Center for Strategic Communication

20 Years of Cooperative Threat Reduction

Today’s Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Symposium, hosted by the Department of Defense and featuring remarks by President Obama, marks the 20th anniversary of the program to secure and eliminate weapons of mass destruction in former Soviet states. CTR...

ASP Podcast: Nuclear Amendments in the NDAA

John Isaacs joined ASP to discuss nuclear amendments in the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act currently up for debate in the Senate. A number of amendments proposed by members of Congress would impact U.S. nuclear programs and strategy. Proposal...

Nuclear Programs Force Defense Budget Tradeoffs

There are a lot of ways you spend $640 billion. You might invest in military capabilities that keep our troops safe in the field. You could expand programs that benefit veterans. You might even put something towards paying off the national debt, which is at $16...