As President Obama prepares to give a major foreign policy speech in Berlin tomorrow calling for further reductions in the US and Russian nuclear arsenals, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has released a new, mind-blowingly expensive…
Obama in Berlin: Empty aspiration or inspiration to action?
Published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online on June 18, 2013. Article link here. In his speech delivered on Wednesday at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, President Barack Obama reprised history and tried to evoke the solidarity that linked Germany and the United States during the Iron Curtain era. Coming almost exactly 50 years after President […]
Summary of House Floor Amendments to the FY 2014 NDAA
Over at the Chain Reaction, our dear leader John Isaacs has compiled a very handy summary of the amendments offered to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was considered on the House floor last Thursday and Friday. Below is an excerpt from John’s blog highlighting the nuclear weapons and missile defense amendments. For our review of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) version of the bill, see here.
What Obama should say on nuclear weapons
Published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online on June 18, 2013. Article summary below; read the full text here. One of the many rumors echoing around Washington, DC, is that President Barack Obama will soon deliver a speech outlining his second term nuclear policy priorities. While the exact date of the address is uncertain, […]
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Calls Iranian Election Result ‘Cautiously Optimistic’
“With recent reports indicating that Iran may be open to broad discussions with the United States, now is the time for the Obama administration to capitalize on the leverage gained from sanctions and seek an end to the current nuclear impasse,” said Heeley.