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Since the leaking of the McCrystal memo and the President’s professed skepticism of certain aspects of Afghanistan policy, the public has witnessed a media blitz from both sides of the [...]

It’s been awhile. This week, Sec. of State Clinton lead the US delegation as we attended our first conference in 10 years on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. And the international [...]

The US-drafted UN Resolution 1887 on non-proliferation and disarmament passed unanimously today at the Security Council meeting chaired by President Obama. In attendance were the heads-of-state [...]

I’m looking forward to major speeches and lots of news on nuclear weapons this week with both President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton at the U.N. Check out the schedule: 9/23: [...]

Secretary of Defense Gates is still pushing for new nuclear weapons. At an Air Force Association conference this Wednesday, Gates: previewed findings of the ongoing Nuclear Posture Review by [...]

After 30 years without diplomatic contact, US and Iranian officials will finally be sitting down at the same table together to negotiate. Last week, Iran responded to Western governments’ [...]

On September 24, President Obama will be the first US president ever to chair a special meeting of the UN Security Council, which will focus on nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament. [...]

In anticipation of how the Obama administration will define success and metrics of progress in Afghanistan, Tom Englehardt of the Nation provided an invaluable collection of statistics (with [...]

It couldn’t be clearer that now is a critical time to speak out against harsh sanctions on Iran. Congress is back in session and they are facing enormous pressure to pass sanctions on Iran, [...]

The Obama administration will soon release 50 benchmarks to measure progress in Afghanistan. This report will be published on Sept. 24, a week after the election results are scheduled to be made [...]