Proliferation

"We can no longer continue in this doctrine that we have used for many decades," said former CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson at the premier of Countdown to Zero in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  "The world has changed profoundly and fundamentally."  Read more >>

In the next round of nuclear negotiations, the United States and Russia "need to pursue much deeper cuts in their nuclear stockpiles and agree to a lower level of launch readiness."  That's the argument that Bruce Blair, Victor Esin, Matthew McKinzie, Vakery Yarynich and Pavel Zolotarev make in "Smaller and Safer: A New Plan for Nuclear Postures," an article in the September/ October 2010 issue of Foreign Affairs. Read more >>

In an op-ed in The Ledger-Enquirer (Georgia), Major General Paul Eaton called on Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson to "to protect America’s national security by voting in favor of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia." Read more >>

The U.N. Security Council passed a fresh set of sanctions on Wednesday with a 12-2 vote.  The sanctions will take aim at the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' military purchases, trade and financial transactions related to Iran's nuclear program.  President Obama and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Read more >>