Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge In April 2010, the Obama Administration completed an inter-agency study of the nation’s policies governing nuclear weapons. The key decision resulting from this “N …
Stimson Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow Barry Blechman appeared on the February 10 episode of World Affairs TODAY, a program of the World Affairs Council-Washington, DC. The episode featured his December 2012 appearance at the World Affairs Council …
On Thursday, January 24, Stimson Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow Barry Blechman gave a presentation on “Regaining Momentum Toward Eliminating Nuclear Weapons” at the Nuclear Discussion Forum in New York City. The Forum is sponsored by the East-West …
Stimsonin association withHoughton Mifflin Harcourt hosted the launch of a groundbreaking new book: Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons by Ward WilsonFriday, January 182:00 pm to 4:00 pmStimson1111 19th Street NW, 12th FloorWashingt …
Published January 18, 2013 / Held January 18, 2013
On Tuesday, December 18, Stimson Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow Barry Blechman spoke at the World Affairs Council – Washington, DC’s “50 Years of Nuclear Crisis – From Cuba to Iran.” Blechman, fellow discussant Amb. Robert Joseph, former Under Sec …
Stimson co-founder Barry Blechman gave a lecture, “Confronting the Nuclear Threat,” at the World Affairs Council of New Orleans on December 11. He discussed the status of the Iranian nuclear program and international efforts to counter it, and analyzed …
Barry Blechman published an opinion piece in the Washington Post on Sunday, September 30th about the negatives of launching an attack on Iran. Click here to read.
Barry Blechman is one of the winners of Al Kamen’s Loop Contest to help the Pentagon figure out where to put the House-passed East Coast missile defense system – should the Senate also approve it. Read Blechman’s award-winning suggestion here.
By Barry Blechman – The relative success of the first round of talks on Iran’s nuclear activities in Istanbul last month and the apparent progress being made in Vienna on establishing a procedure to clarify the IAEA’s questions about Iran’s nuclear-rel …
Managing Across Boundaries Director Brian Finlay and Stimson co-founder Barry Blechman co-authored a report exploring what the climate change community can learn from the experiences of the weapons and trade regimes. Writ …
Barry Blechman was quoted with regard to Nikolai Makarov’s comment that Moscow would strike NATO missile-defense sites in Eastern Europe before they are ready for action, if the U.S. pushes ahead with deployment. Click here to read the article in the W …
By Thad Bowman – After weeks of diplomatic sparring, a venue has finally been set for the upcoming nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, UK, and the US). Tehran has agreed to attend the talks in Istanbul a locat …
Barry Blechman and R. Taj Moore co-wrote a post for The Hill’s Congress blog about the upcoming talks between Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) on Friday, April 13. Click here to read the blog post.
Ploughshares Fund interviewed grantee Barry Blechman on his latest report, “Iran in Perspective,” which examines tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Iran’s nuclear program and suggests options for resolution of the crisis. Click here to read the …
InterPress Service attended the March 15 launch of “Engaging Iran on Afghanistan,” by Stimson president Ellen Laipson, and “Iran in Perspective,” by Stimson co-founder Barry Blechman. Click here to read the article that analyses both publications …
The United States and Iran have been at loggerheads since the birth of the Islamic Republic, 33 years ago, but the two nations have never seemed as close to a major military conflict as they have since the beginning of 2012. As we write, concerns of th …
With little hope that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process will produce an effective treaty, at least for the next several years and perhaps longer, are there other paths that could lead to near-term reductions in …
By Barry Blechman – The latest report on Iran’s nuclear activities, released on November 8th by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reaffirms in stunning detail that Tehran is developing the technical expertise and ph …
Barry Blechman was quoted in Jim Lobe’s piece in Aljazeera on the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs passing two bills that would impose new sanctions on Iran. Click here to read the full article.
Barry Blechman, along with Ruth Greenspan Bell, Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Micah Ziegler, graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, co-wrote an opinion editorial in Foreign Affai …
Sharon K. Weiner, Associate Professor at American University’s School of International Service, will discuss her book, Our Own Worst Enemy? When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, many observers feared that terrorists and rogue states would obtain wea …
Published October 25, 2011 / Held October 24, 2011
Below is the transcription of a presentation delivered by Dr. Barry Blechman to the National Defense University and National Defense Industrial Association Capitol Hill Forum, on October 14, 2011. Dr. Blechman spoke about next steps and potential …
By Barry Blechman – The Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington is indeed an outrage. We should take a moment to congratulate US intelligence and law enforcement agencies for their great work – on this Iranian blunder, as well as …
By Dan Harper – The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has passed four resolutions since 2006 that progressively tightened restrictions on nuclear exports to Iran and placed additional controls on sales of weapons. These measures were in response t …
By Barry Blechman – I recently visited 12 American cities – from Anchorage to Colorado Springs to Charleston – to discuss Iran and the effort to stop its nuclear weapons program. I may not have drawn crowds as large as Lady Gaga’s, but I did engage tho …
By Barry Blechman – Iran just can’t stay out of the news. Throughout May, President Ahmadinijad and Iran’s so-called Supreme Leader, Khamenei, fought publicly over whose men would run the Oil and Intelligence ministries. When Ahmadinijad le …
Obama should stop thumbing his nose at the War Powers Act Barack Obama and Congress are wrangling over the War Powers Act and whether it applies to Libya. Instead of quarreling Obama should heed Congress’ sensitivities, says Barry Blechman. Read the co …
Two Tough Cases: Persuading Israel and Pakistan to Relinquish Nuclear Weapons US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have jointly pledged to renew talks for a treaty to reduce their nuclear arsenals with the ultimate goal of ac …