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  • Op-Ed: Opponents of Nuclear Cuts Misread Trends
    Press Room
    April 18, 2012

    The press recently reported that the Pentagon is preparing options for President Barack Obama as part of the Nuclear Posture Review implementation study. The mere notion of restructuring U.S. nuclear forces unleashed panicked reactions from Capitol Hill’s most ardent nuclear weapons enthusiasts.
  • Experts Available to Comment on Iran and North Korea Developments
    Press Room
    April 12, 2012

    (Washington, D.C.) For the first time in 15 months the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) will hold talks with Iran on its nuclear program in Istanbul April 14. The meeting is expected to be the beginning of a series of talks rather than a single session over the weekend. The talks are likely to focus on Iran's enrichment to 20% as a confidence-building step toward broader progress on resolving the nuclear issue.
  • N. Korean Launch Plan Puts Deal at Risk
    Arms Control Today
    April 3, 2012

    North Korea announced on March 16 that it will launch a satellite in mid-April, a move that threatens to unravel a Feb. 29 agreement the country made with the United States to halt key nuclear and missile activities. North Korea says it is carrying out the launch between April 12 and 16 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung, on April 15.
  • ACA Senior Fellow speaks about Territorial Missile Defense at Paris Conference
    ACA Events
    March 14, 2012

    Prepared Remarks by Greg Thielmann, Senior Fellow, Arms Control Association, delivered March 6, 2012 at the Salle de la Commission de la Defense in Paris at a conference sponsored by the: Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg; Institut de Relations Internationales et Strategiques; British American Security Information Council; and Arms Control Association.
  • N. Korea Agrees to Nuclear Halt
    Arms Control Today
    March 2, 2012

    North Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and to implement moratoriums on nuclear and long-range missile tests, Department of State spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a Feb. 29 statement.
  • Lawmakers Raise North Korea ICBM Fears
    Arms Control Today
    January 12, 2012

    Five Republican members of Congress raised concerns in November that North Korea is developing a road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a capability that might allow it to protect its long-range missiles from being destroyed before they are used. However, some nongovernmental experts said such a system was very likely beyond North Korea’s current technical reach.
  • Next Moves on North Korea
    Arms Control Today
    January 9, 2012

    North Korean strongman Kim Jong Il may be gone, but the dangers posed by Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs persist. Although the long-term future of the regime under the new young ruler, Kim Jong Un, remains uncertain, it is clearly in the United States’ interest to get the much-delayed denuclearization process back on track.
  • U.S. Envoy Sees Progress in N. Korea Talks
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2011

    A second round of bilateral nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea last month “narrowed differences” between the two countries on steps needed to resume multilateral denuclearization negotiations, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen Bosworth told reporters Oct. 25.
  • North, South Korea Meet on Nuclear Issue
    Arms Control Today
    September 30, 2011

    North and South Korean nuclear negotiators held bilateral talks in Beijing last month, continuing an effort to revive stalled multilateral negotiations on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament. The two sides do not appear to have bridged differences on the conditions for resuming the six-party talks, which also include China, Japan, Russia, and the United States.
  • U.S., North Korea Hold Bilateral Talks
    Arms Control Today
    August 30, 2011

    The United States held a rare senior-level meeting with North ­Korean officials in July. The two sides agreed to additional meetings.
  • U.S. Navy Turns Back North Korean Ship
    Arms Control Today
    July 7, 2011

    A North Korean ship suspected of carrying missile technology to Myanmar turned back to North Korea after being confronted by a U.S. naval vessel, part of a U.S. effort that involved coordination with countries in the region.
  • The Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty Protocols and U.S. National Security
    Issue Briefs
    May 20, 2011

    Volume 2, Issue 3, March 2, 2011

    Reducing the threats posed by nuclear weapons and proliferation is a global challenge that requires active U.S. leadership. Given that curbing the spread of nuclear weapons is one of the nation's highest security imperatives, it stands to reason that the United States should support efforts by other countries to reinforce their commitments not to pursue nuclear weapons and to prevent proliferation.
  • China Proposes Steps to N. Korea Talks
    Arms Control Today
    May 3, 2011

    China has proposed a three-step process to revive multilateral negotiations on North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. The United States and South Korea, however, say that North Korea must meet certain conditions before talks can restart.

     
  • South Korea Rejects Talks Offer From North
    Arms Control Today
    April 4, 2011

    South Korea has rebuffed a North Korean suggestion that multilateral denuclearization talks should resume without preconditions, including on the North’s uranium-enrichment program.
  • N. Korea Judged to Have More Enrichment Sites
    Arms Control Today
    March 3, 2011

    North Korea probably has multiple uranium enrichment-related facilities, U.S. intelligence officials said, following North Korea’s decision to reveal one such facility last year.