China

As a major nuclear weapons state, China plays a key role in both Russian and North Korean (DPRK) nuclear policy. Following is analysis and opinion from Ploughshares Fund staff, grantees and guests on the ongoing struggle to deal with nuclear weapons in China.

Much Ado About Not Much: The House Republican Resolution on New START

Kingston Reif, the Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, writes, “The approach of some vocal Republicans to the 'New START' negotiations goes something like this: Suggest a dozen differe

December 9, 2009 - By Anonymous
China supplied weapon-grade uranium to Pakistan, Khan asserts

A newly released statement by former top Pakistani nuclear scientist and proliferator Abdul Qadeer Khan indicates that China in 1982 supplied his nation with a basic nuclear-weapon design and enough weapon-grade uranium to power two nuclear bombs, the

November 13, 2009 - By Anonymous
China Won't Pressure North Korea: International Crisis Group

North Korea's military provocations this year angered its ally China, but Beijing remains reluctant to tighten the screws on Pyongyang, the Ploughshares Fund grantee International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a

November 3, 2009 - By Anonymous
Will Japan Go Nuclear?

Japan has a surprisingly large influence on U.S. nuclear policy. But it is not the influence that most Japanese citizens think it is--or want it to be.

October 13, 2009 - By Joe Cirincione
Experts call on China to use leverage in North Korea

Cato Institute experts said that China must be encouraged to use its leverage in North Korea to contain Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. Ted Galen Carpenter called for a strategic shift by Wa

July 20, 2009 - By Deborah Bain
Global Zero Commission Dinner

Joe Cirincione attended the Global Zero Commission dinner at the St. Regis in Washington, DC. The dinner came the evening before the launch of Global Zero's step-by-step plan for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

You can read Global Zero's full plan here.

June 30, 2009 - By Ploughshares Fund
Nuclear Experts Offer Draft Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty

A panel of nuclear experts yesterday presented a proposed version of a long-awaited international treaty to ban the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons. President Barack Obama said last month that establishing a cutoff treaty would be one of the "concrete steps toward a

May 12, 2009 - By Deborah Bain
Chinese firm indicted in sales to Iran

A Manhattan grand jury indicted a Chinese executive and his company on charges of covertly using U.S. banks to finance the sale of tons of restricted materials to Iran in violation of U.N.

April 8, 2009 - By Sarah Brown
Obama proposes space weapons ban

Moments after President Obama's inauguration last week, the White House website was updated to include policy statements on a range of issues, including a pledge to restore U.S.

January 25, 2009 - By Anonymous