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ACT NOW!
Appeal to the Next President of the United States of America
A new administration will soon be upon us
and we must impress the urgent need to take a strong stand on the
elimination of nuclear weapons. The world is entering a new
nuclear era, and the U.S. must take the lead in preventing a dangerous
increase in nuclear proliferation. Unite with us in our goal to ensure
a safer world
Please follow the links below and sign both
the appeal and petition to the next President. Help us make the world
free from WMD!
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Feature Articles
The Logic of Zero
This Foreign Affairs article by Ivo
Daalder of the Brookings Institute and Jan Lodal, immediate past
president of the Atlantic Council of the United States, calls on
Washington to lead the way in establishing a world without nuclear
weapons. The world system has shifted following the end of the
Cold War, producing new threats that become even more serious when the
nuclear variable is added. U.S. nuclear policies must change in
response to changing threats. Full Story
Widespread Fallout From U.S.-India Pact
In an editorial in the Asia Times, Brad Glosserman,
Executive Director, Pacific Forum CSIS, and Bates Gill, Director,
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, address the
U.S.-India nuclear cooperation deal, signed into law by President Bush
in October. While debates have raged over whether this deal
undermines the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), this article
addresses other repercussions that have not received
attention. Full Story
U.S.-North Korea Deal
This interview with Gary Sarmore, Vice President of the Council on
Foreign Relations and a nuclear diplomacy expert, discusses the recent
agreement between the U.S. and North Korea, whereby the U.S. removes
North Korea from the state sponsored terrorist list and North Korea
agrees to allow inspectors into its nuclear facilities. Although
this agreement is a "very small step forward," according to Sarmore, it
may be just what the incoming administration needs. Full Story |
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Don't Wake the Sleeping Bear
Negotiations for extending the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
(START), which expires in December 2009, are set to begin this month in
Geneva. Previous attempts at negotiating an extended treaty have
fallen by the wayside, more of the same is expected at the new
negotiations, and an agreement is unlikely before the next President
takes office. In light of this, it is imperative that extending
START is a high priority for the next administration. Full Story-Daisy Alliance Blog |
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