Shannon Dick Co-Writes Op-ed in Arms Control Association on Morality of Atomic Weapons
…further, perhaps we should start with some personal background (and humility). We are not nuclear weapons experts. Or physicists. Or historians, really. Rather, our recollection and understanding of World War…
Reconciling Discrepancies in the International Trade of Dual-use Chemicals: The Potential of Blockchain Technology
Executive Summary Under Article VI of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), States Parties are required to declare annually to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) the quantities…
Strengthening the Chemical Weapons Convention Through Aerial Inspections
Negotiations to ban the development, production, and stockpiling of chemical weapons (CW) have produced guidelines for monitoring the destruction of stocks and prohibiting CW production. At the same time, chemical…
Are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq’s future?
…threat. Despite pre-war claims by the Bush administration, it’s clear that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq no longer possessed stocks of weapons of mass destruction. The US is now dismantling any remaining…
International Nuclear Security Forum visits the F.E. Warren Air Force Base
…to some of the U.S. military’s smartest, most highly-educated members about what it takes to maintain security for their part of the U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons. As you might…
Michael Krepon’s Op-ed in Arms Control Wonk on Low Yield Nuclear Weapons
…widely shared within the “Nuclear Enterprise,” that, “the nuclear threshold may be decreasing owing to the stated doctrines and weapons developments of some states, and with the introduction of new…
US Sends Wrong Message To Governments Using Child Soldiers
…the Pentagon, in which the weapons come from existing Pentagon stocks or new production. 5. Excess Defense Articles (EDA): The United States provides Excess Defense Articles, surplus or obsolete U.S. weapons, to…
The Changing Political Utility of Nuclear Weapons
“The Changing Political Utility of Nuclear Weapons: Nuclear Threats from 1970 to 2010” by Research Associate Samuel Black discusses the political utility of nuclear weapons as measured by threats of…