by Kingston Reif Published in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on September 17, 2010. On September 16, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved New START, the bilateral treaty signed in April that would verifiably reduce US and Russian nuclear weapons. Three Republican senators — Richard Lugar, Bob Corker, and Johnny Isakson — voted in […]
Making the 2012 Middle East Conference Work
By Chad O’Carroll Efforts to place unique pressure on Israel over its presumed nuclear arsenal could scuttle plans for the scheduled 2012 Conference on establishing a Middle Eastern zone free of weapons of mass destruction, President Barack Obama said earlier this month. In summarizing Obama’s comments, the White House suggested that “the Conference will only […]
Why the latest US-Russian arms control agreement is only a START
By Andrew Futter The ‘New START’ Treaty signed by Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev in Prague on 8 April 2010 is an important step in the renewed drive for nuclear disarmament, but its overall contribution towards the goal of a world free from nuclear weapons should not be overstated. In some respects the treaty merely […]
John Isaacs Speaks in Malaysia
by John Isaacs John Isaacs will be speaking in Malaysia on Wednesday, 2 June 2010. A copy of his prepared remarks is below: Commitment to Nuclear Non-proliferation: New Directions under the Obama Administration Speech by John Isaacs Executive Director, Council for a Livable World & Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation www.armscontrolcenter.orgThe Centre for American […]
Lips and Teeth
It was reported in late February that China is looking into allegations that it may have been involved in aiding a North Korean arms shipment bound for the Republic of Congo. The shipment, which contained North Korean parts for Congo’s fleet of vintage T-54/T-55 tanks, was intercepted by South Africa in November 2009 and reported […]
