By Lesley McNiesh At the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago, the alliance had the chance to make changes to NATO’s nuclear posture that would align it with 21st century security challenges. Instead, it chose to remain mired in Cold War thinking. At the 2010 Lisbon summit, NATO mandated a review to accomplish the key task […]
Nuclear Shields, Dull Swords
3131 Earlier this month, Global Zero’s U.S. Nuclear Policy Commission, chaired by former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General James Cartwright, issued a report reevaluating US nuclear strategy and force posture. In the two decades since the end of the Cold War, the United States has not significantly altered its approach to […]
Just in case I wasn’t clear…
Former head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency, Meir Dagan, hasn’t been shy about his opinion on Iran. But just in case his previous statements haven’t resonated in quite the way they should, Dagan hit the nail on the head today, when he told an audience at an Israeli think tank that, “A strike could accelerate the procurement of the bomb. An attack isn’t enough to stop the project.”
[Op-Ed] 2012 Nuclear Security Summit: What It Was and Wasn’t
by Duyeon Kim Published in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on March 30, 2012 available here. 2012 NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: WHAT IT WAS AND WASN’T BY DUYEON KIM | 30 MARCH 2012 Article Highlights The 2012 Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul could have been a watershed moment for nuclear security, but it was largely […]
DW Quotes Duyeon Kim on Nuclear Security Summit
On March 27, 2012 Duyeon Kim, Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, was quoted in DW about the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit and North Korea’s planned rocket test. Click here or see below: Nuclear summit overshadowed by North Korea’s planned ‘rocket’ test The nuclear ambitions of North […]