U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks with reporters about Syria during a press conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Thursday, April 25, 2013. (Image source: AP)

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen speaks at ACA's event at the National Press Club on April 11, 2013

By Tom Z. Collina

Four years after the historic speech in Prague laying out his nuclear policy priorities, President Barack Obama must now decide which issues to focus on in his second—and last—term.

By Greg Thielmann

North Korea parades a KN-08 in April 2012. Experts believe it is a mock-up.

By Daryl G. Kimball and Tom Z. Collina

The Barack Obama administration's fiscal year 2014 budget request proposes spending $7.87 billion for National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Weapons Activities, which would be an increase of $654 million, or nine percent above the 2012 enacted level, and $300 million more than the Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 2013.

(Image Source: Missile Defense Agency - FTM-16 E2a Flight Test)

By Tom Z. Collina, Daryl G. Kimball, and Greg Thielmann

By Greg Thielmann

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on March 12, 2013.

George Shultz walking with President Reagan outside the White House in December 1986.
 

IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (L) and UNMOVIC Executive Chairman Hans Blix (R) brief the UN Security Council on Iraq inspections March 7, 2003

By Greg Thielmann

By Kelsey Davenport

Ambassador Thomas Pickering speaks at an Arms Control Association event on Feb. 25 on what can be accomplished in 2013 in negotiations with Iran. Photo Credit: Jackie Barrientes/ACA