Text Only | Disarmament Diplomacy | Disarmament Documentation | ACRONYM Reports
back to the acronym home page
Calendar
UN/CD
NPT/IAEA
UK
NATO
US
Space/BMD
CTBT
BWC
CWC
WMD Possessors
About Acronym
Links
Glossary

United States

The new Obama administration is taking office against a background of increasing calls for progress on a range of non-proliferation and disarmament initiatives, including CTBT ratification by the US with a view to achieving the Treaty's entry into force; fissile material talks; and further deep cuts in existing nuclear arsenals.

In her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Hillary Clinton gives an early indication of the likely direction of an Obama Administration. On 5 April 2009, President Obama set out his administration's approach to nuclear disarmament, saying that the US would lead efforts to make progress towards a nuclear weapon-free world.

Carnegie Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference, April 2009

Acronym Institute Executive Director Dr Rebecca Johnson was part of a plenary panel on International Expectations of the Obama Administration, chaired by Naila Bolus of the Ploughshares Fund.

Transcripts, video and audio recordings of the panel are available from the CEIP website at:

New US Administration

Nuclear Policy

US-Russia Relations and START

Relations with Iran

Policy on North Korea

Key Documents

Disarmament Diplomacy

For an archive of material on US nuclear policy including US-Russia relations go to: www.acronym.org.uk/start.

Back to the Top of the Page

© 2009 The Acronym Institute.