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Kingston Reif
It's smart to scale back nuclear weapons spending
Two Republican Senators think the United States should protect nuclear weapons outlays at all costs. They're wrong.
Could a nuclear-armed Iran be contained?
The answer is "probably," but prevention via diplomacy is still the best course.
Nuclear weapons cuts will make the United States safer
It's good to see further arms control measures on President Obama's agenda.
Does missile defense work?
Why the United States should be realistic about what missile defense can and can't do.
Nuclear myths (and realities)
Two common misconceptions about nuclear weapons continue to live on. Here's why they shouldn't.
Romney strikes out on nukes
Assessing Mitt Romney's views on nuclear threat reduction.
Prague, revisited
Assessing President Obama's first-term record on nuclear threat reduction.
Cold comfort
The fallacy of extending deterrence through tactical nuclear weapons.
Whither the anti-terrorism budget?
Despite claiming that nuclear security is its chief concern, the White House is mysteriously scaling back its budget requests for anti-nuclear-terrorism funding.
13 days -- and what was learned
Fifty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, new scholarship has put a fresh perspective on how alarmingly close the world came to all-out nuclear war and why the lessons of 1962 are so relevant today.
The politics of reduction
US congressional Republicans just passed legislation that will hamper implementation of New START as well as the administration's ability to make changes to the US nuclear arsenal. But this isn't a lingering Cold War hangover or an ideological battle. It's pure partisanship.
The case for the CTBT: Stronger than ever
The National Academy of Sciences just released its exhaustive analysis of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, demonstrating that the treaty would increase security, foster safety, and deter illicit weapons.
When less is not more
As the Obama administration prepares to make critical decisions about the future of the US nuclear arsenal, it would do well to ignore calls to develop new low-yield counterforce options, as they would actually increase the probability of nuclear war and undermine US nonproliferation goals.
New START: One year later
With the anniversary of New START's entry into force, it's time for an examination of the treaty's successes, future opportunities, and the hurdles nuclear arms reductions still face.
What the super committee's failure means for nuclear weapons
In a time of economic austerity and national insecurity, US nuclear deterrence must be fundamentally revised.
