Nuclear Weapons

…which of course continues through May 14 so there may be more news to come, but Paul and I are back in DC, and most of the other non-New York CIty Peace Actionistas have left the PrepCom. [...]

Congress established the 12 member, bipartisan Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States in 2008 to “examine and make recommendations with respect to the long-term strategic [...]

NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) May 4, 2009 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called the 2005 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference represented a “disarmament depression”, [...]

I’m at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee meeting at the UN in New York City listening to the mayor of Hiroshima, Tad Akiba. Below is a post from a colleague at [...]

Many NGOs are at the UN in New York this week and next for the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The NPT is a [...]

Following President Obama’s historic April 5th speech from Prague in which he outlined how taking steps toward a nuclear weapons free world would make America safer and committed the US to [...]

Since taking office in January, President Obama has taken some important steps in reorienting US foreign policy, from agreeing to participate in group talks with Iran to giving a major speech [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKSn1SXjj2s&feature=player_embedded] This video is an excerpt of President Obama’s speech in Prague. On Sunday, President Obama gave a [...]

 In response to the speech President Obama gave in Hradcany Square in Prague, Czech Republic this morning, our executive director, Kevin Martin said: “President Obama’s Prague speech [...]

Today, President Obama and Russian President Medvedev pledged that their countries will work toward a nuclear weapons free world and are committed to negotiating a replacement agreement for the [...]