The Obama administration's work to reduce nuclear weapons and reduce nuclear dangers has not been complemented by similar diligent work in the area of conventional weapons exports.
Jeff Stein | Posted 11.17.2009 | World
Over $3 billion and seven years since U.S. intelligence discovered that Osama Bin Laden was seeking a nuke, terrorists can still drive a radioactive truck through the holes in America's border defenses
Steve Orlins | Posted 11.17.2009 | World
I continue to be optimistic that close, frequent contact between American and Chinese leaders will add muscle to the kinds of cooperative agreements that are necessary to tackle major shared issues of the day.
Saad Khan | Posted 11.05.2009 | World
Dr. A. Q. Khan, even if he is unable to get any relief from the court, has found another means of reaching out to the masses -- i.e., by writing in newspapers.
Phyllis Bennis | Posted 11.04.2009 | World
Achieving what Obama calls a "world without nuclear weapons" means more than just talking. It also means recognizing -- and implementing -- Washington's own NPT obligations to disarm.
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.26.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — U.N. inspectors entered a once-secret uranium enrichment facility with bunker-like construction and heavy military protection tha...
The New Republic | Abbas Milani | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
There has been much debate about where Iran's democratic protesters stand on the country's nuclear program. In the past weeks, there have been many ne...
Sarah van Gelder | Posted 10.12.2009 | World
It's no wonder that the Nobel Committee would want to encourage an embattled U.S. president who is trying to do the right thing. After eight years of recklessness, there's a lot of catch-up to do.
Wael Nawara | Posted 10.10.2009 | World
Obama indeed may have won the Nobel Prize, not for the Peace he helped realize, but for the Hope he has managed to inspire.
Rebecca R. Friedman | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
The Obama foreign policy era officially began last week in Geneva. Now that the transition is fully over, the international community will find out whether President Obama can deliver on his commitments.
Judith Ellis | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics
When it comes to secrecy and international politics, we wink and nod when necessary.
David Harris | Posted 09.29.2009 | World
Iran has been caught in yet another act of deception. Faced with the prospect of being outed by the U.S., Tehran's leaders informed the IAEA of a second uranium enrichment facility.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
If any president is going to "cut and run" from an American military engagement he or she better be a Republican. This narrative runs deep in American political discourse.
Queen Noor of Jordan | Posted 09.27.2009 | World
It was my privilege to witness the UN Security Council Summit unanimously adopt a resolution calling for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.
James Lamond | Posted 09.23.2009 | World
The proliferation of nuclear weapons is one of the most dangerous and frightening of modern challenges. Yet it also one the challenge that through American global leadership and international cooperation can be addressed.
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics
In a Newsweek article, Tepperman announced that we are all dead wrong: "Nuclear weapons may not, in fact, make the world more dangerous." But it became clear there is no research to support his claim.
Nabil Fahmy | Posted 11.22.2009 | World
When Obama takes the stage at the UN, he should seize the moment to turn the world's attention to the nuclear proliferation crisis -- not just by highlighting the issue's urgency, but by providing a clear path forward.
Evelyn Leopold | Posted 11.21.2009 | World
President Obama makes his debut appearance at the United Nations this week, attending and presiding over a breathless array of events far beyond the usual schedule for U.S. presidents.
AP | WILLIAM J. KOLE | Posted 10.18.2009 | World
VIENNA — The global threat posed by Iran's suspect nuclear program is "hyped" because there's no hard proof that Tehran has an ongoing effort to...
Brad Friedman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
Just over two weeks ago, FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds was finally allowed to speak about much of what the Bush Administration spent years trying to keep her from discussing publicly.
Jonathan Granoff | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home
As the Berlin Wall came down, as the wall of apartheid came down, it is time to take down the wall of nuclear weapons.
Joe Cirincione | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
Rather than shaping a nuclear policy to prevent the 21st century threats of nuclear terrorism and new nuclear states, the Pentagon reviewers are defending Cold War architectures.
Frida Berrigan | Posted 09.06.2009 | World
Sixty-four years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we need more than symbols of peace. Memories of the destruction fade, while the terror of nuclear annihilation seems to have worn off almost completely.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 09.06.2009 | World
For decades after the atomic attacks on Japan, the United States engaged in airtight suppression of all film that documented the bombing and its effects.
Tom Engelhardt | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living
As a young man, I had the Bomb on my brain. In my dreams, I could feel its searing heat and watch a mushroom cloud rise on the horizon. My dreams were nothing compared to those of America's top strategists.
Frida Berrigan | Posted 11.18.2009 | World