Here are some recent fact sheets put out by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation… “Pruning the Nuclear Triad? Pros and Cons of Bombers, Missiles, and Submarines” “2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference” “2010 Global Nuclear Security Summit“
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
(published on Nukes of Hazard) Last month, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) sought to authenticate North Korea’s status as a nuclear weapon state by citing a recent assessment by Robert Norris and Hans Kristensen. KCNA reported that “the Federation of American Scientists of the United States has confirmed (North) Korea as a nuclear weapon state.” [...]
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
(published on Nukes of Hazard) As the diplomatic standoff with Iran continues to heat up, Yukiya Amano of Japan today begins his tenure as the new Director General of the IAEA. In an interview with Reuters in February, Amano praised President Obama’s willingness to open dialogue with Iran. But dialogue has not gone well thus far, [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
(published on Nukes of Hazard) China remains hesitant to accept the U.S. bottom line on Iran. The two nations this week expressed goodwill and pledged general cooperation on nonproliferation, among other items, but failed to produce concrete plans of action and displayed subtle signs of divergence, as illustrated by today’s press briefing…
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
A D.C. think tank blog has responded to the op-ed posted below. My colleague and I have rebutted.
Friday, November 13, 2009
The Register Citizen yesterday featured an op-ed on the CTBT by myself and a colleague. Check it out. Nuclear weapons tests are a toxic relic of a past characterized by arms races and fallout shelters. Except for outlaw nations like North Korea, the world today has quit the business of testing nuclear weapons…
Thursday, November 12, 2009
(published on Nukes of Hazard) The love-hate triangle between the United States, North Korea, and South Korea continues. Pyongyang has called its recent naval clash with the South the result of Seoul’s meddling in U.S.-North Korean reconciliation. Referring to the incident as “deliberate, planned provocation” by South Korea, one of Pyongyang’s state-run newspapers reported today, “It goes [...]
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
(published on Nukes of Hazard) While the United States has chastised both Iran and North Korea for their human rights abuses, it has typically kept the issue separate from denuclearization talks. Yet some experts recommend integrating human rights into broader discussions, as opposed to pursuing single-variable negotiations, in order to create valuable synergies within the diplomatic [...]
Thursday, November 5, 2009
(published on Nukes of Hazard) As the Obama administration closes in on an agenda for bilateral talks with Pyongyang, it looks as though the United States and South Korea are back on the same page after a protracted spell of miscommunication…
Thursday, October 29, 2009
A newly created elite group of British cross-party parliamentarians dedicated to multilateral nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation (aptly titled the Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation) was officially launched today with a meeting in Westminster. Former Defence Secretary Des Browne is the group’s convener. Drawing inspiration from America’s Four Horsemen, the [...]
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