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 […]
Summary of the House Appropriations Committee Version of the FY 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
by Kingston Reif On June 15 the House Appropriations Committee marked up (i.e. wrote) the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill. The bill passed Committee by a vote of 26-20. Every Democrat except Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Visclosky (D-IN) opposed the bill. The full committee draft and the […]
A Review of the House Version of the Fiscal Year 2012 Defense Authorization Bill
by Kingston Reif On May 26 the House approved the FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1540). Below is a review and analysis of the nuclear weapons related provisions in the bill, both good and bad. For easier reading, the contents include: I. New START implementation and further nuclear weapons reductions II. Nuclear targeting […]
Breaking Down the First New START Data Exchange
by Kingston Reif The ink is barely dry on the New START treaty, and Russia has nearly met the 2018 deadline for reductions. On June 1 the State Department released a fact sheet detailing the aggregate numbers for the strategic nuclear weapons limited by the treaty. New START limits the U.S. and Russia to no […]
