Reducing Nuclear Weapons: Commentaries And Opinions

Photo: President Medvedev walks near an RS-12M Topol ballistic missile at the Plesetsk space-launch pad. DMITRY ASTAKHOV/AFP/Getty

Reducing Nuclear Weapons: How Much Is Possible? -- Time Magazine

Barack Obama has declared a goal of a world free of nuclear weapons. But moving toward zero is going to be difficult, even with the U.S. President's having agreed with his Russian counterpart to restart nuclear-disarmament negotiations, and specifically to try to replace the 1992 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). The goal of any arms treaty would seem simple enough: reduce the number of weapons. But the dirty little secret about nuclear weapons is that the fewer of them you have, the more difficult it becomes to get rid of them. Big arsenals are inherently more stable than little arsenals, and are easier to cut.

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Reducing Nuclear Weapons: More News, Commentaries And Opinions

Obama's bid for nuke-free world: Bad idea. -- Christian Science Monitor
Controlling nukes -- Salt Lake Tribune
With Obama in power, anti-nuclear groups push to slash weapons stockpile -- Mercury News
This new nuclear arms age has its own set of risks -- Financial Times
Can Obama better Ronald Reagan on nuclear arms control? -- The Punch
World Without End: Why Obama's Stance On Nukes Makes Me Sleep Better At Night -- CBS News
Biden to Shepherd Test Ban Treaty Vote -- Washington Post
Biden put in charge of nuclear non-proliferation -- Boston.com
Obama's Nuclear Fantasy -- Slate
Why Not a World Without Nukes? -- Washington Post
A World Without Nukes -- Just Like 1939 -- Washington Post
Obama's nuclear nonproliferation plan heralds changes for DOE labs -- New York Post
Japan Backs Obama's Call for Nuclear Weapons-Free World -- Voice Of America
Background: The nuclear nations -- The Guardian
Background: The nuclear non-proliferation treaty -- The Guardian
FACTBOX-Who are the world's nuclear powers? -- Reuters