Susan Burk on 40th Anniversary of the NPT

On the 40th anniversary of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), Arms Control Today, the journal of the Ploughshares Fund grantee Arms Control Association spoke with Susan Burk, special representative of the president for nuclear nonproliferation. Burk plays a lead role in U.S. government preparations for the 2010 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, which is scheduled to take place May 3-28 at the United Nations. She outlined her views on recent progress in strengthening the nonproliferation regime and on the challenges facing the treaty, including "North Korea's withdrawal from the treaty and Iran's [nuclear] program."  Burk also pointed to "an improved atmosphere" that is "very positive, in large part due to the United States' embrace of multilateral diplomacy in a very significant way, and also because of the disarmament proposals that the United States and President Obama have put forward. So I think we're in a good position."