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  • U.S.-Russia Missile Defense Talks Deadlock
    Arms Control Today
    January 12, 2012

    A year-long U.S.-Russian effort to find ways to cooperate on European missile defense ground to a halt in November and December, just months before the NATO summit in Chicago this May and in the midst of presidential election seasons in both countries.
  • Turkey to Host NATO Missile Defense Radar
    Arms Control Today
    September 30, 2011

    After an extended delay, the U.S. Department of State announced on Sept. 2 that Turkey had agreed to host an early-warning radar as a key part of the European Phased Adaptive Approach, the Obama administration’s plan for missile defense in Europe.
  • Missile Defense Cooperation Stalls
    Arms Control Today
    July 7, 2011

    Russia and the United States were unable to strike a deal on missile defense cooperation during a June 8-9 meeting in Brussels. The effort stalled, officials said, because Russia remains wary that the European interceptor system will undermine its security.
  • Missile Defense Cooperation: Seizing the Opportunity
    Issue Briefs
    May 24, 2011

    Volume 2, Issue 5, May 24, 2011

    U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet at the G8 Summit in Deauville, France later this week, where they are expected to talk about cooperation on ballistic missile defense. Cooperation with Russia would strengthen U.S. security by enhancing our capabilities to detect a potential missile launch from Iran.
  • Missile Defense Test a ‘Success’: Pentagon
    Arms Control Today
    May 3, 2011

    The missile interceptor system that the Obama administration plans to deploy in Europe succeeded in a key test by using remote tracking data to intercept an intermediate-range missile.
  • China Releases Defense White Paper
    Arms Control Today
    May 3, 2011

    China formally released its seventh defense white paper March 30, providing an overview of China’s military strategy, its security threats, and its arms control policies.
  • Nuclear Reductions After New START: Obstacles and Opportunities
    Arms Control Today
    May 3, 2011

    Key issues for the next round of U.S.-Russian arms reductions are ballistic missile defenses, nonstrategic nuclear weapons, and strategic conventional weapons. To reach agreement, each side must recognize the other’s security concerns.

     
  • Pursuing the Prague Agenda: An Interview With White House Coordinator Gary Samore
    Arms Control Today
    May 3, 2011

    The White House’s top arms control and nonproliferation official discusses the prospects for future U.S.-Russian agreements on nuclear weapons and missile defense, the administration’s strategy for addressing Iran’s and North Korea’s nuclear programs, the nuclear buildup in Asia, and more.

     
  • Russia Makes New Proposal on Missile Defense
    Arms Control Today
    April 3, 2011
  • New START in Force; Missile Defense Looms
    Arms Control Today
    March 3, 2011

    The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty entered into force February 5, but Russia and the United States appear to have difficult negotiations ahead on tactical nuclear weapons and missile defense.

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