Russian Arms Treaty Still Worth It By Kingston Reif Keith Payne and Mark Schneider write that Russia is a serial violator of arms control treaties and the Obama administration has been uniquely weak in calling out Russia’s bad behavior (“Russia Always Cheats on Arms Treaties,” op-ed, Aug. 19). The authors are right that Russia’s violation […]
Russian Arms Treaty Still Worth It
Letter to the Editor of the Wall Street Journal by Kingston Reif The Wall Street Journal published a letter to the editor by the Center’s Kingston Reif, where he assures that, despite Russian violations of arms control treaties, the pursuit of further treaties and arms reductions is well worth the effort.
National Interest Op-Ed on U.S.-Russian Cooperation by General Gard and Nickolas Roth
Don’t Let Nuclear-Security Cooperation with Russia Lapse July 3, 2014 by Nickolas Roth and Robert Gard Republicans and Democrats alike have traditionally understood that investing in nuclear security is a small price to pay compared with the devastating economic, political and social costs of nuclear terrorism. That’s why U.S. cooperation with Russia and other countries […]
Don’t blame Moscow
Published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online on August 5, 2013. Article summary below; read the full text here. On July 12, the US State Department released a major annual report on arms control compliance that has riled up nuclear weapons hawks. In its annual “Report on Adherence to and Compliance With Arms Control, […]
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Applauds President Obama’s Berlin Speech as an Heir to JFK and His Prague Agenda
“Looking forward to his second term, we hope to see further reductions in nuclear weapons which provide no added security and an expensive bill for taxpayers,” said Lt. General (ret. USA) Robert Gard, chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and former president of National Defense University. “We also look forward to greater progress on President Obama’s promise to secure nuclear materials abroad that will prevent nuclear terrorism.”
