Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

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December 30, 2010 / By Michael Krepon
Senate Irreconcilables and New START
Retired Admiral "Fox" Fallon, ex-head of the Central and Pacific Commands, called the ratification of New-START "a no-brainer" in an interview with Mary Beth Sheridan in the Washington Post.   General Brent Scowcroft, President George H.W. Bush's national security adviser, told…Read More »

December 22, 2010 / By Michael Krepon
New START: A Win for Common Sense
Exceptional performances deserve recognition, and there are many worth noting after the Senate’s consent to ratifying New START with five votes to spare on December 22nd.  Here’s my short list: 1) The White House.  President Obama had little choice but…Read More »

December 01, 2010 / By Michael Krepon
Verifying Nuclear Arms Reduction
Many of New START’s harshest critics argue that the Treaty’s monitoring provisions are deficient. Shelving the Treaty will not improve verification.  On the contrary, doing so will deal another blow to binding legal obligations protective of monitoring satellites.  The first arms control agreements…Read More »

October 22, 2010 / By Michael Krepon
Scare Tactics
Money is the mother’s milk of politics; motivation is the mother’s milk of the politics of treaty ratification.  Arms control battles in the United States tend to be uneven fights—and not just because skeptics need only 34 votes to quash…Read More »

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