Timothy Farnsworth
Tim Farnsworth joined the Arms Control Association in January 2011. Before joining ACA, Tim was a communications and research client manager for K Street Research Inc. where he specialized in defense policy issues. Tim currently covers space and cybersecurity policy for ACA and contributes to Arms Control Today. Among many other tasks, he also maintains ACA's websites and is the editor and a contributor for Arms Control Now, the blog of ACA. Tim is a graduate of the State University of New York at Oswego where he earned a B.A. in political science with a concentration in international relations and minored in public policy. He is an active alumnus and currently serves on Oswego’s Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) Leadership Council.
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Recent Publications
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Arms Control TodayMay 2, 2013
In an effort to garner wider international support for its proposed international code of conduct for outer space activities, the European Union announced last month that it plans to hold a series of consultations on the current draft.
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Arms Control TodayApril 2, 2013
U.S. nuclear weapons systems may be vulnerable to highly sophisticated cyberattacks, and the Pentagon should take steps to ensure they could survive such a threat, a Defense Department advisory group said in a recent study.
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Arms Control TodayFebruary 28, 2013
China successfully launched a land-based missile interceptor Jan. 28, according to Xinhua, the country’s official news agency.
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Arms Control TodayJanuary 15, 2013
In a classified directive that was signed in October, President Barack Obama has given the Defense Department clearer guidelines on how it should conduct operations in cyberspace.
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Arms Control TodayNovember 2, 2012
The second diplomatic meeting of space-faring countries on the European Union’s proposed international code of conduct for space, which was supposed to take place in October in New York, has been postponed until some time in 2013, an EU official familiar with the issue said last month.
My Account
ACA In The News
Report: North Korea launches fourth short-range missileCNN
May 19, 2013
Syria's Chemical Weapons Vulnerable as Conflict Widens
Voice of America
May 10, 2013
Reports of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria Murky
Voice of America
May 10, 2013
Letter to the Editor | Getting a global, nuclear Navy
Washington Post
May 5, 2013
Why Chemical Weapons Have Been A Red Line Since World War I
National Public Radio
May 1, 2013
Building New Ballistic Missile Subs Could Demand Smaller Fleet, Navy Says
Global Security Newswire
May 1, 2013








