Nonproliferation

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) inspects the second battalion under the Korean People's Army Unit 1973 (REUTERS/KCNA).

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A Possible "Off Ramp" in North Korea

April 16, 2013, James E. Goodby

While many observers worry that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has not left himself an “off ramp” away from the current crisis with South Korea and the United States, James Goodby identifies two possible opportunities: the conclusion of the current U.S.-ROK military exercises, and Kim’s own 2013 New Year’s Day address.

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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
Interview | KNPR

Future of Nuclear Weapons Policy

October 8, 2012, Steven Pifer
Expert Q & A

Iran’s Challenge for the Next President

August 20, 2012, Suzanne Maloney and Benjamin Wittes