Tag Archives: nuclear non-proliferation

On Clocks, Nuclear Armageddon, and President Obama

By Page | Published: January 17, 2010
Originally published here. On September 26, 1945, a group of scientists from the Metallurgical Laboratory of the University of Chicago put months of informal discussions into formal text, and founded an organization that they called the Atomic Scientists of Chicago. The Metallurgical Laboratory was part of the Manhattan Project; in fact, anyone who had been [...]
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US National Security Policy And Nuclear Weapons: Perspectives on the Nuclear Posture Review

By Page | Published: January 10, 2010
Originally published here. Last week, physicist and Nobel laureate Leon Lederman, and Catholic Bishop Howard J. Hubbard published a passionately worded op-ed piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution entitled “Nuclear threat demands a sustained U.S. effort“. Here’s an excerpt: Our leaders must embark on a step-by-step process to prevent the use and spread of these devastating [...]
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Looking for a New START

By Page | Published: December 20, 2009
Originally published here. Last week, in the midst of the tense Copenhagen climate conference negotiations, brief news stories began to surface regarding an impending meeting between Presidents Obama and Medvedev. It wasn’t to be just any meeting: after nearly a year of complicated negotiations in Geneva between Russian and American diplomats, as well as several [...]
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