Obama Orders Up More Money for Nukes, Less to Keep Them in Safe Hands April 1. 2014 By Josh Harkinson Last week, President Barack Obama claimed to be less worried about security threats from Russia than “the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in Manhattan.” If that’s the case, however, it isn’t reflected in […]

Filling Gaps in the Fight Against Nuclear Terror March 31, 2014 By George A. Buskirk and Alexandra Toma A little past midnight at a gas station in Mexico a man approached a car, forced the driver and passenger out at gunpoint and bound them in an empty parking lot before driving off. In the carjacked […]

GOP senators back Bush-era missile defense system to punish Putin Guy Taylor March 30, 2014 The Obama administration is failing to seize on a rare strategic chance, presented by Russia’s increasingly aggressive military posturing around Ukraine, to expand the U.S. missile defense footprint in Eastern Europe, says a group of influential Republican lawmakers. Several members […]

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 […]

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 […]