Nuclear Arms Control

Try a Little Nuclear Sanity

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Ed Markey, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Arms Control, Missile Defense, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Peace, Deterrence, North Korea, World News
Lawrence Wittner

The real nuclear threat to the United States does not lie in the fact that it does not (or will not) possess enough nuclear weapons to deter a nuclear attack. Rather, it is that there is no guarantee that nuclear deterrence works.

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Don't Like Nuclear Proliferation? Ban the Bomb.

Rajan Menon | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear-Free Word, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Arms Control, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Rajan Menon

The campaign to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear arms brings to mind a doctor who focuses on the symptoms while overlooking the disease. If Tehran is indeed building the bomb, it quest is a particular manifestation of a larger problem: nuclear proliferation.

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25 Years After Reykjavik: What We Now Know

Jason Saltoun-Ebin | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Strategic-Defense-Initiative, Ronald Reagan, Nuclear Arms Control, Mikhail Gorbachev, Reagan Nuclear Proliferation, Reagan Arms Control, Politics News
Jason Saltoun-Ebin

Fearing that arms control negotiations would continue to no avail, Gorbachev made an informal proposal in September 1986 for a quick two-day meeting in Reykjavik.

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Fact-Checking The Nuclear-Arms Treaty Debate

AP | DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — In their showdown over an arms-control treaty with Russia, Democrats and Republicans are charging each other with undermining natio...

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Will Senate Republicans Produce Another International Disaster?

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Hilary Clinton, U.S. Senate, Nuclear Weapons, Robert Gates, Start, Nuclear Arms Control, Russia, League of Nations, New Start, Republicans, Jon Kyl, New Start Treaty, Obama, Cold War, World News
Lawrence Wittner

An important explanation for GOP opposition to the New START is that its implementation would be popular and, therefore, redound to Obama's political benefit.

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A Way Forward for Nuclear Arms Control

Jonathan Pearl | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Pearl

Even if New START is ratified before the Democrats' Senate majority significantly shrinks, it will not help advance nonproliferation advocates' long-term goals unless a lost consensus on arms control fundamentals is rebuilt first.

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Iran's leader calls Russia an American stooge

Simon Shuster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, White House, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Russian Federation, Nuclear Arms, United Nations, Nuclear Arms Control, Tehran, Geopolitics, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, World News
Simon Shuster

On Friday, Russia drew the kind of fire from the Iranian President that he usually reserves for the worst of the kafirs in the United States. As repor...

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Don't Let Iran Hijack the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue

Daniel Michaeli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Michaeli

Engaging China on issues like Iran's nuclear program and North Korea's sinking of a South Korean navy ship this year ought not come at the expense of long-term bilateral priorities.

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US, Russia Agree To Maintain Nuclear Treaty

AP | DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, United States, Treaty, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, US-Russia, Nuclear, US Nuclear, Nuclear Arms Control, Russia Nuclear, Russia, US Russia Nuclear, Pact, World News

WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia said Friday they had agreed to maintain the provisions of a major nuclear arms control treaty just hou...

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