Many of you know there is a slew of bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreements (“123”) that need to be renewed, and among them is one with South Korea. I recently wrote an op-ed in The Hill arguing that the North Korean nuclear issue is irrelevant to 123 discussions and point out the real dilemmas US policymakers are faced with when negotiating all civil nuclear cooperation agreements hereafter.
The Triad Is Not The Trinity: A Response To Gen. Chambers
I have a new piece up at AolDefense responding to a recent commentary in the same space by Maj. Gen William Chambers on the merits of the nuclear triad. Here’s how I begin: The recent commentary by Maj. Gen. William Chambers touting the war-prevention…
Turkey Wants Missile Defenses and the Accompanying Design Info
Bordered by three states known to have pursued both ballistic missiles and WMD capabilities, Ankara has set its sites on purchasing missile defenses.
The Triad Is Not The Trinity: A Response To Gen. Chambers
by Kingston Reif Published in AOL Defense on November 16, 2012. Article summary below; read the full text online. In a November 1 article for AOL Defense, the Air Force’s General Chambers overstates the peace-promoting virtues of nuclear weapons. In addition, he exaggerates the benefits of the nuclear triad and downplays the significant financial resources […]
Legislation for Two Key Anti Nuclear Terror Treaties Still Stalled in Senate
On November 13 I spoke on a panel at the Hudson Institute titled “Combating Nuclear Terrorism: Overcoming the Senate Impasse”. The event focused on the implementing legislation for two anti-nuclear terrorism treaties – the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) and the 2005 International Convention on the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) – which has passed the House in the form of H.R. 5889 but is currently stalled in the Senate.