Nuclear Security Summit

Preventing Nuclear Terrorism

Robert Gallucci | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Nuclear War, Nuclear, Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Nuclear Security Summit, Nuclear Security, Obama Nuclear Weapons, Fissile Material, Politics News
Robert Gallucci

Nations with nuclear material -- whether military or civilian -- must secure and eliminate stocks of highly enriched uranium and plutonium. The threat of nuclear terror is not just possible, it is quite plausible; if effective action is not taken, over time, it is probable.

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New START and the Obama Nuclear Agenda

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, Missile Defense, Nuclear-Security, Nuclear Security Summit, New Start, New Start Treaty, Barack Obama, World News
Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.)

New START is just that: a start. Despite the end of the U.S.-Soviet competition, the remaining 23,000 nuclear bombs across the globe present a clear and present danger to U.S. security.

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The Index of Life

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cuban Missile Crisis, Great Recession, Nuclear Security Summit, Peak Oil, Peak Everything, Index of Life, Cold War, Global Warming, Green News
Patrick Takahashi

I'm beginning to be influenced by some of my doomsday colleagues who are frighteningly convincing that the combination of Peak Oil and Global Warming means that life will only get worse.

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Nuclear Summit Signals New Mindset

Posted 05.25.2011

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Nuclear Security Summit: Summit urges acceptance of nuke terrorism treaty

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Weapons, Global Nuclear Summit, Nukes, Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Security, Nuclear Security Summit, World News

WASHINGTON — In full accord on a global threat, world leaders Tuesday endorsed President Barack Obama's call for securing all nuclear materials ...

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Obama's Nuclear Policy: Modest but Important Steps in the Right Direction

William Hartung | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Start Treaty, Obama, Nuclear, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Security Summit, Politics News
William Hartung

President Obama has focused thus far on practical, achievable steps, not sweeping, visionary leaps in policy.

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New Zealand's Prime Minister on the Nuclear Security Summit

Connie Lawn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Connie Lawn

New Zealand is in the unusual position of being the only non-nuclear power country in the security conference.

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Scorecard for the Nuclear Summit

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Security Summit, Start Treaty, Obama Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear-Summt, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

This week's summit is shifting the focus from strategic weapons left over from the days of the Cold War to where it belongs: to terrorists getting their hands on nukes or the materials from which they can be made.

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Ukraine To Get Rid Of Highly Enriched Uranium, White House Says

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House announced Monday that Ukraine was giving up all its highly enriched uranium, marking success for a major U.S. arms ...

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Ukraine Nuclear Deal Reached As DC Summit Begins

AP | STEVEN R. HURST and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House announced Monday that Ukraine was giving up all its highly enriched uranium, marking success for a major U.S. arms ...

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Netanyahu Cancels Trip To Washington For Obama's Nuclear Summit

AP | Mark Lavie | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM (AP)-- Israel's Prime Minister called off his trip to Washington next week to attend a conference on the spread of nuclear weapons, official...

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Zero Has No Legs

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Law, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Npt-Review-Conference, Nuclear Security Summit, Barack Obama, World News
Amitai Etzioni

Obama proffered an attractive vision of a world without nuclear weapons, and a theory -- that if Russia and the U.S. reduce their stockpiles, other nations will be inspired to, too.

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Obama's Nuclear Offensive

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Tipping Point, Nuclear Weapons, Ctbt, Colin Powell, Nuclear Security Summit, Start Treaty, Nuclear Posture Review, Senator Casey, NPT Review Conference, Prague Speech, Barack Obama, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

Obama's new nuclear security agenda has had to weather a brutal political environment. But one year after his historic speech in Prague, he has forged lined up his initiatives and and won congressional supporters.

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Obama's West Point Speech Shows Signs of Smart "National Security Strategy"

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Security Strategy, Military Service, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Nuclear Security Summit, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Iraq, China, Brazil, Energy Renewables, Foreign Policy, Historical Discontinuity, South Africa, Dadt, Indonesia, Manhattan Project, Russia, Afghanistan, India, Military Sacrifice, West Point Commencement, Politics News
Steve Clemons

The president's actual foreign policy strategy must be more than about Afghanistan. Commending allies that support US efforts in Afghanistan is not necessarily the makings of a new global commons.

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Lula Must Not Undermine Brazil's Chance to Be the Next "Indispensable Nation"

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Zoellick, Nuclear Security Summit, United Nations, World Bank, Imf, Julia Sweig, Obama, South America, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, UN Security Council, David Rothkopf, China, Nuclear Diplomacy, Brazil, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Ban Ki Moon, Nuclear Deterrence, Global Governance, Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, Russia, Parag Khanna, India, Antonio Patriota, Luiz inácio Lula Da Silva, President Lula, Brics, Ibsa, Mohammed ElBaradei, Mohamed ElBaradei, World News
Steve Clemons

As it sits at a clear breakout point in its global ascendance -- and just before President Lula's upcoming trip to Tehran -- Brazil faces fundamental choices about the type of nation it wants to be.

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