Keeping the lid on: Nuclear security and the Washington summit

Far more remains to be done before the world can feel assured that nuclear security issues are being addressed seriously enough…..

Keeping the “Non” in the Non-Nuclear Weapon States

Nuclear weapons states must respond to security demands before non-nuclear weapons states will agree to additional non-proliferation obligations under the NPT.

Anne Penketh: Edging towards a nuclear-free world

The stage is set for the signing in Prague of the first arms control treaty of the Obama era. It is the initial step on the road to the US President's declared goal of a world without nuclear weapons, which he vibrantly described in the Czech capital a year ago.

But now that the applause has died down after the US and Russia reached agreement on capping their deployed long-range nuclear weapons in the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (Start) follow-on pact, the treaty's limits have become apparent. T

Nuclear Options for NATO. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference 2010 Paper 4

Change is on the way for the alliance’s nuclear posture. Seven options for NATO…

Non-proliferation requires disarmament, and vice versa: Advice to the Iranian Government as it seeks to challenge the nuclear order at the NPT Review Conference

Iran should step up cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog as a first step towards creating the space for negotiations.

Treading Water in 2010: The Nuclear Weapon States and Nuclear Disarmament

Country by country review of nuclear weapons states’ arsenals and their positions before the NPT Review Conference

Time for the Test Ban

The presidents of the United States and Russia have proclaimed that they will work for a world without nuclear weapons. Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed that goal in a recent major policy speech. But the speech was more than that: Biden affirmed that a world without nuclear weapons would also be a compass by which the administration would steer current policy.

Russia hails agreement on nuclear arms treaty

”If you look at the actual treaty, they are not going to be cutting up weapons. They are just not going to be deployed. It is quite a modest treaty. It is important in what it says about US-Russian relations. It is a signal of the tangible improvement.”

BASIC Program Director Anne Penketh quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald.

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