NPT

Can the NPT Survive?

The Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons is the bedrock of the nuclear security regime. At fifty years old, is it showing its age? “I think right now the treaty’s facing some real challenges,” Ambassador Susan Burk explained. “Part of that is that there has traditionally and...

December 20, 2019 - By Zack Brown
Support a Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear weapons continue to be one of the most serious threats to international peace and security around the world. They are the most destructive, inhumane and indiscriminate weapons ever created. Both in the scale of the devastation they cause, and in their uniquely persistent and hazardous...

November 15, 2016 - By Ploughshares Fund
Negotiations Back in the Picture

This weekend saw an encouraging resurgence of the word 'negotiations' in the conversation around Iran's nuclear program. After several weeks where talk of military conflict has dominated the discussion, it is a welcome change.

January 24, 2012 - By Margaret Swink
Michael Douglas introduces Countdown to Zero at NPT RevCon

May 6, 2010 - By Deborah Bain
Why It's Hard to Strengthen the NPT

May 6, 2010 - By Deborah Bain
Iran's Incredible Shrinking Influence

The trumpeted U.S.-Iran showdown at the United Nations was over moments after it began. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad strutted and fretted his almost-hour on the stage of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference on May 3. Then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered her smack down. If it were a boxing match, the refs would have ended it.

May 6, 2010 - By Joe Cirincione
Nuclear Weapons: Beyond Nonproliferation?

May 4, 2010 - By Deborah Bain
U.S. to Reveal Size of Nuclear Stockpile

The Obama administration is likely to reveal a closely guarded secret -- the size of the U.S.

May 2, 2010 - By Deborah Bain
U.S. and Russia to Propose Ban on WMD in the Middle East

May 2, 2010 - By Deborah Bain
Ban Ki-moon Urges Activists to be "The Voice of Conscience"

May 2, 2010 - By Deborah Bain