Contents

• Editorial: Three Cities
  by Rebecca Johnson
• Politics and Protection: Why the 2005 NPT Review Conference Failed
  by Rebecca Johnson
  
• Reviving The Disarmament Regimes: Recommendations of the High Level Panel and Secretary-General's Advisory Board
  by Harald Müller
  
• The Relevance of Gender for Eliminating Weapons of Mass Destruction
  by Carol Cohn with Felicity Hill and Sara Ruddick
  
• National Security and Neo-Arms Control in the Bush Administration
  by Jeffrey A. Larsen
  
• Just War and the Responsibility to Protect: UN Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention
  by Hugh Beach
  
• In the News
  • Iran's Nuclear Programme: EU-3 Snubbed as Iran begins Uranium Conversion at Isfahan
  • North Korea's Nuclear Programme: Continuing obstacles in Six Party Talks
  • Hiroshima Peace Declaration
  • Nagasaki Peace Declaration
  • Robin Cook MP on Trident: Worse than Irrelevant

Executive Director and Editor: Rebecca Johnson
Deputy Director and Website Manager: Nicola Butler
Cover Design: Paul Aston and Calvert's Press
Cover photo: © REJ 2005: 'The Number 30 Bus to Hackney' symbolises ordinary people's extraordinary resistance to violence, cultural intolerance, hatred and injustice. In memory of those who didn't survive, especially Shahara Islam, a young woman with a wonderful smile, who died on the Number 30 bus travelling to work at our local Coop bank on July 7, 2005.

Disarmament Diplomacy publishes reports and articles to stimulate debate on topical security, disarmament and arms control issues. The accuracy of information and views expressed are the sole responsibility of the author(s). No article or news analysis in Disarmament Diplomacy or on the Acronym website should be construed as representing the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy or its Board or Funders.