That was just cooler than the original title of the post, “Nuclear Archeology and Highly Enriched Uranium”—a subject that Frank Von Hippel mentioned during a really interesting meeting organized by Stephen Schwartz and the The Nonproliferation Review. Frank discussed his…
José Maria Sert’s 1934 mural depicting the progress of humankind toward peace. Wow, the Conference on Disarmament may be moving toward a program of work. The good folks at Reaching Critical Will report that the CD could take a decision…
Stephen Rademaker (my buddy) has introduced a draft fissile material cut-off treaty at the Conference on Disarmament. Shorter Rademaker: Article 1. States Party undertake to kiss my bony ass. Sadly, this is only vaguely hyperbole. The treaty, as it were,…
Rhianna Tyson, summarizing events in the UN First Committee, notes: The overwhelming adoption of draft resolution L.34 on a verifiable FMCT, however, demonstrates that the international community is not yet ready to capitulate to the newest US-thrown wrench in the…
Despite the recent announcement that the United States supports a fissile material cut-off treaty, the United States is still blocking adoption of a work program that would allow negotiations to begin. The new President of the Conference on Disarmament in…
The text of Ambassador Sander’s speech at the CD reaffirming US support for the FMCT actually represents a step backward for U.S. policy. Now I understand why the State Department sat on the full text for a couple of days.…
Wade Boese, at the Arms Control Association, was kind enough to send along the State Department press guidance regarding the renewed effort for a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty: Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty Policy The United States has completed its policy…
The United States has suddenly announced that we support (again) the negotiation of a Fissile Material Cut Off Treaty, which would prohibit the production of fissile materal for nuclear weapons. And I mean suddenly. The Bush Administration had been reviewing…
