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Nuclear Nonproliferation

  • Funding for U.S. Nuclear Triad Set to Grow
    Arms Control Today
    March 3, 2011

    The fiscal year 2012 budget request would boost funding for maintenance of the nuclear stockpile, modernization of the weapons production complex, upgrades to strategic delivery systems, and deployment of missile defense interceptors.

  • U.S. Updates Iran Assessment
    Arms Control Today
    March 3, 2011

    Iran is keeping open the option of pursuing nuclear weapons but apparently has not yet decided to take that route, U.S. intelligence officials told Congress in an update of a 2007 assessment.

  • Time for Leadership: South Korea and Nuclear Nonproliferation
    Arms Control Today
    March 3, 2011

    South Korea, which has been a sometimes-reluctant follower and occasional violator of international nuclear nonproliferation norms, is a rising nuclear exporter. Although it has taken some positive nonproliferation steps lately, it must do more as it assumes its new commercial role.
  • China’s Potential to Contribute to Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament
    Arms Control Today
    March 3, 2011

    China should work with the other nuclear-weapon states to develop a negotiating forum in which they can discuss concrete steps toward disarmament. Such a forum would give China new opportunities to address its own security concerns associated with nuclear disarmament.
  • Steps Toward a Deal on Enhanced Safeguards for Iran’s Nuclear Program
    Arms Control Today
    March 3, 2011

    Because Iran is not likely to give up its existing uranium-enrichment capability, the United States and its allies should redouble efforts to enhance nuclear monitoring inside Iran. It is important to choose wisely among the options, which vary widely in cost, technical effectiveness, and political feasibility.

     
  • P5 to Meet in Paris on Nuclear Transparency
    Arms Control Today
    March 3, 2011

    China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States plan to meet in Paris to discuss nuclear transparency issues and ways to verify additional arms reductions, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller said Feb. 16 at a nuclear policy conference in Arlington, Va. Gottemoeller’s comments added some detail to an earlier announcement by France that it would host “the first follow-up meeting of the 2010 NPT [Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty] Review Conference with the 5 nuclear powers recognized by the NPT.” The five nuclear-weapon states also are the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, known as the P5.
  • After the Istanbul Meeting with Iran: Maintaining Persistent Diplomacy
    Issue Briefs
    February 3, 2011

    Volume 2, Issue 1

    Last month’s multilateral talks in Istanbul on Iran’s nuclear program ended inconclusively and without an agreement on further discussions. The lack of progress is unfortunate, but not surprising. As many observers noted before the meeting, while a diplomatic process provides the greatest chance for a peaceful resolution to the problem, there is no silver bullet; diplomacy will take time and will likely be fraught with stumbles and disagreements.
  • Leading Diplomats, Experts and Organizations Call on Obama to Reinvigorate Diplomacy with Iran
    Press Room
    January 20, 2011

    On the eve of talks between the P5+1 and Iran in Istanbul, a diverse group of diplomats, arms control experts, Iran experts, democracy and human rights defenders, and leading Iranian-American, Jewish-American, and pro-peace organizations issued a statement urging the Obama Administration to reinvigorate diplomacy with Iran.
  • Toward a Negotiated Solution - Solving the Iranian Nuclear Puzzle Briefing Series
    ACA Events
    January 20, 2011

    Transcript available. The Arms Control Association on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 hosted the second in a series of briefings on Solving the Iranian Nuclear Puzzle with panelists Barry Blechman, Charles Ferguson, Greg Thielmann and moderated by ACA's Executive Director Daryl G. Kimball. The panel examined what a viable diplomatic solution with Iran would look like and ways to achieve it.
  • Belarus Agrees to Give Up HEU Stockpile
    Arms Control Today
    January 10, 2011

    Belarus has pledged to give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium by 2012, and Ukraine took a major step toward fulfilling a similar commitment made last year.

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