The Security Council and the Test Ban
Jeffrey and Aaron take to the podcast to discuss UN Security Council Resolution 2310, which calls for an end to nuclear testing and the entry-into-force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
September 2016
13 posts
Nuclear Claims at the First Debate
Nuclear weapons were on the agenda in last night’s debate. So, in the spirit of public service, Lauren Sukin and Selim Sazak take the liberty of fact-checking and analyzing both candidates in regards to nuclear policy in a guest post.
Modi Chooses Strategic Restraint
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, like his two predecessors, has opted for restraint in the face of provocations by violent extremist groups that have found safe havens within Pakistan. Modi publicly announced – at a political conclave, no less — that…
Dudes from the SHIG II: Electric Boogaloo
Jeffrey and Aaron discuss North Korea’s test of new rocket engine.
Barry’s Legacy and the Bomb
Like every other two term President, Barack Obama has turned attention in the final months has turned to his legacy, and what he might do on nuclear weapons policy. Aaron and Jeffrey recorded a new podcast to discuss the reports…
The Waiting Game on the Subcontinent
The attack on an Indian military encampment at Uri, most probably from well-armed, well-trained cadres of a “proscribed” group based on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir divide, is the costliest since the 2008 Mumbai attacks. This attack was preceded…
The Range of North Korean ICBMs
If there’s one thing in the public discussion of proliferation that troubles me the most, it might be this: the systematic minimization of North Korea’s nuclear and missile capabilities in the American news media. Someone could write a book on…
Another North Korean Nuclear Test
North Korea conducted yet another nuclear test. On a school night. New podcast.
2016 Open Ended Working Group: Towards 2017 Nuclear Weapon Ban Negotiations?
The following is a guest post by Jenny Nielsen from the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation.
Senator Rubio and Kim Jong Un Weigh In on the CTBT
In rapid succession, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened its first Hearing on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in seventeen years, and Senator Marco Rubio and 32 Republican colleagues made public a letter to President Barack Obama opposing the administration’s UN…
