“These achievements enhance U.S. and global security by reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism,” added Reif. “Despite this important progress, however, many important countries with large amounts of nuclear material did not sign-up to key gift baskets, there is still no global requirement for how secure nuclear material should be, and it remains to be seen what international institution or forum will be responsible for sustaining continuous attention and progress on nuclear security once the Summit process ends in 2016.”
Russia and the U.S. in a new Cold War?
On March 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially “reclaimed” Ukraine’s Crimea region and declared it part of Russia. Crimea’s election committee said that 97% of voters favored uniting with Russia in the controversial March 16 referendum.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Letter to the Editor on U.S.-Russian Cooperation by Lt. General Robert Gard
With Russia, we must ‘walk and chew gum’ By Robert Gard March 26, 2014 The March 25 editorial “Losing sleep over Russia and nuclear proliferation,” laid out the importance of the U.S.-Russian relationship, despite Crimea. However, Russian aggression in Crimea has caused some experts to believe all U.S.-Russian cooperation is DOA. Yet, nuclear inspections under […]
Voice of America Radio Discusses the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit with Duyeon Kim
VOA News By Victor Beattie March 24, 2014 On the sidelines of the 53-nation nuclear security summit at The Hague Monday, Japan announced it is transferring hundreds of kilograms of highly-enriched uranium and plutonium used for research to the United States to reduce the risk of nuclear terrorism. Yosuke Isozaki, the national security adviser to […]
U.S. News & World Report Story on 2014 Nuclear Security Summit Quotes Kingston Reif
Iranian Navy Ends Week of Threats With Announcement of New Weapons By Paul D. Shinkman March 24, 2014 World leaders gathered in the Netherlands Monday to boast about progress made in protecting nuclear weapons against terrorism and other threats, while also providing a forum to discuss the creeping security issues du jour. The two-day biennial […]