Arms Control Wonk

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Another North Korean Nuclear Test

North Korea conducted yet another nuclear test. On a school night. New podcast.

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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…

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Lessons Learned from Eliminating WMD

If by some chance you haven’t already heard, the Nonproliferation Review is holding an event at the Washington, DC offices of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) this coming Monday, September 12 from 1 to 3 pm local time. We’ll be introducing a new special…

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The Enduring Value of the CTBT

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is turning its attention to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty for the first time since 1999, when it held the briefest of hearings on the Treaty before fast-forwarding it to the Senate, which rebuked President…

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DPRK Missile Designations

North Korea tested three Nodong ballistic missiles, which means I am going to be treated to three days of the same penis joke on Twitter.  No.  Dong.  I get it. The thing is, “Nodong” is our name for their missile. That’s right…

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KN-11 and THAAD

North Korea has now tested what appears to be a two-stage, solid-fueled ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon to more than 1,000 km, probably much more. I would have thought that would garner some attention. North Korea’s new…