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European Leadership Network Visits Washington
Last week, a British-German delegation of the European Leadership Network (ELN) made the rounds in Washington. ELN, a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in the United Kingdom, works to promote the idea of multilateral nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The group has built and continues to expand an impressive, high-level network of senior political, military and diplomatic leaders. Read more »
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Posted by Rebecca Remy on April 23, 2012
NATO, British Parliament, Chicago NATO Summit, EU, German Parliament, Germany, Strategic Nuclear Weapons, Tactical Nuclear Weapons, United Kingdom, US-Russia
Nuclear budget cuts gaining momentum
Just months ago, nuclear weapons spending was considered untouchable. Now, rumblings from within the Pentagon indicate that the nuclear budget may be up next in the search for savings. When the Pentagon starts talking cuts, you know things are serious. Read more »
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Posted by Mary Kaszynski on November 17, 2011
NATO, Carnegie Endowment, Defense Secretary, Department of Defense, Dyad, House Armed Services Committee, James Cartwright, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Nuclear Budget, Robert Gates, Triad
Libyan Victory Validates Obama Doctrine
The collapse of the Gaddafi regime firmly establishes the benefits of Obama's national security strategy over the failed war policies that preceded him -- and are still promoted by his critics. Read more »
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Posted by Joe Cirincione on August 24, 2011
NATO, David Cameron, Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Policy, Gaddafi, Joe Cirincione, Libya, Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama Doctrine, strategy, Susan Rice
thermonuclear gravity bomb
What to do about Europe's secret nukes
Nuclear bombs are stored on air force bases in Italy, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. The Federation of American Scientists (FAS)  estimates that there are some 200 B61 thermonuclear gravity bombs scattered across these four countries. Under a NATO agreement struck during the Cold War, the bombs, which are technically owned by the U.S., can be transferred to the control of a host nation's air force in times of conflict.  Read more »
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Posted on December 3, 2009
Europe, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Nuclear Policy, United States