The RIght Strikes Out on START
If New START is not ratified there will continue to be no verifiable limits on Russia’s nuclear forces and U.S. inspectors will remain in the United States and not be on the ground in Russia inspecting Russia’s nuclear arsenal. As STRATCOM Commander Gen. Kevin Chilton put it, this would be “the worst of both possible worlds," write Kingston Reif and Travis Sharp in DoD Buzz.
New START
Key U.S. Military Leaders and Influential Moderates and Republicans Strongly Support New START. Read more »
START Center
The landmark 1991 START treaty expired on December 5, 2009. The START Resource Center provides information on the need for a new agreement. Read more »
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Center in the News
Gard Interviewed About 65th Hiroshima Bombing Anniversary by RT
"It is important to show solidarity with Japan and to recognize the huge destructive power of nuclear weapons, in the hope that we can work together to prevent them from being used again,” said Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation on Russia's RT about U.S. Ambassador John Roos' attendance at the 65th anniversary ceremony of the Hiroshima bombing.
Kingston Reif publishes article in DoD Buzz
On July 15, Kingston Reif, director of nuclear non-proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, published an article on New START in DoD Buzz.
John Isaacs quoted on New START in the New York TImes
“To move so slowly down to 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear weapons, it doesn’t make any sense,” said John Isaacs, executive director of the Council for a Livable World. “I think we could easily go down to 1,000 or below regardless of the Russians.”
Recent Analysis
Is a “Region by Region” Approach Really Effective in Preventing the Spread of Sensitive Nuclear Technology?
Aug 17, 2010
Following an August 3 report in the Wall Street Journal, the arms control blogosphere has been buzzing about a nearly finalized nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and Vietnam. According to the Journal, and now other outlets including The Guardian and Global Security Newswire, the U.S.-Vietnam deal has considerably weaker proliferation controls than the Obama administration has demanded in the past – specifically, the agreement would allow Vietnam to retain the right to enrich uranium.
UPDATED: Current Status of Iran's Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Programs
Aug 13, 2010
There is no hard consensus as to exactly how close Iran is to acquiring a nuclear weapon, fitting a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile, and/or developing a ballistic missile capable of reaching most of Europe and the United States. In this updated fact sheet, Louis Hellman, Alex Rothman, and Laicie Olson survey the relevant intelligence reports and summarizes the various estimates.
Another Squeeze
Aug 11, 2010
The U.S. will soon announce a fresh list of sanctions against North Korea to dry up the regime’s illegal cash sources that fund its nuclear weapons programs. Pyongyang is expected to unleash more provocations, even a third nuclear test, in retaliation as witnessed in the past. Still, the pressure track is expected to continue until the regime changes its behavior or until a leadership transition takes place in the North.
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