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Trumping Reagan’s Nuclear Legacy
President Trump has announced that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a landmark agreement negotiated by President Ronald Reagan in 1987. This episode dives into the consequences of the decision and what it could mean for broader nuclear arms control moving forward. We’re joined by two premier experts: Lynn […]
In the News: White House Releases National Strategy for Countering WMD Terrorism
The White House released “National Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism” which includes educational campaigns to increase citizen, State, and local preparedness for any .terrorist event. The document also highlights the need to reduce the “global quantity of WMD and related materials” while also identifying and responding “to technological trends that may enable […]
Front and Center: December 15, 2018
Featured Nukes of Hazard Podcast: 50 Years Later In 1963, President John F. Kennedy feared that 25 countries could possess nuclear weapons by the 1970’s. Today, nine countries have them. Many experts attribute this to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), an agreement that turns 50 this year. We explore the Treaty and its future […]
CNS Occasional Paper #42: The Other Fissile Material: Strengthening National and International Plutonium Management Approaches
John Carlson, Leonard S. Spector along with FMWG Chair Miles Pomper release Occasional Paper #42 with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies. The paper discusses issues relating to separated, or unirradiated, plutonium in civilian nuclear programs — plutonium that has been chemically separated from spent nuclear reactor fuel by reprocessing but has not been reintroduced into […]
