by Kingston Reif Published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online on June 22, 2012 Article summary below; read the full text online. The most dangerous moment of the nuclear age — and likely any age — unfolded 50 years ago as the world waited and trembled. For 13 harrowing days, the leaders of the […]
Remarks at Stimson Center Event on the Nuclear Weapons Budget
by Kingston Reif Below are remarks delivered by Kingston Reif at a June 5 event hosted by the Stimson Center to discuss the release of a new report published by Stimson’s Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense Program titled “Resolving Ambiguity: Costing Nuclear Weapons.” For more information about the event, see here. First off, let […]
NATO: Still Fighting the Last (Cold) War
By Lesley McNiesh At the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago, the alliance had the chance to make changes to NATO’s nuclear posture that would align it with 21st century security challenges. Instead, it chose to remain mired in Cold War thinking. At the 2010 Lisbon summit, NATO mandated a review to accomplish the key task […]
Nuclear Shields, Dull Swords
3131 Earlier this month, Global Zero’s U.S. Nuclear Policy Commission, chaired by former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General James Cartwright, issued a report reevaluating US nuclear strategy and force posture. In the two decades since the end of the Cold War, the United States has not significantly altered its approach to […]
[Op-Ed] 2012 Nuclear Security Summit: What It Was and Wasn’t
by Duyeon Kim Published in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on March 30, 2012 available here. 2012 NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: WHAT IT WAS AND WASN’T BY DUYEON KIM | 30 MARCH 2012 Article Highlights The 2012 Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul could have been a watershed moment for nuclear security, but it was largely […]
