Nonproliferation

An Iranian long-range shore-to-sea missile called Qader (Capable) is launched during Velayat-90 war game on Sea of Oman's shore near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran (REUTERS/Jamejamonline/Ebrahim Norouzi).

Opinion

Short of a Deal, Containing Iran is the Best Option

September 23, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack

Kenneth Pollack argues that America needs to be prepared for containment of a nuclear Iran in the event that attempts at using diplomacy to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring nuclear weapons fail. While the idea of living with a nuclear Iran is distasteful to Washington, he writes, this does not mean we should not prepare for it.

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Interview | The World

The Meaning Behind the Letters Obama and Rouhani Exchanged

September 16, 2013, Suzanne Maloney
In the News

[Obama] clearly would like to do something more on arms control, so one question is, are the Russians prepared to respond to the proposals that he made in Berlin in June for reducing the new START limits by a third?
July 21, 2013, Steven Pifer, AFP
Interview | The Monocle Daily

Why Jordan Is Building Two New Nuclear Power Plants

March 8, 2013, John P. Banks
In the News

These [ground-based missile] interceptors in Alaska and California are believed to have some capability against a rudimentary intercontinental ballistic missile warhead of the kind that you would expect North Korea to have initially. But how good they would actually be, we don’t know. But there is some capability to protect America already deployed.
February 14, 2013, Steven Pifer, Voice of America
Interview | United States Institute of Peace

Prospects for Progress at New Talks with Iran

February 4, 2013, Bruce Riedel
In the News

I assume the president [Obama] has a more ambitious arms control agenda for his second term.…If he wants another treaty as part of his legacy, it has to be done in time for a ratification debate in 2015, not in the 2016 election year.
December 3, 2012, Steven Pifer, Los Angeles Times
In the News

[Nonproliferation is] going to be very high on [Obama’s] agenda. Preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons is a critical imperative for bolstering the nonproliferation regime.
November 7, 2012, Martin S. Indyk, Reuters
In the News

In the next several years the U.S. has to make some very expensive decisions about how to modernize the legs of the U.S. strategic triad [bombers, submarine and land-based missiles]. For example, replacing the Trident submarine will cost, according to the Navy, $6 to $7 billion a piece.
October 22, 2012, Steven Pifer, NBC News
Interview | Al Jazeera English

Disarming the World

October 18, 2012, Steven Pifer
Expert Q & A | Michael E. O'Hanlon

Is Arms Control Still A National Security Priority?

October 16, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon