“I’ve been working on this issue for more than three decades and I’ve seen a continuous progression within the mainstream of both parties moving toward a safer world with fewer nuclear weapons,” said John Isaacs, executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Council for a Livable World.
Fact Sheet on the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT)
Part of President Obama’s ambitious arms control agenda is a fissile material cutoff treaty (FMCT) that would ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons purposes. In this new factsheet, Kingston Reif and Madeleine Foley examine the purpose, background, politics, and challenges of the FMCT.
On Hagel, Kerry, and Iran (But not necessarily in that order…)
Two more pieces in PolicyMic this week, so be sure to take a look. You can find the links and a couple of clips below.
U.N. Secretary General Inspires Students toward Increased Nuclear Non-Proliferation Efforts
On Friday, January 18th, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke before a private audience at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California. Concentrating on nuclear nonproliferation, Secretary Ban stressed the importance of escalating nonproliferation activity worldwide, and the dangers of delaying or slowing disarmament progress…
Military and Policy Experts Call on P5+1 and Iran to Set a Productive Agenda for Upcoming Meetings
“Bold leadership from the White House is needed,” said Lt. General (ret. USA) Robert Gard PhD, Chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and member of the Council on Foreign Relations. “After decades of stagnation, hopping from one crisis to another with Iran, the negotiators are in a position to develop a proposal that will ensure that Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon and put its nuclear program under stricter controls by the International Atomic Energy Agency.”
