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Apr 15, 2010 |
18 NPEC Policy Recommendations Adopted by Final Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism
The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism unanimously adopted 18 of NPEC’s recommendations in four areas of policy—(i) U.S. nuclear policy, (ii) IAEA and international nuclear safeguards reform, (iii) implementation of the U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperative Agreement and the prevention of arms races in Asia, and (iv) strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). The attached document describes these recommendations in detail.
Official Docs & Letters
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Apr 12, 2010 |
National Review Online, "Puffing Up the Nuclear Summit: What's Being Ignored."
A new blog posting, "Puffing Up the Nuclear Summit: What's Being Ignored" in the National Review Online by NPEC's executive director argues that while the Obama administration focuses on nuclear security at its summit the production of more dangerous fissile materials is not getting its dues.
Op-Eds & Blogs
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Apr 12, 2010 |
Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
The Council on Foreign Relations has released a Special Report, "Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime," that backed at least five key NPEC nonproliferation recommendations including requiring an assessment of what nuclear activities and materials the IAEA can and cannot effectively safeguard and discouraging the use of government financial incentives to promote commercial nuclear power.
Official Docs & Letters
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Apr 12, 2010 |
PBS NewsHour Interviews NPEC on Nuclear Security Summit
PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown interviewed NPEC's executive director in a segment on the Nuclear Security Summit held in Washington, where at the close of the piece he raised the likelihood that there will be limits on the amount of information nations will be willing to provide each other on internal nuclear security practices.
Interviews; Audio & Video
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Apr 06, 2010 |
National Review Online, "That Nuclear Posture Review: Not a Very Big Deal."
NPEC's executive director blogs for the National Review Online and finds that despite news reports to the contrary, the countries targeted with nuclear weapons in the new NPR are little different from the old ones, and wonders why this review took so long to change so little.
Op-Eds & Blogs
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Apr 05, 2010 |
Council on Foreign Relations Interviews NPEC on Obama's Nuclear Plans
In an interview with the Council on Foreign Relations, NPEC's executive director discusses the prospects for START and CTBT ratification and other elements of President Obama's nuclear nonproliferation policy.
Interviews
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Mar 16, 2010 |
NPEC Signed Letters to Congress Oppose Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Power
NPEC co-signed a letter along with the National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers for Common Sense and the Marshall Institute which urges the leadership of the House and Senate Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development not to give any additional loan guarantee authority to the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program in the FY 2011 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill.
Official Docs & Letters
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Jan 21, 2010 |
A Proposed Agreement on Self-Defense Zones in Space
The complete version of the paper "Self Defense Zones in Space" by Albert Wohlstetter and Brian G. Chow and published in July 1986, contains a draft agreement that would create zones for rival nations' satellites. There is also a summary version available in the form of a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed from 1985 by the same authors: "Arms Control That Could Work," available at AlbertWohlstetter.com.
Working Papers
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Jan 12, 2010 |
National Journal, "More Nuclear Aid Would Bomb Economics."
NPEC's executive director writes for the National Journal in a blog questioning the merits of federal subsidies for nuclear power.
Op-Eds & Blogs
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Dec 09, 2009 |
US Aerospace Exports: The Case for Further Controls
NPEC's executive director presents testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation & Trade. Read the transcript here.
Testimony & Transcripts
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The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC), is a 501 (c)3 nonpartisan, nonprofit,
educational organization
founded in 1994 to promote a better understanding of strategic weapons proliferation issues. NPEC educates
policymakers, journalists,
and university professors about proliferation threats and possible new policies and measures to meet them. |
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