The U.S.-China Strategic Rivalry and its Implications for Pakistan
…better manage its closer ties with India without exacerbating Pakistan’s regional insecurities, and the impact of Pakistan’s growing relationship with China on its own political economy and relations with the…
A French Nuclear Exception?
All five declared nuclear weapon states are committed under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to pursue the goal of ultimately eliminating all nuclear weapons, a commitment lhat was reiterated at…
Betting the Ranch on the US-India Nuclear Deal
…with nuclear weapons and aiding its nuclear ambitions. The Bush administration’s proposed nuclear deal crosses this line. While its deference to nuclear Realism is highly selective, its practical result could…
Resolving Ambiguity: Costing Nuclear Weapons
…about nuclear weapons spending and nuclear weapons policy. First, it clarifies there are few disagreements about the costs of particular components of the nuclear enterprise-which are usually based on official…
The Catholic Church and the Bomb
…into specifics on the morality of nuclear weapons, pastoral letters and statements by popes have. The key document in Church history on nuclear weapons is a 64-page pastoral letter by the U.S….
Iran’s Nuclear Program Has a Long History of Advances, Setbacks and Diplomatic Pauses
…if “Iran continues with its nuclear program and if the Shah remained alive, and other countries in the region have proliferated nuclear weapons, Iran would also develop nuclear weapons by…
TRANSCRIPT – Naval Competition in the Indian Ocean Region
…stopped ultimately. One other risk I think is on nuclear weapons of course is the safety of nuclear weapons, physical safety of nuclear weapons. Also, nations have to be absolutely…
International Safeguards for Eliminating Weapons of Mass Destruction
…eliminated, with the international nuclear force retaining access to reserve weapons. Alternatively,”para-disarmament”by the sovereign nuclear powers could reduce the nuclear threat and provide a “more meaningful step in the transition…