Monthly Archives: April 2010

Taking Action: President Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit

By Page | Published: April 11, 2010
Also published here. The bottom line is this: for the foreseeable future, the United States and other nations will face an existential threat from the intersection of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. Preventing terrorists from obtaining weapons or materials of mass destruction is a far more exacting arms control goal than existed during the [...]
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Hyperventilating Over President Obama’s Nuke Policies

By Page | Published: April 8, 2010
Also published here. Today, in Prague, Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitri Medvedev signed a New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START. I’ve written quite a bit about New START; in one of my posts, I described it as a “maintenance agreement”. It’s a big deal that they’re signing it, but it’s also routine. It [...]
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New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Signed

By Page | Published: April 8, 2010
Also published here. One issue that has been front and center for Barack Obama has been nuclear arms control. He even wrote about it in college. During his Senate career, he finally had the opportunity to work on legislation regarding nuclear non-proliferation issues. As President, he has been passionate about how we can work toward [...]
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