By Alex Rothman Published in The Asheville Citizen-Times on September 26, 2010. Despite the near-unanimous support for the treaty by prominent experts, most Republicans have yet to take a position on the arms control pact. After 20 hearings and more than four months of debate, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is gearing up to vote […]
Budget Cuts Threaten U.K. Trident Replacement
Published in World Politics Review on September 14, 2010. When George Osborne, Britain’s new chancellor of the exchequer, recently announced that the Ministry of Defense (MoD) must now pay for the modernization of the Trident submarine-based nuclear deterrent out of its own day-to-day budget, it marked a stark change from previous policy, by which the […]
Sharing New START’s Negotiating Record Is Unwarranted
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 […]
The Obama disarmament paradox: A rebuttal
by Robert G. Gard and John Isaacs Published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online on February, 24 2009 Article summary below; read the full text online Greg Mello’s recent Bulletin article “The Obama Disarmament Paradox” distorts the Obama administration’s nuclear agenda by making unjustified assumptions that discredit President Barack Obama’s historic commitment to seek a […]
Turning the Doomsday Clock
by Katie Mounts Published in the Register Citizen on January 27, 2010. Whether you are reading this article in Tampa or Tucson, Los Angeles or Long Island, one thing is for certain: It’s six minutes to midnight. While this may not be the normal mode of timekeeping for your dinner plans, it’s true for the […]