Retrospectives on MIRVing in the First Nuclear Age
by | April 5, 2016 | 7 Comments
(Continued from here.) Why did the Nixon Administration open the floodgates to MIRVs when it was clear that the Kremlin would follow suit, effectively ruining prospects for serious strategic arms limitation? Domestic politics had something to do with this result, because President Richard Nixon and national security advisor Henry Kissinger couldn’t cross the Pentagon and …
South Korea and the Bomb
by | March 30, 2016 | No Comments
Why MIRV?
by | March 27, 2016 | 2 Comments
The Stimson Center will publish a collection of five essays in May titled, The Lure and Pitfalls of MIRVs: From the First to the Second Nuclear Age. Our authors look back at US and Soviet compulsions, and forward to how extensive MIRV programs might be in China, India, and Pakistan. The good news is that …
Yes, There’s a Legal Gap on Nuclear Weapons Use, But It Isn’t That Big
by | March 23, 2016 | 6 Comments
Dear wonks: I’ve asked Dan Joyner to weigh in on our conversation about the morality of nuclear weapons use. Dan is Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law, and the founder of the Arms Control Law blog. He is the author of International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (2009), Interpreting …
Applying Jus in Bello to the Nuclear Deterrent
by Michael Krepon | March 14, 2016
Kim Jong Un's Bomb
by Aaron Stein | March 10, 2016
In Defense of the Open Skies Treaty
by Michael Krepon | March 8, 2016
New Warhead Designs
by Michael Krepon | February 29, 2016
The Coming Backlash
by Michael Krepon | February 23, 2016
Iran Launch Forthcoming
by Jeffrey Lewis | February 23, 2016
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Would South Korea ever build the bomb? Probably not, but there is a constituency in the country that has thought about it. Aaron and Jeffrey discuss South Korea’s nuclear weapon history - and constraints on proliferation.
South Korea and the Bomb - March 30, 2016
