by Kingston Reif After more than 18 months of hesitation, the United States and Poland on August 20 suddenly signed an agreement to place American missile defense interceptors on Polish territory. According to the Associated Press, parliamentary and presidential approval also appears likely, though no date has been given for when this might occur. AFTER […]
Missile Defense in Europe Falls to Next Administration
by Kingston Reif INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Since withdrawing the United States from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002, the Bush administration has moved to create a missile defense system to defend against long-range ballistic missile threats from rogue states. In 2004, the United States began deploying interceptors in Alaska and California to defend against North […]
Obama vs. McCain: Seven Areas of Agreement, and Six of Disagreement, on Nuclear Weapons
by John Isaacs “We’ll have major progress on nuclear issues no matter who is elected. It debunks the common view that Obama is the most liberal Democratic senator, and it debunks the view that McCain is really the third Bush term.“- John Isaacs, Executive Director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, as quoted […]
Time to Name a Coordinator for WMD Proliferation
by Kingston Reif Published on Nukes of Hazard blog on June 26, 2008 On June 22, the Boston Globe reported that the White House has no intention of filling anytime soon the position of U.S. Coordinator for the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. Congress established the position within the Executive Office […]
Fact Sheet on Strengthening Arms Control and Nonproliferation
by Kingston Reif In a welcome and much-needed shift from the policies of the Bush administration, both presumptive nominees for President in 2008 have stated that they intend to strengthen the global nonproliferation regime and pursue further legally binding and verifiable reductions in the number of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons. In order to achieve […]
