by Kingston Reif Summary: Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and the rest of the members of the subcommittee deserve great credit for prioritizing essential nuclear and radiological material security and nonproliferation programs. While the House cut the budget for the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI), the key program in the […]
Three Easy Steps to Increase U.S. National Security – With Bipartisan Backing
by Kingston Reif On August 4, Foreign Policy’s Josh Rogin described what he labeled the top eight foreign policy and national security issues facing Congress that have stalled because of the debt ceiling crisis. According to Rogin, lawmakers will take up many of these issues when they return to work after the August recess. “Arms […]
Fact Sheet: 2010 Global Nuclear Security Summit
by John Isaacs and Leonor Tomero December 9, 2009 2010 will be an important year for nuclear security and nonproliferation. Two events in particular will impact the global nuclear nonproliferation regime: 1) the Global Nuclear Security Summit and 2) the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT BACKGROUND In April 2009, President Obama […]
Commitment to Nuclear Non-Proliferation: New Directions under the Obama Administration
by John Isaacs Prepared remarks delivered by John Isaacs to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs on December 1, 2009 I would like to talk about one of science’s greatest, and most deadly, inventions – the nuclear bomb. While interest in nuclear weapons issues has faded since the end of the Cold War […]
Playing Chess With Russia: An Update on the New START Agreement
by Kingston Reif Interview published on Daily Kos on November 22, 2009 Negotiators have been working tirelessly and continuously behind the scenes to meet the treaty deadline. Obama and Medvedev met in Singapore during Obama’s recent trip to Asia. Though the leaders downplayed any problems with the negotiations on “New START”, it has become clear […]
