Pick a Number Between One and Six

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2010 "Between one and six." That's the number of nuclear weapons that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton believes North Korea to have, a rare public utterance on the estimated number of such weapons the Hermit Kingdom may possess. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Live Chat: Robert Scheer on Nuclear Weapons

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 9, 2010 If you missed Robert Scheer discussing his column, nuclear weapons and President Obama with readers or you just want to relive the excitement, you can read a full transcript right here. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Earning His Nobel Prize

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 7, 2010 At last, a believable sighting of that peace president many of us thought we had elected. Give Barack Obama credit, big time, for the startling progress he has made in tempering the threat of nuclear annihilation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Unveils New Nuke Policy

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2010 President Barack Obama made the auspicious step of releasing his new Nuclear Posture Review on Tuesday, two days before he was due to co-sign an arms reduction treaty with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Prague. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pinning Down a Disarmament Deal

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2010 President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have agreed on final terms for a new nuclear arms reduction agreement, a successor to the START treaty of 1991. The new deal will remove about a third of the warheads deployed by each country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Cuts Nuclear Deal With Russia

Staff / Truthdig Mar 25, 2010 Less than a year after President Barack Obama called for a world without nuclear weapons, the US and Russia have agreed to reduce the number of deployed nukes by more than 25 percent The White House hopes the agreement, which will (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. and Russia Aiming for a New START

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2010 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton winged her way to Moscow on Thursday to go over the nitty-gritty details of a new arms control agreement with Russian leaders that is targeted to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) of 1991, but a successful outcome is by no means guaranteed in this round of negotiations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russia, U.S. Clash (Again) Over Missile Shield Issue

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2009 Despite US-Russian progress since Barack Obama's inauguration on the sticky issue of the United States' planned missile shield system, the two sides are not completely in agreement on the matter In fact, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has brought it up again in conjunction with (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )