Barack Obama

  • The Budget Crisis Offers Opportunity To Bend The Arc Of Nuclear Policy

    The U.S. government spends $54 billion a year on nuclear weapons and related programs. Despite the deep fiscal crisis, these budgets are about to go up — to a whopping $700 billion over the next 10 years. It is not at all clear why.

    August 11, 2011 - By Joe Cirincione

  • Obama makes history with auto-pen

    US President Barack Obama has made history by using an autopen - an automatic signing machine - from an ocean away to sign a legislation into law hours before expiry. And stirred a new controversy. Originally, there had been a plan in place to have a White House aide hand-carry the legislation re-authorizing the Patriot Act, a controversial set of anti-terrorism and law enforcement measures passed in the wake of 9/11, to Europe, where Obama was for G8 talks. However, the vote process was delayed, which meant that the bill might not have reached Obama before the act expired at midnight Thursday. 

    May 28, 2011 - By admin

  • Obama at One Year: "A" for Transforming Nuclear Policy, "Incomplete" for Execution

    The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, a Ploughshares Fund grantee, gave President Barack Obama a grade of "A" for transforming United States nuclear weapons policy during his first year in office and an "Incomplete" f

    January 20, 2010 - By Anonymous

  • The Essence of Diplomatic Engagement

    The Boston Globe publishes Ray Takeyh's analysis of the benefits of the diplomatic engagement style of the Obama administration compared to the resolute approach of the Bush administration.

    October 16, 2009 - By Anonymous

  • Picks for top intelligence posts

    A blog for Huffington Post by Joe Cirincione applauds President-Elect Obama's picks for the top int

    January 9, 2009 - By Sarah Brown