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Pakistan’s PM, Politics, and Prospects
  On the radar: Nawaz Sharif; Dealing with loose nukes; More missile launches; Obama’s opportunities for reductions; New pork for New York; Polling proliferation; and Nuke bunker turned into bat cave.   Read more »
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Trident missile launch
Scrap Trident, says former NATO commander
"I think the UK is very close to saying we're the first permanent member of the Security Council to do away with nuclear weapons," General Jack Sheehan told BBC News today.  Sheehan, the former Supreme Allied Commander for NATO, commented on suggestions by other retired military figures that the UK rethink its decision to replace the Trident system, made up of submarines, missiles and nuclear warhe Read more »
Posted on January 28, 2009
Europe, Nuclear Weapons, Other
Iranian flag
Iran demands apology
In an appearance on MSNBC, Joe Cirincione discussed the Iranian demand for an official apology from the United States.  Joe pointed out that the Obama Administration would move forward towards direct talks, even if the Iranians try to pull back. Read more »
Posted by Sarah Brown on January 28, 2009
Middle East & Persian Gulf, Nuclear States, Iran, United States
Joe Cirincione on World Focus
World Focus: Global proliferation threat
World Focus featured a discussion on global proliferation threats with between Joe Cirincione and host Martin Savidge.   Read more »
Posted by Sarah Brown on January 28, 2009
Middle East & Persian Gulf, Nuclear States, Nuclear Weapons, Iran, United States
Reza Aslan
Obama's nuclear problem
"At the end of President Obama’s historic interview with the Arabic news network al-Arabiya—the first he has granted as President of the United States—Hisham Melham, the satellite channel’s Washington Bureau Chief, asked how far an Obama administration would be willing to go to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons," writes Ploughshares Fund board member Reza Aslan.  “'As I said during my inauguratio Read more »
Posted on January 27, 2009
Middle East & Persian Gulf, Nuclear States, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Materials, Iran, Ploughshares Fund, United States
Rachel Maddow, Joe Cirincione
Discussing the WMD Czar Rachel Maddow on MSNBC
In a discussion with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, Joe Cirincione commented on the possible pick of Gary Samore to the congressionally mandated position of Coordinator for the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism, or WMD Czar. Read the transcript or watch the video. Read more »
Posted by admin on January 27, 2009
Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Nuclear Policy, Iran, Conflict & Regional Security, United States
Joe Cirincione
President names WMD czar
Less than a week into his presidency, Barack Obama has reportedly named Gary Samore, vice president of the Council on Foreign Relations and former National Security Council senior director, to a post that President Bush never got around to filling, the congressionally mandated position of  coordinator for the prevention of WMD proliferation Read more »
Posted on January 26, 2009
Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Materials, United States
Stimulating the nuclear weapons complex?
"At a time when President Obama has committed himself to seeking a world without nuclear weapons -- backed up with specific pledges to seek a global test ban and a prohibition on the production of bomb-making materials -- Congress should not be throwing money at the nuclear weapons complex," writes Ploughshares Fund grantee William Hartung of the New America Foundation, responding to news of $7.8 billion budgeted for the agency responsible for researching, developing and maintaining nuclear weapons. Read more »
Posted on January 26, 2009
Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Materials
Obama proposes space weapons ban
Moments after President Obama's inauguration last week, the White House website was updated to include policy statements on a range of issues, including a pledge to restore U.S. leadership on space issues and seek a worldwide ban on weapons that interfere with military and commercial satellites. Read more »
Posted on January 25, 2009
China, Space Weapons, Missiles & Space
"Left Jab": Obama's nuclear policy
David Goodfriend, host of XM radio's Left Jab, interviewed Joe Cirincione about President Obama's nuclear policy agenda. Listen to the interview here. Read more »
Posted by Sarah Brown on January 24, 2009
Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Nuclear Policy, United States
President Obama
Obama and the return of the real
"It is now the beginning, the beginning of post-George Bush America, and fact-tempered hope rather than joy must be the keynote," writes Jonathan Schell in this week's The Nation. "In this context, [the inauguration of Barack Obama] is like a candle that has been lit in a dark and gusty room. How high its light will blaze is anything but clear. Read more »
Posted on January 22, 2009
Climate change, Nuclear Weapons