Arms Control Today articles

Recent articles from Arms Control Today

Editor's note.(Editorial)
June 1, 2009... In some areas of nuclear weapons policy, the Obama administration has made significant changes and is beginning to see results. In other areas, the administration has sketched out policies but has not yet implemented them. In still other areas, the policies are being formulated even now. ...

Testing the world's patience.(FOCUS)
June 1, 2009... North Korea's second--and the world's 2,052nd--nuclear weapons test explosion represents yet another low in the long-running multilateral diplomatic effort to freeze and verifiably dismantle Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities. Pyongyang's test blast is also a stark reminder of the need finally...

Notable quotable.(In BRIEF)(Quotation)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... "People understand intuitively that nuclear weapons will never make us more secure. They know that real security lies in responding to poverty, climate change, armed conflict and instability. They want Governments to invest in plans for growth and development, not weapons of mass...

The Proliferation Security Initiative: can interdiction stop proliferation?(Five Years Ago in ACT)(Quotation)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... "No interdiction effort can be 100 percent effective. Intelligence will not always be accurate, ships may only dock in ports of states that do not subscribe to the initiative, and the indigenous capability to produce WMD [weapons of mass destruction] components without foreign assistance is...

By the numbers.
June 1, 2009... Estimating North Korea's Plutonium (in kilograms) About 30 Plutonium North Korea declared in 2008 Up to 50 Unclassified U.S. estimate of North Korea's plutonium stocks About 8 Plutonium available in Yongbyon reactor's current batch of spent fuel About 6 ...