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CTBT at 16 Still Has No Wheels

September 24, 2012

Most 16 year olds are worried about tests. Most 16 year olds are worried about being accepted by their friends. Most 16 year olds spend long days agonizing about the promise of a drivers license. However, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which turns 16 today

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Iran Update: Nuclear Talks Fail; Hundreds Die in Earthquake

August 14, 2012

Low-level diplomatic talks between world powers and Iran have failed, according to Israeli officials. Sunday on Israel Radio, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon suggested that, if all world powers involved in the talks would collectively declare failure, “it

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Iran Update: Finding the Reality in the Rhetoric

Katharine Nasielski

July 6, 2012

Although the American press has taken a break from counting down the hours until a potential nuclear Iran, such a threat remains a top priority for both the Netanyahu and Obama administrations. The trigger points for an attack by either of these two parties

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N. Korean Rocket Fails

April 16, 2012

North Korea’s much-anticipated rocket launch, publicized as a means to collect data about North Korea’s agricultural resources in order to inform the nation’s response to natural disasters but likely a guise to test the country’s long-range rockets, failed and

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N. Korea Preps for "Exploratory Rocket Launch"

April 9, 2012

North Korea is planning a rocket launch this week and, according to a new intelligence report from South Korea, may be planning its third nuclear test further down the road. The move would violate U.N. resolutions and North Korea's promise to refrain from

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International Day of Mine Awareness

Katharine Nasielski

April 4, 2012

Today, we take a moment around the world to commemorate those who have been killed by landmines. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines estimates that landmine explosions caused injury or death to 4,000 to 5,000 people just in 2011 and that millions more

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Seoul Summit Fails to Make Progress on Nuclear Security

March 30, 2012

Earlier this week, President Obama met with leaders of 53 other countries at the second Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea. This summit followed the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, during which leaders began a campaign to secure

Israeli, Iranian Publics Protest for Peace

March 29, 2012

Amid the “loose talk of war” over Iran’s potential nuclear weapons program, Israelis and Iranians have tried to speak out for peace and distance themselves from the rhetoric of their leaders. A public opinion survey conducted in Israel showed that only 19% of

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Wishing for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World on the CTBT's 15th Birthday

September 23, 2011

As leaders from around the world gather in New York this week to work for global peace, we cannot forget that Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The United States helped draft the treaty in 1996 and

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President Obama Signs START Treaty

February 2, 2011

Linda Benesch is a sophomore at American University, interning this semester at the RAC. She is originally from Highland Park, NJ and is a member of Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick.

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This morning, President Obama signed into law the New

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