Ploughshares Blog: CTBT

In honor of National Women’s History Month, each week Ploughshares Fund will be honoring the women who have been instrumental in advocating for nuclear nonproliferation. This week we are highlighting the work of two incredible women who helped push for a ban on atmospheric nuclear testing: Dr. Louise Reiss and Dagmar Wilson. Read more »
Posted by Jessica Sleight on March 15, 2013
  On the radar: Dates set for new talks; Priorities for SecDef Hagel; CTBTO hard at work; Transparent nuclear policy; New venue for arms control; and the Worm in the Hermit Kingdom.   Read more »
Posted on February 27, 2013
  On the radar: DPRK test really Iranian-false; Park on North Korea; Pre-negotiation posturing; Nuclear next steps; Danger of comparing to nukes; NNSA Audit; and Atomic artifacts.   Read more »
Posted on February 25, 2013
  On the radar: Amb. Pickering on CTBT; Iran increasing conversion; Gallucci on North Korea; B61 budget delays; Lt. Gen. Kowalski on deterrence; Afflicted authoritarian arsenals; Dealing with radiation; and Inside Fukushima.   Read more »
Posted on February 21, 2013
  On the radar: If Iran goes, Saudis unlikely to follow; Watch for falling space rocks; Dealing with Pyongyang; Obama’s nuclear agenda; Garn and Graham on CTBT; Hanford leak; and Tracking fallout in tendons.   Read more »
Posted on February 19, 2013
On the radar: Actual existential threats; North Korea-Iran cooperation; Suspect uranium enrichment facilities in DPRK; Dealing with Khamenei; Y-12 break-in still evident; MidEast WMD-free zone; and Celebrating the apocalypse in a Russian bunker. Read more »
Posted on December 21, 2012
  On the radar: Implementing the nuclear posture review; the Limits of sanctions; MDA’s new director; Udall-Kyl on NNSA reform; Talbott on Obama’s 2nd term, legacy; and Vintage Bulletin covers.   Read more »
Posted on November 21, 2012
  On the radar: Confidence, not hype, on China’s stockpile numbers; Thawing in Moscow; Vali Nasr on negotiations; B-61 and NATO posture; Push for ratification; and Nuclear programs that weren’t.   Read more »
Posted on November 14, 2012
  On the radar: NYT on foreign policy priorities; U.S. interests in a deal with Iran; Just do it; Outlook for Mid-East WMDFZ; Iran talks Parchin; and Pakistani and Indian Scientists on the bomb.   Read more »
Posted on November 12, 2012
On the radar: New Kirk-Menendez sanctions; CTBT priority; Iran fires on U.S. drone; Russian views on reductions; Security at LANL; Nuclear security delayed; The Second Nuclear Age; and East coast BMD would be pricey.   Read more »
Posted on November 9, 2012