Nuclear Security Summit

No Nuclear Security without Transparency
Nuclear security has improved internationally to a great extent through President Obama’s initiative of Nuclear Security Summits, but it still has a long way to go after the NSS process...

U.S.-Russian Nuclear Diplomacy is Deadlocked
During last week’s session of the Disarmament Commission at UN Headquarters, Moscow and Washington discussed the obstacles to negotiating the reduction of their respective nuclear arsenals. This was at once...

The Ugly Truth About Nuclear Terrorism
The fourth, and likely final, Nuclear Security Summit wrapped up recently, aimed at controlling nuclear bomb materials so terrorists can’t get them. To be sure, some real progress has been...

Will the Nuclear Security Summit Help Stop Terrorists from Getting the Bomb?
Today and tomorrow, world leaders will gather for what will likely be the final international summit on security for nuclear weapons and the materials needed to make them—a key tool...

Why Isn’t Iran at the Nuclear Security Summit?
As the final Nuclear Security Summit begins in Washington this week, a country whose nuclear program has come in from the cold—Iran—is missing from the guest list, raising questions as...

Nuclear Arms Control for the 21st Century
Nuclear safeguards like those that have emerged from previous Nuclear Security Summits are playing an increasingly important role in protecting the world from security threats. While the heyday of Cold...