by Kingston Reif and Laicie Heeley On June 16 the Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved the FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1253). The committee approved $682.5 billion, including $553 billion for the Pentagon base budget, $117.8 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and $18.1 billion for Department of Energy nuclear programs. […]
A Joint Study on Nuclear Terrorism
by Robert G. Gard On June 6, 2011, the Belfer Center at Harvard University released the results of a year-long study entitled “The U.S.-Russia Joint Threat Assessment on Nuclear Terrorism”. The study is significant because, between them, the U.S. and Russia possess about 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons and weapons grade nuclear materials that […]
Tactical Nuclear Weapons and Korea
by Duyeon Kim The buzz word is increasingly “tactical nuclear weapons” whenever North Korea unleashes provocations. It buzzed again earlier this year when President Obama’s Weapons of Mass Destruction policy coordinator Gary Samore said that Washington would reintroduce U.S. tactical nuclear weapons to South Korea upon Seoul’s request. Citing his personal views in response to […]
Heritage Foundation Fails Test on another Treaty
by Kingston Reif 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). The CTBT prohibits all nuclear test explosions […]
[Working Paper] 2012 Nuclear Security Summit: Korean Twist
by Duyeon Kim 2012 Nuclear Security Summit: The Korean Twist Duyeon Kim June 2011 WORKING PAPER Participating States have begun putting their mark on a draft Seoul Communique this month for the March 2012 Nuclear Security Summit aimed at securing all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world. On the invitation list are 46 states and […]
