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Between them, the United States and Russia still hold over 95% of the world's nuclear weapons. Reducing these stockpiles helps increase global stability, builds the international non-proliferation regime and reduces the chances that nuclear materials will fall into the hands of terrorists. Following is analysis and opinion from Ploughshares Fund staff, grantees and guests on the ongoing efforts to reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles in the U.S. and Russia.

A Senate Summer Reading List

After setting September 15 as the date for a Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote on the New START nuclear reductions agreement with Russia, Chairman John Kerry wrote in a letter to his colleagues. “The coming six weeks,” Kerry said, “will provide members ample opportunity to review the materials related to New START.” Read more »

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Posted by Joe Cirincione on August 10, 2010

Filed in: Russia, U.S. Nuclear Policy, United States

Close the Verification Gap

As of August 9th, It's been 247 days since the U.S. and Russia last were able to inspect each other's strategic nuclear arsenals under the provisions of the now-lapsed START I treaty. Read more »

Posted by Ben Loehrke on August 9, 2010

Filed in: Nuclear Weapons, Russia, United States

Lt. Gen. Castellaw: Listen to Military on New START

Today in the Berthoud Recorder, a Colorado newspaper, Lt. Gen. John Castellaw wrote a powerful op-ed urging members of the Senate to take the advice of military officers and national security experts and ratify New START. Read more »

Posted by Kelly Bronk on July 28, 2010

Filed in: Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Nuclear Policy, Military Strategy, United States

Amb. Pifer: "New START is in the U.S. National Interest"

Ambassador Steven Pifer of the Brookings Institution, a Ploughshares Fund grantee, appeared yesterday before the Senate Armed Services Committee in a hearing about the New START Treaty. Read more »

Posted by Kelly Bronk on July 28, 2010

Filed in: Russia, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Nuclear Policy, United States

Shaping a Common Vision of Security Between Russia and the United States

Ploughshares Fund and the Center for Policy Studies (PIR Center) in Russia will co-host an event called "New START Signed, What's Next?" The event will take place in Moscow June 25, 2010 and will focus on the critical need for new thinking on arms control and nonproliferation between Russia and the United States. The event will also address movement toward further arms reductions and cooperation on strategic ballistic missile defenses. Read more »

Posted by Elise Connor on June 22, 2010

Filed in: Russia, United States

Ploughshares Fund Resources on the NPT

As the 189 signatories to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty gather in New York this week for the five-year review of the progress toward the goals of the treaty, Ploughshares Fund staff, board members and grantees are providing analysis and commentary on the range of issues under discussion, from Iran's nuclear program to global efforts to achieve a nuclear weapon-free world. Read more »

Posted by Deborah Bain on June 1, 2010

Filed in: China, Europe, South Asia, Middle East & Persian Gulf, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Proliferation, Iran, United States

Russia may lift veil on nuclear secrets

Posted by Deborah Bain on May 13, 2010

Filed in: Nuclear Weapons, Russia, START, United States

America's Military Leadership Unanimously Supports New START

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates wrote in the Wall Street Journal that "the New START Treaty has the unanimous support of America's military leadership, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, all of the service chiefs, and the commander of the U.S. Read more »

Posted by Deborah Bain on May 13, 2010

Filed in: Nuclear Weapons, Russia, START, United States