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NATO On Nuclear Weapons: Opportunities Missed and Next Steps Forward
By Daryl G. Kimball, Oliver Meier, and Paul Ingram At their May 20-21 summit in Chicago, NATO leaders missed an important opportunity to change the Alliance’s outdated nuclear policy and open the way to improving European security by the removal … Continue reading
Kahl and Kroenig Debate Timing and Utility of Iran Strike
By Ari Kattan Colin Kahl and Matthew Kroenig engaged in another debate last week in their ongoing back-and-forth over the timing and utility of a potential preventive attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The now-famous debate between these two former Defense … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Middle East, Non-proliferation
Tagged Iran Nuclear Program, NATO, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
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Germany pushes for changes in NATO’s nuclear posture
By Oliver Meier As NATO works to revise its nuclear and deterrence strategy in time for its May 2012 Summit in Chicago, Germany is pushing for changes in the Alliance’s declaratory policy and for a stronger role of NATO in … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Nuclear Weapons, Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Tagged B61 Life Extension Program, Eurofighter aircraft, French nuclear policy, Germany's nuclear weapons policy, NATO, NATO 2012 Chicago Summit, NATO nuclear posture, NATO's declaratory policy, NATO's Detterence and Defense Posture Review, Tornado fighter-bomber, U.S. 2010 Nuclear Posture Review
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Whither the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty?
By Daryl G. Kimball Today, the Obama administration announced it “would cease carrying out certain obligations under the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty with regard to Russia.” The announcement is a symptom of the long-running disputes that have … Continue reading
Posted in Conventional Weapons
Tagged Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE), NATO, Russia-U.S.
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France and Germany agree on truce over nuclear arms control committee as NATO works on Deterrence and Defense Posture Review
By Oliver Meier On July 7, in a rare show of unity on nuclear issues between France and Germany, the ambassadors of both countries sent a joint proposal to NATO members on the future of the new Weapons of Mass … Continue reading
More Collateral Damage from Missile Defense
U.S.-Russian negotiations on strategic arms reductions have demonstrated time and again that U.S. missile defense plans are an obstacle to negotiating lower levels of offensive nuclear forces. Security experts have been providing more reminders lately that in attempting to treat … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, India, Missile Defense, Regions
Tagged Missile Defense, MTCR, NATO, NATO 2010 Lisbon Summit, NPT
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Emerging into the Light
By Greg Thielmann For more than a year, U.S. analysts responsible for monitoring Russia’s nuclear arsenal have been traveling through a long and increasingly dark tunnel. The sensitive information that had flowed out of Russia for years on strategic forces … Continue reading
Debating Missile Defense
During the final panel of ACA’s “Next Steps in Arms Control” conference today, the discussion turned to missile defense. Panelists discussed the upcoming NATO summit in Lisbon, the Obama administration’s Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA), and the prospects for NATO-Russia cooperation … Continue reading
NATO and Missile Defense: Conspicuous Vagueness
By Scoville Fellow Rob Golan-Vilella Recently, the issue of NATO missile defense capabilities has come to the fore. The United States is hoping that at November’s NATO summit in Lisbon, the alliance will officially approve a plan to turn the … Continue reading
