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Dirty Budgets Threaten Obama's Daring Vision

On April 5th 2009, Barack Obama gave an unprecedented speech in Prague, in which he dedicated his presidency to laying the ground work for a world without nuclear weapons. “As the only nuclear power to have ever used a nuclear weapon,” he said, “the United States has a moral responsibility to act.” Today, an out-of-control nuclear weapons budget threatens that vision.

April 7, 2014 - By Amanda Waldron
The President's Prague Agenda on the Brink

On Thursday, Rachel Maddow asked me if President Obama was going to fulfill the visionary agenda he laid out four years ago in Prague. I paused. What should I say? I support this agenda to move us step by step towards what Obama termed "the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." But progress has been slow. I took a deep breath and answered the only way I could: honestly.

April 5, 2013 - By Joe Cirincione
Looking at "Obama's Nuclear Future"

Today, Foreign Affairs published "Obama's Nuclear Future: The Battle to Reduce the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile Begins" by Joe Cirincione. He looks at the past and likely future of President Obama's policies and how we might finally break the grip of Cold War thinking on our nuclear posture.

March 6, 2013 - By admin
Fashioning an End to Nuclear Weapons

February 15, 2012 - By Megan Murphy
Assessing Our National Security

Sometimes, it’s important to look at the big picture to get some perspective. In 2008, there was no New START treaty with Russia, Osama bin Laden remained at large plotting terrorist attacks with Al Qaeda, and Libyans were still under the dictatorial rule of Muammar Gaddaffi.

January 31, 2012 - By Megan Murphy

Prague speech

Dirty Budgets Threaten Obama's Daring Vision

The President's Prague Agenda on the Brink

Looking at "Obama's Nuclear Future"

Fashioning an End to Nuclear Weapons

Assessing Our National Security