To Russia, With Love?
By Greg Thielmann
"The Arms Control Association’s work is an important resource to legislators and policymakers when contemplating a new policy direction or decision."
Fissile Material Removal Underscores Need for Full Congressional Support
By Daryl G. Kimball Arms control works when governments and political leaders work together and commit the necessary resources to get the job done. This week, the South African government and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the successful return 13.8 pounds of highly enriched uranium to the United States for disposal. The operation is part of the long-running Global Threat Reduction Initiative, which converts nuclear reactors to run on non-weapon-grade low enriched uranium (LEU) rather than highly enriched uranium (HEU).
Sen. Mark O. Hatfield: Champion of Saner Nuclear Weapons Policies
By Daryl G. Kimball
Former Senator Mark O. Hatfield, R-Oregon (Image Source: AP)
Looking for defense cuts? Go nuclear
By Tom Z. Collina
The following entry was originally posted on The Hill's Congress Blog on August 2, 2011.
Gen. John Shalikashivili: 1936-2011
By Daryl G. Kimball
Over the weekend, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1993-97, John M. Shalikashvili passed away. As the obituaries in The Washington Post and The New York Times note, he had an amazing personal story and illustrious career.
The Right Stuff
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. on Capitol Hill Monday, July 18, 2011 (Image Source: Associated Press)
North Korea's Presidency Is Not the CD's Real Tragedy
(Image Source: The United Nations Office at Geneva)
By Rob Golan-Vilella
Nuclear Disarmament: the South African Example
by Daryl G. Kimball
Is a world free of nuclear weapons possible? Do states that have developed nuclear weapons have the vision and the courage to verifiably eliminate their nuclear arsenals? As South Africa has shown, some do. Others can.
Original Nuclear Weapons States Need to Walk the Walk and Fulfill Their NPT Disarmament and Nonproliferation Commitments
By Daryl G. Kimball and Peter Crail
This week's meeting of senior officials from the five original nuclear weapon states (the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, and China) in Paris for the second meeting on nuclear weapons policy issues is a potentially important step toward multilateralizing the nuclear disarmament enterprise.
Indian Membership in the NSG? A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Not Come
By Daryl G. Kimball
Global efforts to prevent the spread of the world's most deadly weapons depend on universal compliance with rules that constrain the sale of nuclear technology.
Too often, however, powerful states try to make exceptions from these rules, or simply ignore them, in order to help powerful commercial nuclear interests score profits or to curry favor with key allies, or both.