Feb 2, 2012
With the anniversary of New START's entry into force, it's time for an examination of the treaty's successes, future opportunities, and the hurdles nuclear arms reductions still face, writes Kingston Reif in a new article published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Jan 26, 2012
The B61 life extension program has come under increasing scrutiny. And for good reason writes Nickolas Roth in this new analysis.
Jan 9, 2012
On January 5 President Obama and Secretary of Defense Panetta unveiled new defense guidance at a press briefing at the Pentagon. The new strategy sets the stage, albeit cautiously, for further reductions in the U.S. nuclear arsenal and the nuclear weapons budget. How the play ends, however, remains to be seen, writes Kingston Reif in this new analysis.
Dec 16, 2011
The final conference agreement on the FY 2012 Energy and Water bill keeps the goal to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials within four years on track and begins to responsibly scale back the nuclear weapons budget, writes Kingston Reif in this new analysis.
Dec 14, 2011
The conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 provides $530 billion for the Pentagon’s base budget, as well as $116 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and $17 billion for nuclear weapons-related spending at the Department of Energy. The total bill, at $662 billion, provides $26.6 billion less than the President’s requested amount in accordance with limits set by the debt deal in August 2011.
Dec 11, 2011
The ongoing debate about how much the U.S. spends on nuclear weapons shouldn't allow us to lose sight of the fact that the U.S. spends far more on its nuclear arsenal than is necessary writes Kingston Reif in this new analysis.
Nov 16, 2011
On November 15, 2011, the Senate Armed Services Committee revised the fiscal year (FY) 2012 defense authorization bill to include $21 billion in additional cuts, as mandated by the Budget Control Act.
Oct 24, 2011
Chief nuclear envoys from the U.S. and North Korea will sit down again for bilateral discussions in Geneva to explore ways to resume the stalled six-party talks. The main sticking point is Pyongyang's uranium enrichment program and differences in opinion on what it takes to jumpstart nuclear negotiations.
Sep 12, 2011
Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and the rest of the members of the subcommittee deserve great credit for prioritizing essential nuclear and radiological material security and nonproliferation programs, writes Kingston Reif in his analysis of the Senate Appropriations Committee version of the FY 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations bill.
Jul 14, 2011
Before leaving office, Defense Secretary Gates criticized European NATO members for not appropriately sharing costs related to alliance defense obligations. His remarks raise an important question: Is it time to reconsider the deployment of nearly 200 US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe?
Jul 11, 2011
On June 16 the Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved the FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1253). Kingston Reif and Laicie Olson review the key provisions in the bill in this new analysis.
Jun 28, 2011
The issue of redeploying U.S. tactical nuclear weapons to Korea resurfaced when President Obama's WMD Coordinator Gary Samore commented on Washington's intent to do so upon Seoul's request. A few conservative South Koreans have called for the redeployment citing North Korea's growing nuclear capabilities. While reintroduction of tactical nuclear weapons will not materialize under the current political climate, it is worthwhile to analyze both sides of the argument.
Jun 27, 2011
Uncowed by its failure to convince the U.S. Senate and the American public to oppose the New START treaty, the Heritage Foundation is trying to gin up opposition to another international treaty that would greatly benefit U.S. national security: the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Jun 13, 2011
On May 26 the House approved the FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1540). Kingston Reif reviews the nuclear weapons related provisions in the bill, both good and bad, in this new analysis.
Jun 6, 2011
On June 1, the State Department released a fact sheet detailing the aggregate numbers for the strategic nuclear weapons limited by the treaty. According to the fact sheet, as of February 5, 2011, Russia had 1,537 deployed strategic warheads, 521 deployed strategic delivery vehicles, and 865 deployed and non-deployed launchers. The United States had 1,800 deployed strategic warheads, 882 deployed strategic delivery vehicles, and 1,124 deployed and non-deployed launchers. This means that Russia has already met two of the treaty’s three limits eight years early, writes Kingston Reif in this new analysis.
Feb 22, 2011
Center Advisory Board Member, Len Weiss has published "What Would States Sacrifice for Non Proliferation?" in the March 2011 issue of The Nonproliferation Review.
Feb 22, 2011
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia officially entered into force in a low-key ceremony in Munich in early February--much to the delight of our military leadership, intelligence community, and just about every national security expert on the planet.
Feb 4, 2011
On February 2, President Obama officially ratified the New START treaty in a low-key signing ceremony at the White House. The eight month-long campaign to win the Senate’s approval of the treaty, however, was anything but low-key. It was a knock down, drag out fight, the outcome of which was in doubt until the very end. In this new analysis, Kingston Reif outlines some of the key factors that pushed New START across the finish line.
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