We seek the total elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth. Ronald Reagan, 1985 Inaugural Address
By Nathan Pyles
Fifty years ago on June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy in this landmark American University commencement address, surprised the world by announcing the U.S. suspension of above-ground nuclear weapons testing. By...
By Joe Cirincione
A stunning new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows that the government will spend $355 billion over the next 10 years directly on nuclear weapons….
By Zachary Keck
Over at Foreign Policy, David Kenner has an interesting piece on how President Barack Obama’s views on nuclear weapons are shaping his approach to the Middle East…
By John Rash
Due to the diplomatic deal reached in Geneva, the theocracy running Iran has half a year to decide if its potential nuclear-weapons program would make the regime…
By Matthew Bunn
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that this weekend’s nuclear deal with Iran increases Iran’s chances of building nuclear weapons. He’s exactly…
One of the most enduring mysteries of the final years of the Cold War was a period of great tension and worry about nuclear conflict between the United States and…
By Elliott Negin
At the same time President Obama has been pressing for further reductions in U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)–a…
By Peter Beinart
Since he began running for president six years ago, Barack Obama has hoped aloud that he would become the Democratic Ronald Reagan. Now, suddenly, Iran may offer…
By Jeremy Greenstock & Thomas R. Pickering
The recent British parliamentary decision against military action in Syria sparked a cascade of media headlines about the demise of the US-UK “special relationship.”…