By Eric Auner

By Matt Sugrue

Xinhua reports that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a decree banning Iranian investments in any "commercial activities involving uranium production or use of nuclear material and technology.

The presidential decree states,

A recently released GAO report highlights the value of U.S. arms sales, either by the U.S. government or licensed private companies, between 2005-2009, as well as some problems with the current U.S. system for reporting arms sales.

By Eric Auner

The Economist has written a compelling new editorial on the necessity of New START ratification.

It is a sensible, incremental treaty that will cut America's and Russia's deployed strategic nuclear warheads by about a third, from the current maximum of 2,200 to 1,550, and the number of deployed missiles and bombers to 700 apiece.

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In an op-ed for the New York Post, Heritage Foundation analyst Peter Brookes warns against New START on the grounds that treaty reductions may increase the strategic threat from China's arsenal.

According to Brookes,

By ACA Intern Matt Sugrue

John Bolton argues in the Wall Street Journal that:

By ACA Intern Matt Sugrue

Source: CDC

By ACA Intern Matt Sugrue

By ACA Intern Daniel Salisbury

Last week in Switzerland over 100 states party to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) are due to conclude an annual Meeting of Experts. As Global Security Newswire reported August 20:

By ACA Intern Matt Sugrue