerman to head panel on Khan network A prominent US lawmaker will head a hearing to examine whether the nuclear weapons technology network headed by disgraced Pak scientist A Q Khan has been dismantled as claimed by the Bush administration or has merely started operating under a different guise. The prime focus of the hearing is to review the findings of International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) about the Khan cartel and see if the nuclear black market network has been truly dismantled or continues to be operated by his...
World at new 'nuclear crossroads' DOBELL: Now under house arrest in Pakistan, Khan started his nuclear trafficking in the 1980s and made sales to Iran, North Korea and Libya. The network was rolled up by the United States and British intelligence in late 2003. But still work is going on to find out how much damage Khan did. The International Institute for Strategic Studies has just released a dossier on Khan and nuclear markets. Its author Mark Fitzpatrick.FITZPATRICK: The Khan case showed that proliferation is not just state...
Key player in nuclear black market North Korea is feared to take centre stage in the nuclear black market even if the six-way talks succeed in halting its nuclear programme, a prominent non-proliferation expert said Friday. Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), raised worries about the illicit trade of nuclear materials and expertise by the secretive communist nation's corrupt officials and scientists."A future black market from North Korea may take the form of...
Stanching political atrophy in Pakistan Separately, the American response to real or perceived WMD threats from Iraq, Iran, North Korea and Libya overlooked a possible Pakistani connection suggested in the report, Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A Q Khan and the Rise of Proliferation Networks, recently published by London's International Institute for Strategic Studies. Since only the uranium enrichment technology Khan stole from the Netherlands enabled Pakistan to develop its weapons capability, the question of official complicity...
Pakistani embassy rejects report Shaheedi writes, “Pakistan rejects the mindset that is bent upon maligning the country. It is a well-known fact that illegal networks of nuclear technology have been operating in more than 30 countries and predate Dr Khan. This fact has been acknowledged by the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. I can say with full responsibility that Pakistan has successfully dismantled the AQ Khan network. I wish the writer has gone through the recently released report of the...
Embassy spokesman takes exception to article Akram Shaheedi wished the writer had gone through the recently released report of International Institute of Strategic Studies, which, according to him, gave a detailed view on the issue. The spokesman also drew attention to the arrests of Indian nationals about a few weeks ago on charges of exporting missile technology from the United States to India.
A Q Khan nuclear network alive and kicking Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A Q Khan and the Rise of Proliferation Networks, a strategic dossier released in the United States last Tuesday by the London-headquartered International Institute for Strategic Studies, was drafted by several subject-matter experts and edited by Mark Fitzpatrick, a former US deputy assistant secretary of state for non-proliferation, and now IISS senior fellow for non-proliferation.