Policy & Research
Iran
For the past several years, Iran has been under intense scrutiny from the international community over its nuclear program. While it is unclear what exactly Iran's intentions are, failure to declare all nuclear facilities and materials in a timely fashion have led to increased concerns that Iran intends to secretly develop nuclear weapons.
Iraq
After five years of war, the United States must withdraw its military forces from Iraq as quickly as possible in coordination with the Iraqi government and neighboring countries while helping to rebuild Iraq and to assist refugees. The United States should instead focus on Afghanistan, where the heart of the terrorist threat remains, and accept that we must remain engaged there for many years to come.
National Missile Defense
The Pentagon's ground-based, mid-course missile defense system (GMD), formerly called by the more descriptive name National Missile Defense, is being developed and deployed to intercept one or a very few warheads launched by inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBM) against the United States. The administration is requesting $10.4 billion for missile defense, the largest single program in the fiscal year 2007 Pentagon budget. These annual costs could rise to $19 billion in a few years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. A large proportion of the missile defense budget is allocated to the GMD system.
North Korea
While reports claim that North Korea has acquired enough material for several nuclear weapons, negotiations to halt its nuclear weapons program have stalled. In meantime, North Korea continues to produce bomb-grade material and threatened to begin exporting nuclear materials unless the United States agrees to one-on-one talks with North Korea. Most recently, reports have raised concerns that North Korea may be preparing a nuclear weapon test.
Nuclear Weapons
Learn about our top nuclear weapons issues, and what you can do about them: commercial spent fuel reprocessing, the Reliable Replacement Warhead program, and operation "Divine Strake".
US-India Nuclear Deal
The proposed US-India nuclear deal poses great risks for the nuclear non-proliferation framework which has limited the spread of nuclear weapons over thirty-five years. The US-India nuclear deal set a dangerous precedent and rewards India despite its refusal to take on meaningful nuclear non-proliferation commitments as have done almost all other countries. The US-India nuclear deal vote also comes at a time when the United States is seeking to convince Iran to give up its nuclear weapons capability, and only weeks after the United States sanctioned two companies in India for exporting material and technology to Iran that could help Iran develop weapons of mass destruction.
