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  • Russian Arms Smuggler Faces Jury
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2011

    More than three years after his arrest, the trial of suspected arms trafficker Viktor Bout began Oct. 11 at a U.S. federal court in New York.
  • China and Russia Submit Cyber Proposal
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2011

    China and Russia surprised the international community last month when they submitted a letter at the UN General Assembly outlining a proposal for an International Code of Conduct for Information Security.
  • New START Hits 1,000 Notifications
    Arms Control Today
    August 30, 2011

    The United States and Russia have conducted more than 1,000 notifications under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) since its entry into force in February, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller said Aug. 4 at a conference in Omaha hosted by U.S. Strategic Command.
  • CFE Treaty Talks Stall
    Arms Control Today
    August 30, 2011

    The Obama administration’s effort to revive the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty has stalled. Officials do not expect progress to be made at an upcoming review conference, and the treaty’s future is unclear.
  • Russia Endorses Plutonium Disposition Pact
    Arms Control Today
    July 7, 2011

    Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law three key documents on U.S.-Russian plutonium disposition, including a protocol that was one of the high-profile results of last year’s nuclear security summit in Washington.
  • Russia Below Some New START Limits
    Arms Control Today
    July 7, 2011

    The first data exchange on nuclear forces under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty shows that Russia has already made most of the required arsenal reductions.
  • Missile Defense Cooperation Stalls
    Arms Control Today
    July 7, 2011

    Russia and the United States were unable to strike a deal on missile defense cooperation during a June 8-9 meeting in Brussels. The effort stalled, officials said, because Russia remains wary that the European interceptor system will undermine its security.
  • Iran’s First Power Reactor Goes Critical
    Arms Control Today
    June 2, 2011

    After decades of delays, Iran’s first nuclear power reactor, built by Russian state company Atomstroyexport, began operations May 8. Spent fuel from the reactor is to be sent to Russia.
  • Old Think on New START Implementation
    Issue Briefs
    May 26, 2011

    Volume 2, Issue 6, May 26, 2011

    On December 22, 2010, a bipartisan majority of Senators endorsed modest, verifiable reductions in the deployed strategic nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia. After weeks of debate and careful consideration, thirteen Republicans joined fifty-eight Democrats to approve the resolution of ratification for the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
  • Missile Defense Cooperation: Seizing the Opportunity
    Issue Briefs
    May 24, 2011

    Volume 2, Issue 5, May 24, 2011

    U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet at the G8 Summit in Deauville, France later this week, where they are expected to talk about cooperation on ballistic missile defense. Cooperation with Russia would strengthen U.S. security by enhancing our capabilities to detect a potential missile launch from Iran.
  • The Missile Gap Myth and Its Progeny
    Arms Control Today
    May 3, 2011

    The misperceived "missile gap" became a significant issue during the period between the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the U.S. presidential election of 1960. The story of how it arose and then quickly disappeared 50 years ago carries relevant lessons for assessing military threats today.
  • Nuclear Reductions After New START: Obstacles and Opportunities
    Arms Control Today
    May 3, 2011

    Key issues for the next round of U.S.-Russian arms reductions are ballistic missile defenses, nonstrategic nuclear weapons, and strategic conventional weapons. To reach agreement, each side must recognize the other’s security concerns.

     
  • Trimming Nuclear Excess
    Arms Control Today
    April 27, 2011

    In the 20 years since the end of the Cold War, successive U.S. and Russian presidents have gradually reduced the size and salience of their enormous nuclear stockpiles. Nevertheless, the size of each country’s arsenal far exceeds what might be considered necessary to deter nuclear attack. Both sides can and should go lower.
  • Russia Makes New Proposal on Missile Defense
    Arms Control Today
    April 4, 2011
  • Russia Ratifies African NWFZ
    Arms Control Today
    April 4, 2011

    The Russian Duma on March 14 approved a protocol that commits Russia not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons anywhere in Africa.