Americas

Year: Present-2010 | 2009-1996

Posted: Nov 28, 2012

Outside Publications

Critical Questions: Urgent Decisions for the Second Obama Administration

With contributions from Chen Kane, Bryan L. Lee, Miles A. Pomper, Amy E. Smithson, Nikolai Sokov, Leonard S. Spector, Jessica C. Varnum, and Jon B. Wolfsthal for Nuclear Threat Initiative, NTI.org.

Posted: Nov 28, 2012

Outside Publications

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation as Nonproliferation: Reforms, or the Devil You Know?

Jessica C. Varnum for Nuclear Threat Initiative, NTI.org.

Posted: November 26, 2012

Outside Publications

Rockets' Red Glare

Yousaf Butt op-ed for Foreign Policy.

Posted: November 15, 2012

Outside Publications

Obama, Congress should push NATO missile defense program off 'fiscal cliff'

Yousaf Butt Op-ed for Christian Science Monitor.

Posted: November 14, 2012

Outside Publications

Obama's post-election Syria policy is unlikely to change, but it should

Bilal Y. Saab for Christian Science Monitor.

Posted: November 2, 2012

Outside Publication

Not Ready for a 'Solar Sandy'

Yousaf Butt for The New York Times.

Posted: September 28, 2012

Outside Publications

How to unsnag US-South Korea nuclear negotiations

Miles Pomper for Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

Posted: September 20, 2012

Outside Publications

The Fifty-Megaton Elephant in the Room: Why aren't America and China talking about their nukes?

Jeffrey Lewis for Foreign Policy.

Posted: September 20, 2012

Outside Publications

Goldilocks Missile Defense

Yousaf Butt, Op-Ed for The National Interest.

Posted: August 10, 2012

Outside Publications

Hillary Clinton must insist on a united Syrian opposition

Bilal Y. Saab, an op-ed for The Christian Science Monitor.

Posted: August 6, 2012

Outside Publications

US nuclear cooperation agreements and the Middle East

Chen Kane for Arms Control and Regional Security for The Middle East.

Posted: August 1, 2012

Outside Publications

It's Not as Easy as 1-2-3

Jeffrey Lewis for Foreign Policy.

Posted: July 19, 2012

Outside Publications

Financial Interdictions to Curb Proliferation

Javier Serrat, CNS Research Associate, for Arms Control Today.

Posted: July 9, 2012

Outside Publications

G8 or SCO, Which Way to Go?

Bryan Lee and Helen Kei, CNS Graduate Research Associate, for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI.org).

Posted: June 4, 2012

Outside Publications

Next Gen Nonproliferation: Training the Best and Brightest to Stop the Spread of WMDs

A story on CNS by the Carnegie Corporation of NY.

Posted: April 13, 2012

WMD Junction

The Real Price of Ballistic Missile Defenses

A news story misstates the cost of US missile defense efforts, prompting a response from our resident budgetary expert.

Stephen I. Schwartz, for WMD Junction.

Posted: December 23, 2011

Feature Story

Lucky Number Seven? The 2011 Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference

The BWC Review Conference adopted a forward-looking document containing a number of proposals to strengthen and improve the Convention.

By Amanda Moodie

Posted: November 21, 2011

Audio Podcast

Six Minutes To Doomsday: Assessing the State of the Nuclear Threat

Jessica C. Varnum spoke at Colby College.

Posted: November 9, 2011

Outside Publications

The Evolution of Economic Coercion: From Sanctions to Targeted Financial Measures [Subscribers Only]

Javier Serrat, for World Politics Review.

Posted: November 9, 2011

Outside Publications

The Proliferation of WMD in the Modern World: Trends and Straining Regimes

Miles Pomper co-authored this chapter with Cole Harvey for the book International Politics in Times of Change.

Posted: September 20, 2011

Video

Building Budgetary Transparency and Accountability for the US Nuclear Weapons Program

Stephen Schwartz, Editor of the The Nonproliferation Review.

Updated: September 20, 2011

Outside Publications

Two treaties. One Congress. No time to wait.

Congress has a chance to take real steps to reduce the risks of nuclear terrorism -- if only they would act.

Miles Pomper for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Posted: August 10, 2011

Video

Biological Warfare in the American Civil War

Dr. Seth Carus, Director, Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.

Posted: December 17, 2010

Outside Publication

Medical Isotope Production: The US Must Follow South Africa's Lead

Miles Pomper and William C. Potter for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Posted: November 19, 2010

Video | Seminar

Fifty Years of Arms Control Negotiating Experience

Ambassador James Goodby looks back at some of his experience as negotiator and talks about the lessons he learned during his distinguished career.

Also watch the Q&A session

Posted: November 10, 2010

Video | Seminar

The Future of U.S.-Russia Arms Control

Ambassador Linton Brooks discusses the future of U.S.-Russia arms control.

Also watch the Q&A session

Posted: November 10, 2010

Video | Seminar

U.S. Export Controls

Gene Christiansen Senior Aerospace Engineer Bureau of Industry and Security U.S. Department of Commerce.

Also watch the Q&A session

Posted: October 28, 2010

Video | Interview

President Chavez's Deal to Acquire Russian Nuclear Reactors [In Spanish]

Miles Pomper was interviewed on "Foro Interamericano" on VOA-TV.

Posted: September 27, 2010

Stop Holding onto Dangerous Nuclear Material

Congress should ban HEU exports for medical isotopes.

Alan J. Kuperman and Miles Pomper, for The Hill.

Posted: September 1, 2010

Press Release

CNS Experts Comment on White House Announcement Regarding Export Control Reform Efforts [PDF]

President Obama announced steps toward reforming the U.S. export control system, including his intention to establish an Export Enforcement Coordination Center.

Updated: May 11, 2010

Reducing and Regulating Tactical (Nonstrategic) Nuclear Weapons in Europe: Moving Forward?

A report and panel discussion updating a December 2009 report examining the attitudes toward these weapons.

Now includes panel discussion details and presentations.

Posted: March 30, 2010

START Follow-On Treaty: Advancing Nuclear Disarmament Beyond U.S., Russia

Alexander Bollfrass and Johan Bergenäs, for World Politics Review.

Posted: March 25, 2010

Feature Story

START Follow-On Talks Successfully Concluded: What's Next?

Conclusion of the Treaty of Prague is, without doubt, a success, slight delay notwithstanding. Now Obama and Medvedev need to outline the contours of the next treaty — perhaps as early as at the 2010 NPT Review Conference.

Nikolai Sokov, a CNS Feature Story.

Posted: March 19, 2010

Addressing the Spectrum of Biological Risks: A Policy Agenda for the United States [PDF]

Jonathan B. Tucker testified on U.S. international biosecurity policies before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on March 18, 2010.

Posted: February 10, 2010

Obama's Empty Threats Weaken U.S.

If Iran continues to break non-proliferation rules, Barack Obama needs international consensus before threatening Tehran again.

Johan Bergenäs, an op-ed for the Guardian News & Media Limited.

Posted: January 19, 2010

OPINION - A View from Moscow

START Follow On Treaty: Deadlines and Deadlocks

Prospects for a new strategic arms control agreement between the United States and Russia may be hampered by domestic politics in both countries.

Alexander A. Pikayev, a CNS Feature Story.

Posted: January 19, 2010

Obama's Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Agenda: Building Steam or Losing Traction?

Theodore Kalionzes and Kaegan McGrath, an issue brief for the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

Posted: January 4, 2010

U.S. International Nuclear Energy Policy: Change and Continuity

Miles Pomper, a paper for the Centre for International Governance Innovation Nuclear Energy Futures Project.