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As of September 7, it has been 276 days and counting since the U.S. last had the ability to inspect Russia's strategic nuclear weapons under the now-lapsed 1991 START treaty.  

The New START treaty, once ratified, will restore and improve upon the United States' ability to inspect Russia's weapons.  The treaty has been under Senate consideration since May 15th.  Every day that goes by between now and the treaty's ratification is another day in which the U.S. loses insight into Russia's nuclear arsenal. Read more >>

In an op-ed in New Hampshire's Nashua Telegraph, Lt. Gen. John Castellaw, Lt. Gen. Dirk Jameson and Brig. Gen. John Adams urged Senators to put national security above political partisanship and ratify the New START treaty. Read more >>

In the next round of nuclear negotiations, the United States and Russia "need to pursue much deeper cuts in their nuclear stockpiles and agree to a lower level of launch readiness."  That's the argument that Bruce Blair, Victor Esin, Matthew McKinzie, Vakery Yarynich and Pavel Zolotarev make in "Smaller and Safer: A New Plan for Nuclear Postures," an article in the September/ October 2010 issue of Foreign Affairs. Read more >>

It is with great sadness that we inform you that on Sunday, August 22nd, Ploughshares and the entire nuclear security and good government community lost a dear friend and colleague. Beth Daley served the Project on Government Oversight for some ten years on a number of issues, protecting the rights of whistleblowers and scrutinizing the management of public funds and resources. Read more >>