Obama Treaties Face Uphill Battle In Senate
President Obama's vision of global cooperation - symbolized by his surprise Nobel Peace Prize - is in for a crucial test in the months ahead when he b...
President Obama's vision of global cooperation - symbolized by his surprise Nobel Peace Prize - is in for a crucial test in the months ahead when he b...
Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 09.23.2009 | World
As President Obama prepares to push the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution on nuclear non-proliferation on Thursday, Queen Noor of Jordan and a...
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.
Nabil Fahmy | Posted 09.23.2009 | 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.
Russ Wellen | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
In a couple of decades, with the momentum that disarmament is building, there may be not be enough nuclear warheads left by then to make it worth anyone's while to replace them.
Ted Sorensen | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
There are a number of steps facing Obama to reach the Kennedy dream of a nuclear-free world. It is not only a diplomatic, political or military issue. It is indeed, a moral imperative.
William Hartung | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
Presidents from John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan, have called for nuclear disarmament. But no president in the nuclear age has spoken of it as often as Barack Obama.
AP | Posted 08.10.2009 | World
L'AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama says the United States and Russia must show they're "fulfilling their commitments" to lead global effor...
New York Times | WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 08.05.2009 | Politics
In the depths of the cold war, in 1983, a senior at Columbia University wrote in a campus newsmagazine, Sundial, about the vision of "a nuclear free w...
Sarah van Gelder | Posted 06.29.2009 | World
As the world comes to terms with the dangerous possibilities of a nuclear-armed North Korea and Iran, perhaps the obligations of the current nuclear power to work towards abolition will get the attention required for action.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.27.2009 | World
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, up for reelection later this year but appearing on ABC's This Week this Sunday, sought to portray Barack Obama a...
Christopher Chyba | Posted 05.25.2009 | World
Nuclear weapons present us with a set of bad choices. Obama's choice -- to take nuclear arms control and nonproliferation seriously -- is the one most likely to lead to a secure future.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics
Perennial GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich accused Barack Obama Sunday of having a "fantasy foreign policy" for calling for global summit on n...
The Guardian | Ian Traynor and Patrick Wintour in Strasbourg, Ewen Macaskill in Washington | Posted 05.05.2009 | World
Barack Obama yesterday announced a radical drive aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons, as the focus of his European visit switched from finan...
Gary Hart | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics
2009 could be the year when America and Russia decide to make dramatic reductions in nuclear weapons and convene an international conference of all nuclear nations to agree to the complete elimination of nuclear weapons from the face of the earth.
Joshua Gleis | Posted 01.26.2009 | World
It must be made clear that the use of force is still most definitely on the table. Without the coercive threat of force, diplomacy with Iran will surely fail.
Lord Robin Corbett | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics
The case of Iran and its intransigent mullahs is rarely the focus of McCain and Obama, and voters are being denied the genuine debate and discussion they deserve.
Stefan Sirucek | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics
The speech is a brisk, affecting affair. There are big cheers when Obama talks about nuclear disarmament and dealing with climate change, but the crowd's response to "defeating terror" is noticeably muted.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
With Barack Obama in the midst of his Middle East tour, the McCain campaign is making a concerted effort to cast him as a danger to the region. The la...
Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
In a new ad, Barack Obama touts his foreign policy bipartisanship (but doesn't mention Iraq). "The single most important national security threat tha...
The Boston Globe | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics