Category Archives: CTBT

Obama on Track With Call for Deeper Nuclear Reductions

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

By Daryl G. Kimball On Monday President Barack Obama delivered a major address on his nuclear security agenda at Hankuk University in Seoul as he and other leaders gather for the second international Nuclear Security Summit. The bulk of his … Continue reading →

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Possible North Korean Nuke Test Shows Power of CTBT Monitoring System

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

By Tom Z. Collina A new study in the March 2012 issue of Science & Global Security suggests that North Korea carried out a small nuclear explosive test in May 2010. If true, this would be the third nuclear test … Continue reading →

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Accelerating the Entry Into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

By Daryl G. Kimball Today, fifteen years after the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was opened for signature, more than 100 senior government officials will gather at the United Nations in New York for the seventh conference on “Facilitating Entry … Continue reading →

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International Day Against Nuclear Tests: Translating Words Into Action

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

By Daryl G. Kimball August 29, 2011 is the second official International Day Against Nuclear Tests. It coincides with the 20th anniversary of the historic events that led to the closure of the former Soviet nuclear test site of Semipalatinsk, … Continue reading →

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Gen. John Shalikashivili: 1936-2011

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

By Daryl G. Kimball Over the weekend, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1993-97, John M. Shalikashvili passed away. As the obituaries in The Washington Post and The New York Times note, he had an amazing personal … Continue reading →

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Indian Membership in the NSG? A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Not Come

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

By Daryl G. Kimball Global efforts to prevent the spread of the world’s most deadly weapons depend on universal compliance with rules that constrain the sale of nuclear technology. Too often, however, powerful states try to make exceptions from these … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, Civil Nuclear Trade, CTBT, India, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan, Uncategorized | 9 Comments

NNSA Weapons Complex Funding: Only in Washington Is More Considered “Less”

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

by Daryl G. Kimball Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee marked up the fiscal year 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which includes funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nuclear weapons activities, commonly referred to as the “nuclear weapons complex.” … Continue reading →

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South Asia Is A More Dangerous Place After the 1998 Nuclear Tests

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

By Daryl G. Kimball Thirteen years after the May 1998 Indian and Pakistani nuclear test explosions, South Asia is a more dangerous place. India’s May 11 and 13 nuclear test explosions were its first since its inaugural nuclear weapons test … Continue reading →

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NNSA supercomputers: another reason we don’t need nuclear test explosions

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

By Daryl G. Kimball The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has just released a new video and blogpost on the role of their supercomputers in the nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship program–a role that has grown by leaps and bounds over … Continue reading →

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Obama Still Committed to Nuclear Test Ban Ratification

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

By Tom Z. Collina and Daryl G. Kimball The Obama administration is “committed” to working with Senators of both parties to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), National Security Advisor Tom Donilon said March 29, “just as we did … Continue reading →

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