Nuclear Weapons

  • Discussion of Obama's nuclear policy on KQED-FM

    Listen to a discussion of President Obama's nuclear policy with San Francisco talk show host Michael Krasney.

    March 5, 2009 - By Sarah Brown

  • Pitzer College speech

    A crowd at Pitzer College heard Joe Cirincione speak on the potential of the Obama Administration's new nuclear policy.

    March 3, 2009 - By Anonymous

  • Brazil prepares uranium enrichment plant

    Brazil confirmed that several of its 10 specially-designed centrifuges to enrich uranium for nuclear power production would be running by the end of March.  Though Brazil signed a safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 20

    March 1, 2009 - By Anonymous

  • 5 Myths About All Those Nukes Out There

    by Michael Krepon

    Last week's news that North Korea plans to test a ballistic missile that could reach Alaska gave doomsayers more grounds for gloom. But amid the fear about nuclear attacks by terrorists or leaders such as Kim Jong Il, let's not forget that the United States has managed to protect itself from such a catastrophe not only since 9/11, but since the birth of the bomb in 1945.

    March 1, 2009 - By Anonymous

  • Justice plays role in the nuclear debate

    Accepting an award at UC Santa Cruz, George Perkovich, director of the Nonproliferation Program at the Ploughshares-funded Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discussed the justice of n

    February 28, 2009 - By Anonymous

  • Top U.S. general against reducing nuclear alert posture

    Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton said President Obama’s campaign promise to "work with Russia to take ballistic missiles off hair-trigger alert" mischaracterizes the U.S.

    February 27, 2009 - By Anonymous

  • Recommendations for U.S. budget

    The Project on Government Oversight, a Ploughshares-funded organization, has provided five recommendations for Congress and the White House to reduce costs and increase revenue.  These suggestions include reducing wasteful defense spending; increasing resou

    February 27, 2009 - By Anonymous

  • North Korea puts launch in innocuous terms

    North Korea announced its intention to launch a ‘communications satellite’, downplaying its suspected plans to test a long-range ballistic missile test despite a U.N. resolution forbidding such activity.  Experts fear an attempt by the U.S.

    February 23, 2009 - By Anonymous

  • U.S. experts head to North Korea

    A group of U.S.

    February 23, 2009 - By Anonymous

  • On Iran, Begin With the End in Mind

    by Dr. Trita Parsi and Stanley Weiss

    Only 15 minutes into his term as president, Barack Obama did what his predecessor had refused to do for eight years. He reached out to Iran. By calling for a new approach to the Muslim world based on "mutual respect," Obama signaled Tehran that a new dawn in U.S.-Iran relations may be in reach. His outreach was stronger and swifter than many had expected. It was a wise move, but there should be little surprise that Tehran has yet to fully respond. It won't.

    February 21, 2009 - By Anonymous