Is AP's "Iranian Graph" Explosive News?
By Greg Thielmann
“We continue to count on the valuable contributions of the Arms Control Association.”
East Coast Missile Defense? Just Say No, Again
By Tom Z. Collina
The FY 2013 Defense Authorization Bill is on the Senate floor this week, and Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) is planning to offer an amendment that would promote the construction of a missile defense site on the East Coast. This was a bad idea when the House proposed it this summer, and it's a bad idea now.
The November 2012 IAEA Report on Iran and Its Implications
By Kelsey Davenport, Daryl G. Kimball, and Greg Thielmann
IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano, left, with Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, in May 2012 (photo credit: Adel Pazzyar/IRNA/AP)
Mr. President, It's Time to Move Forward on the Test Ban Treaty
President Obama at his 2009 Inaugural Address. Weeks later, he pledged to "immediately and aggressively pursue U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty." (Image Source: New York Magazine)
By Daryl G. Kimball
Closing the Loop: Iraq and the Additional Protocol
Iraq's Ambassador to the IAEA, Surood Rashid Hajib, submits to IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano a letter announcing Iraq's ratification and entry into force of the Additional Protocol in Vienna, Austria on October 23, 2012.
By Greg Thielmann
How did the Candidates Differ on Iran?
By Greg Thielmann
Korean Missile Envy
By Greg Thielmann
The 800 kilometer range arc for missiles from Seoul. Credit: Al Jazzera
The New START Data Exchange Trend Lines: Why Are They So Flat?
By Greg Thielmann
The Department of State released today the latest data exchange for the systems limited by the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). Under the provisions of the treaty, the two parties are obligated to exchange data in three categories of strategic forces every six months. The fact of the data exchange reflects well on the parties and on the treaty, but the contents tell a different story.
For Missile Defense, "It Depends" Is Not Good Enough
By Tom Z. Collina
How much confidence would you demand in a missile interceptor system before paying $25 billion for it? When asking your advisers if the system would work against nuclear-armed ballistic missiles and they say "it depends" on things out of your control, how much confidence would you have in the system's ability to protect the United States?
Netanyahu's Iran Nuclear Timeline: Off Point and Off Base
By Daryl Kimball, Greg Thielmann, and Kelsey Davenport
Prime Minister Netanyahu Speaking at the UN General Assembly Sept. 27, 2012Photo Credit: Reuters