Published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online on April 9, 2012 Article summary below; read the full text online. In his April 2009 speech in Prague, President Barack Obama outlined a vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and pledged to “immediately and aggressively” pursue approval of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty […]
Can President Obama Live Up to the Accomplishments of His Predecessors?
This article was originally published at http://www.democracyarsenal.org/ and also appeared on CNN’s Global Public Square Blog. By Nickolas Roth President Obama was recently overheard saying to Russian President Medvedev that, assuming he prevails in the election this November, he would have more flexibility to negotiate on arms control issues. In response, some Congressional Republicans have […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: North Korea’s Planned April Launch
(WASHINGTON) – The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation today criticized the North Korean announcement of a rocket test as a “clear violation” of previous agreements.
Strategic revelation
by John Isaacs Executive Director John Isaacs discusses the AP leak of cutting our nuclear force over at Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. His piece, “Strategic Revelation” was published February 23, 2012. One of the time-honored traditions for influencing debates in Washington, DC, is to leak confidential information to the press. The Pentagon Papers, […]
Reason over Relics: Restructuring our Nuclear Force
by Robert G. Gard Lt. General Gard’s op-ed “Reason over Relics: Restructuring our Nuclear Force” was originally published in The Hill’sCongress Blog on February 22, 2012. In To End All Wars, his excellent history of World War I, author Adam Hochschild recounts how passionately some strategists defended the perceived essential role of the horse […]
