Put the Brakes on India's Nukes
After being on life support for nearly a year, the U.S.-India nuclear deal is back in a big way. With time running out before the U.S. Congress is set to adjourn on September 26, both India and the United States are racing to finalize the deal as quickly as possible. This rush to completion, however, could have disastrous consequences. The deal violates U.S. law, hurts American businesses, and undermines U.S. nonproliferation objectives.
Obama vs. McCain
With U.S. troops still in Iraq, rising tensions between the United States and Iran, and the looming threat of nuclear terrorism, foreign policy and arms control have once again taken center stage on the presidential campaign trail. The Center has produced a series of analyses on arms control and national security issues in the 2008 presidential race. Read More »
Nuclear Blueprint
If the next President returns to a focus on arms control – as both Barack Obama and John McCain have promised – they will face organizational challenges due to the failures of the Bush years. The Center's new Project on Strengthening Arms Control and Nonproliferation provides the next President with a blueprint for the 21st century. Read more »
Outreach Program
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation travels the country with its team of retired military officers - each with decades of experience in the armed forces, government, and academia - and other staff and experts as part of its nationwide public education and outreach program. Read More »
Press Releases
Nuclear Suppliers Group Must Not Cave In to Bush Administration on U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
Aug 21, 2008
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation today urged the Nuclear Suppliers Group, which is meeting today on the U.S.-India nuclear deal, not to capitulate to the Bush administration and permit an unprecedented exception in international nuclear trade rules for India.
Missile Defense in Europe Unproven, Confirms Russian Suspicions
Aug 20, 2008
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation today criticized the Bush administration's missile defense agreement with Poland, noting that the U.S. interceptors slated for deployment in Poland are technologically unproven and only confirm Russian suspicions that the system is really directed against Moscow, not Tehran.
Top Expert to Blog from International Meeting on Biological Weapons
Aug 15, 2008
Dr. Alan Pearson, Director of the Biological and Chemical Weapons Control Program at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, will attend and blog from a major international meeting in Geneva next week.
Recent Analysis
Put the Brakes on India's Nukes
Sep 2, 2008
After being on life support for nearly a year, the U.S.-India nuclear deal is back in a big way. With time running out before the U.S. Congress is set to adjourn on September 26, both India and the United States are racing to finalize the deal as quickly as possible. This rush to completion, however, could have disastrous consequences. The deal violates U.S. law, hurts American businesses, and undermines U.S. nonproliferation objectives.
Russia Looms over U.S.-Poland Missile Defense Agreement
Aug 20, 2008
After more than 18 months of hesitation, the United States and Poland on August 20 suddenly signed an agreement to place American missile defense interceptors on Polish territory. Poland's acquiescence is widely believed to be a result of Russia's recent aggressive actions in Georgia.
The Future of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP): Next Steps
Aug 19, 2008
The Bush administration intended for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) to jump-start a global nuclear power revival without the attendant proliferation risks. But as the administration comes to a close, the partnership has only heightened proliferation concerns, leaving GNEP's future murky. In this new article published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online, Leonor Tomero, Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, explains how GNEP's stakeholders - both domestic and foreign - will likely move forward even if GNEP does not.
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