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(Co-authored by Ploughshares Fund's Alexandra Bell and Ben Loehrke, this post was written for the Kalashnikovs and Canapes, a blog by fellows of the Truman National Security Project on the ongoing struggle for world peace.) & Read more »

Vice President Joe Biden delivered a speech today to a packed auditorium at the National Defense University, reiterating the President’s commitment to a nuclear security strategy that will protect Americans by providing our military with the tools it needs to combat today’s threats. Read more »

Dr. David Liddington, British Conservative Party Member of Parliament and Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister has some advice for the U.S. on the follow-on to START and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty:

“Get on with it.” Read more »

Turkey has quietly held NATO tactical nuclear weapons since the Cold War. Removing them will be a critical step towards a safer world. But it won’t be easy.

On April 5, 2009, President Barack Obama made a speech in Prague outlining his intention to make nuclear disarmament, with the eventual goal of elimination, the organizing principle of U.S. nuclear policy. Now the task is to figure out the how to actually get to zero nuclear weapons. Read more »

Turkey has quietly held NATO tactical nuclear weapons since the Cold War. Removing them will be a critical step towards a safer world. But it won’t be easy.

On April 5, 2009, President Barack Obama made a speech in Prague outlining his intention to make nuclear disarmament, with the eventual goal of elimination, the organizing principle of U.S. nuclear policy. Now the task is to figure out the how to actually get to zero nuclear weapons. Read more »