By Anna Schumann I can’t say I’d ever spent too much time thinking about nuclear terrorism before former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry’s class on the issue. I have spent most of my life in America, so the alarming scenarios that clutter my mind typically involve a mass shooting on the public transit I […]
Congressional Budget Office Report Estimates Shocking Cost of Nuclear Modernization
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Anna Schumann 202.546.0795 #2115 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORT ESTIMATES SHOCKING COST OF NUCLEAR MODERNIZATION Non-Proliferation Expert Calls $1.2T Sum ‘Staggering;’ Says Unnecessary Spending Draws Critical Resources from Other Pressing Military Priorities (OCTOBER 31, 2017 — WASHINGTON) Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report showing the 30-year cost of nuclear […]
Black Saturday: Lessons from the Brink
By Meyer Thalheimer Last week at the Ploughshares event, “Nuclear Weapons Policy in a Time of Crisis,” former Secretary of Defense William Perry was asked to reflect on his memories of the Cuban Missile Crisis. During the crisis, he was analyzing Russian missiles to assist U.S. intelligence capabilities. “I believed then that every day that […]
Keep Calm and Carry On: No Risk In the Uranium One Sale
By Sara Z. Kutchesfahani The Uranium One story — the one where Secretary Clinton “gave away all of our uranium to Russia” — is back in the news. The politics behind it are covered here, but it’s important to understand why, from a technical perspective, this whole “controversy” is ridiculous. Despite what Fox News and less mainstream purveyors […]
The Effect of Non-Certification under the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA)
The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA, P.L. 114-17), at subsection 135(d)(6)(A), adds to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a requirement that the President determine, every 90 days, whether he can certify that: “(i) Iran is transparently, verifiably, and fully implementing the agreement, including all related technical or additional agreements; “(ii) Iran has not […]
