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Kingston Reif

Kingston Reif is the director for disarmament and threat reduction policy at the Arms Control Association, in Washington, DC, where his work focuses on nuclear disarmament, preventing nuclear terrorism, missile defense, and the defense budget. Follow him on Twittter: @KingstonAReif.


Articles by Kingston Reif

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500,000,000,000 reasons to scrutinize the US plan for nuclear weapons

By Kingston Reif, Mandy Smithberger | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons
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Debating US nuclear spending in the age of the coronavirus

By Kingston Reif | Nuclear Weapons

Arms control on the brink

By Kingston Reif | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

It’s time to cut America’s nuclear arsenal

By Daryl G. Kimball, Kingston Reif | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Rethink oldthink on no first use

By Kingston Reif, Daryl G. Kimball | Nuclear Weapons

The promise of the Syrian chemical weapons plan

By Kingston Reif | Biosecurity, Columnists, Special Topics, Technology and Security

Ukraine and the future of nonproliferation

By Kingston Reif | Columnists, Nuclear Weapons
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Obama’s nuclear legacy on the line

By Kingston Reif | Columnists, Nuclear Weapons

A necessary evil

By Kingston Reif | Columnists, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Making a nuclear deal with Iran

By Kingston Reif | Columnists, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Pentagon pushes for billions to refurbish nuclear bombs

By Kingston Reif | Columnists, Nuclear Weapons

Would the United States ever actually use nuclear weapons?

By Kingston Reif | Biosecurity, Columnists, Nuclear Weapons