Fact Sheets
May 16, 2013
As the United States contemplates strategic, political, and economic reasons to pursue further reductions to its nuclear arsenal, perhaps in tandem with Russia, attention must be paid to the composition of each country’s strategic arsenal of submarine-based missiles, nuclear-armed bombers, and land-based missiles. This fact sheet considers the arguments traditionally made about the strengths and weaknesses of each leg of the nuclear triad.
Mar 21, 2013
A summary of the number of nuclear weapons possessed by each nuclear-armed state in 2013.
Mar 21, 2013
The Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program, also known as the Nunn-Lugar Program, was created to secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction in the former Soviet Union.
Mar 19, 2013
A comprehensive list of U.S., E.U., and United Nations sanctions against Iran.
Feb 11, 2013
US nuclear weapons policy is at a critical crossroad. The administration is currently reviewing future deterrence requirements, which will ultimately revise existing presidential guidance regarding the targeting of nuclear weapons, appropriate force levels, and more.
Feb 11, 2013
Part of President Obama’s ambitious arms control agenda is a fissile material cutoff treaty (FMCT) that would ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons purposes. In this new factsheet, Kingston Reif and Madeleine Foley examine the purpose, background, politics, and challenges of the FMCT.
Jan 10, 2013
An assessment of the status of Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Nov 1, 2012
A summary of the Law of the Sea Treaty that may be up for a late 2012 vote in Congress.
Oct 22, 2012
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s list of the fifteen most pressing issues that the next President must confront.
Oct 4, 2012
US military and intelligence officials agree: A premature military attack on Iran would have terrible consequences.
Aug 30, 2012
A chart summarizing historical changes in the global stockpile of nuclear weapons.
Aug 7, 2012
The Budget Control Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on August 2, 2011 after being supported by a majority of Republican Members of Congress and many Democrats.
Aug 1, 2012
A detailed summary of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit results.
Aug 1, 2012
A chart listing and briefly describing key nuclear arms control agreements.
Aug 1, 2012
A summary of North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Jul 30, 2012
A detailed summary of the basics and key issues surrounding ballistic missile defense.
Jul 21, 2012
A summary of the basics of nuclear weapons, including how they work, who has them, and how they are delivered.
Jul 18, 2012
With the U.S. presidential election rapidly approaching, see our side-by-side of the national security positions of President Obama and candidate Romney. This primer will be regularly updated.
Jul 16, 2012
A summary of total cost of war funding for Iraq, Afghanistan and other global war on terror operations through 2012 and estimated costs for 2013.
Jul 16, 2012
A brief look at the number of American causalities and wounded soldiers in every war since the Revolutionary War.
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