Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Iran: The Course Ahead
By Thomas Graham Ambassadors Perspective March 15, 2012 Iran has been pursuing a nuclear program for nearly four decades. It began when the Shah was in power, was initially not continued by the Islamic Republic but by the late 1980’s was...
Reagan & Reykjavik
by James Goodby and Nathan Pyles The Hill November 21, 2011 The world recently marked the 25th anniversary of the historic Reykjavik summit, when President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met in a simple clapboard house in...
More than Moralism: How Values Matter to Nuclear Security
by Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson Review of Faith & International Affairs August 2011 Nuclear weapons are devices; a means to a variety of ends. Ethical analysis must have compelling moral ends as the primary point of reference. By morally examining a...
Purpose, Ethics and Nuclear Weapons
by David Krieger counterpunch.org August 26-28, 2011 Recently, a friend sent me a copy of Admiral Hyman Rickover’s 1982 Morgenthau Memorial Lecture. The lecture, given under the auspices of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International...
International Security on the Road to Nuclear Security
by Dr. Nancy Gallagher The Nonproliferation Review June 2011 The disappointingly slow pace of progress on efforts to prevent proliferation, reduce nuclear weapons, and eliminate nuclear risks has many causes. The factor that might be easiest for individuals in the...
Nuclear Energy and Weapons: Uncontrollable in Time and Space
by Alyn Ware Huffington Post March 23, 2011 The earthquake and tsunami in Japan devastated a whole region. Radioactive emissions from the damaged nuclear reactors are very serious, and have already contaminated food and water, prompting a ban on food exports...
Wisdom or Fatal Folly
by Jonathan Granoff and Rhianna Tyson Kreger Huffington Post March 15, 2011 As the health impact of smoking became better known to Americans, the practice eventually diminished. The cigarette industry decided to look beyond US borders. Huge amounts of money are...
The path towards eliminating nukes is clear-cut
by Douglas Roche Embassy March 9, 2011 Two events have coincided to give the Canadian government a powerful opportunity to play a key role in the growing effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Both the Senate and the House of Commons have...
START-ing a new security
Huffington Post by Rhianna Tyson Kreger December 23, 2010 If you witnessed a lot of hubbub in Dupont Circle pubs last night, it's a good chance it was the celebrations of my passionate arms control friends and colleagues, relishing the victory that was...
Non-proliferation meets non-partisanship
Embassy by Douglas Roche December 15, 2010 Hansard recorded the event in the House of Commons under “Routine Proceedings,” but there was nothing routine about it. For the first time in the history of Canada’s Parliament, both the House...