The August 2012 IAEA Report on Iran: An Initial Assessment
Note: correction on Fordow centrifuge totals (3pm, Aug. 30) By Tom Z. Collina and Daryl G. Kimball The IAEA’s latest quarterly report on Iran, now in circulation, finds that Tehran has installed more...
View ArticleNo German pledge on nuclear-capable aircraft modernization
By Oliver Meier The Büchel military base in southern Germany where some U.S. tactical nuclear weapons are stored. On September 5 the Berliner Zeitung reported that at the May 2012 NATO summit Germany...
View ArticleMr. President, It’s Time to Move Forward on the Test Ban Treaty
President Obama at his 2009 Inaugural Address. Weeks later, he pledged to “immediately and aggressively pursue U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.” (Image Source: New York Magazine)...
View ArticleThe November 2012 IAEA Report on Iran and Its Implications
By Kelsey Davenport, Daryl G. Kimball, and Greg Thielmann IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano, left, with Iran’s Ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, in May 2012 (photo credit: Adel...
View ArticleObama Underscores Need for Further Progress to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
President Barack Obama speaks Dec. 3, 2012 at the National Defense University along with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, fmr. Sen. Sam Nunn, and Sen. Dick Lugar. By Daryl G. Kimball In his first...
View ArticleVote for the 2012 Arms Control Person(s) of the Year!
By the ACA Staff Since 1971, the Arms Control Association has promoted practical solutions to address the dangers posed by the world’s most dangerous weapons-nuclear, biological, and chemical, as well...
View ArticleDefying Global Taboo, North Korea Conducts 3rd Nuclear Blast
By Daryl G. Kimball and Greg Thielmann The DPRK’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site April 18, 2012. The government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has apparently conducted its third...
View ArticleObama Renews Commitment to Reducing Nuclear Weapons Threat
By Daryl G. Kimball President Obama in the State of the Union Address Feb. 12: “America will continue to lead the effort to prevent the spread of the world’s most dangerous weapons.” Barack Obama’s...
View ArticleA First Look at the February 2013 IAEA Report on Iran
By Tom Z. Collina and Kelsey Davenport According to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) February 2013 quarterly report on Iran’s nuclear program, Tehran is continuing to develop its nuclear...
View ArticleNATO agrees on new arms control body
By Oliver Meier A German Luftwaffe Tornado fighter-bomber capable of carrying nuclear gravity bombs. (BERLIN) On Feb. 8, NATO agreed on the mandate of a new arms control body. Allies tasked the...
View ArticleNNSA Nuclear Weapons Budget Ignores Fiscal Realities; Congress Should...
By Daryl G. Kimball and Tom Z. Collina The Barack Obama administration’s fiscal year 2014 budget request proposes spending $7.87 billion for National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Weapons...
View ArticleU.S. Signature Needed to Advance Global Arms Trade Treaty
By Daryl G. Kimball On Monday June 3, leaders from dozens of states will gather at the United Nations in New York to sign the new Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The ATT will—for the first time— establish...
View ArticleNuclear Nonproliferation Treaty at 45
President Lyndon Johnson looking on as Secretary of State Dean Rusk prepares to sign the NPT, 1 July 1968.(Source: Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library.) By Daryl G. Kimball Forty-five years ago...
View ArticleSummit or No Summit, the U.S.-Russian Strategic Dialogue Must Go On
Russian Topol-M ICBM crosses Red Square in Moscow during a Victory Day parade on May 9, 2008. (Image source: AFP/Getty Images) By Daryl G. Kimball Today, the White House announced that President Barack...
View ArticleWhy Is the Use of Chemical Weapons So Repulsive?
A UN inspector at one of the sites of the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburb of Zamalka. By Daryl G. Kimball There are no international laws against war itself, but there are rules...
View ArticlePutting Syrian Chemical Weapons Under International Control? Some Key...
By Daryl G. Kimball Today, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that Russia will push Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control if such a move would help avert a...
View ArticleU.S.-Russian Joint Framework for Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons
By Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director, Arms Control Association Today, the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reached agreement on a detailed plan for the...
View ArticleACA Welcomes U.S. Decision to Sign Arms Trade Treaty
Mock Scud-B missiles on display at the Korean War Museum in Seoul. (Source: AP Photos) By Daryl G. Kimball News reports published today citing senior U.S. officials indicate that the Obama...
View ArticleUnited States Lagging on New START Implementation
By Greg Thielmann The latest semi-annual exchange of data under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) shows continuing U.S. lethargy in implementing the modest reductions agreed to when...
View ArticleFinally, Serious Negotiations in Geneva on Iran’s Nuclear Program
Officials from the P5+1 countries meet with Iranian officials in Geneva on October 15 for talks on Iran’s nuclear program. By Greg Thielmann Based on available evidence, the atmosphere and content of...
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