The Reagan Vision https://www.thereaganvision.org For a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Sat, 29 Sep 2018 16:00:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Case for a U.S. No-First-Use Policy By Daryl G. Kimball https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2018-10/focus/case-us-first-use-policy#new_tab https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2018-10/focus/case-us-first-use-policy#new_tab#respond Sat, 29 Sep 2018 16:00:58 +0000 https://www.thereaganvision.org/?p=7203 Stanley Kubrick’s classic 1964 film “Dr. Strangelove” delivers an eerily accurate depiction of the absurd logic and catastrophic risks of U.S. and Russian Cold War nuclear deterrence strategy, but for one key detail: President Merkin Muffley was wrong when he said, “It is the avowed policy of our country never to strike first with nuclear weapons.” But it should be. – More

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Kim Jong-un Has a Dream. The U.S. Should Help Him Realize It. By John Delury https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/opinion/kim-jong-un-moon-economic-development-north-korea-denuclearization.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/opinion/kim-jong-un-moon-economic-development-north-korea-denuclearization.html#respond Sat, 22 Sep 2018 02:34:27 +0000 https://www.thereaganvision.org/?p=7189 President Moon Jae-in of South Korea returned from Pyongyang this week bearing fresh messages of good will from Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader: promises to permanently dismantle a test site and a missile-launch pad and to shutter a major nuclear facility. The pledges — “subject to final negotiations,” as President Trump artfully put it — have already been criticized as half-steps, if not traps. There still is no road map or timeline for the complete denuclearization of North Korea. – More

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North Korea leader offers to dismantle nuclear test site — but only after U.S. acts https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korea-leader-offers-to-dismantle-nuclear-test-site--but-only-after-us-acts/2018/09/19/cbdd6a60-bb77-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html?utm_term=.6d289b724778#new_tab https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korea-leader-offers-to-dismantle-nuclear-test-site--but-only-after-us-acts/2018/09/19/cbdd6a60-bb77-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html?utm_term=.6d289b724778#new_tab#respond Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:52:37 +0000 https://www.thereaganvision.org/?p=7184 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Wednesday to permanently dismantle the country’s main nuclear site, but only if the United States makes concessions first. – More

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North Korea’s Trump-Era Strategy: Keep Making A-Bombs, but Quietly https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/world/asia/trump-north-korea-nuclear.html?action=click&module=In%20Other%20News&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage#new_tab https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/world/asia/trump-north-korea-nuclear.html?action=click&module=In%20Other%20News&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage#new_tab#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:25:38 +0000 https://www.thereaganvision.org/?p=7180 For seven years, Kim Jong-un has pursued an in-your-face strategy for building his nuclear arsenal: detonating blasts underground and firing missiles into the sky, all to send the message that his country’s nuclear buildup is irreversible. – More

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How Obama Made It Easier for Trump to Launch a Nuke https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/14/barack-obama-nukes-donald-trump-219912#new_tab https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/14/barack-obama-nukes-donald-trump-219912#new_tab#respond Sat, 15 Sep 2018 01:43:17 +0000 https://www.thereaganvision.org/?p=7175 Most folks push to the back of their minds the harrowing notion that a single person could, with one command, launch nuclear Armageddon. And even when we do think about it, we still think in Cold War metaphors: Nuclear attacks have to be big. They have to destroy cities. They have to kill millions. – More

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Can the U.S. and Russia Avert a New Arms Race? By Daryl G. Kimball https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2018-09/focus/us-russia-avert-new-arms-race#new_tab https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2018-09/focus/us-russia-avert-new-arms-race#new_tab#respond Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:24:28 +0000 https://www.thereaganvision.org/?p=7154 Five long years have passed since U.S. President Barack Obama proposed and Russian President Vladimir Putin unfortunately rejected negotiations designed to cut their excessive nuclear stockpiles by one-third below the limits set by the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) – More

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John McCain, Nuclear Disarmament, and What Might Have Been https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/08/john-mccain-nuclear-disarmer/150921/#new_tab https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/08/john-mccain-nuclear-disarmer/150921/#new_tab#respond Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:20:52 +0000 https://www.thereaganvision.org/?p=7151 John McCain wanted to ban the bomb. It is not the image one has of the late Arizona senator, but when he ran for president in 2008, he argued that “the United States should lead a global effort at nuclear disarmament.” – More

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The US is now ‘worse off’ on North Korea than it was before the Trump-Kim summit, expert says https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/27/north-korea-us-now-worse-off-than-before-trump-kim-summit---expert.html#new_tab https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/27/north-korea-us-now-worse-off-than-before-trump-kim-summit---expert.html#new_tab#respond Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:27:04 +0000 https://www.thereaganvision.org/?p=7146 The United States is currently at a weaker position with North Korea than before U.S. President Donald Trump met with the leader of the rogue nation, an expert told CNBC on Monday. – More

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Trump calls off Pompeo’s North Korea visit, citing a lack of progress on denuclearization https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-calls-off-pompeos-north-korea-visit-citing-a-lack-of-progress-on-denuclearization/2018/08/24/5349733a-8915-45ee-b075-ae840d9d272b_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4d9c46fdcd81#new_tab https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-calls-off-pompeos-north-korea-visit-citing-a-lack-of-progress-on-denuclearization/2018/08/24/5349733a-8915-45ee-b075-ae840d9d272b_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4d9c46fdcd81#new_tab#respond Sat, 25 Aug 2018 01:01:56 +0000 https://www.thereaganvision.org/?p=7141 President Trump on Friday called off a planned trip to North Korea by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, just days before the top diplomat was to arrive in the country for the next round of high-stakes nuclear talks, the first public sign of the president’s festering frustration over the stalled negotiations. – More

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Once ‘No Longer a Nuclear Threat,’ North Korea Now in Standoff With U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/us/politics/north-korea-denuclearize-peace-treaty.html#new_tab https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/us/politics/north-korea-denuclearize-peace-treaty.html#new_tab#respond Sun, 12 Aug 2018 01:32:34 +0000 https://www.thereaganvision.org/?p=7123 North Korea is insisting that the United States declare that the Korean War is over before providing a detailed, written disclosure of all its atomic weapons stockpiles, its nuclear production facilities and its missiles as a first major step toward denuclearization. – More

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