A treaty that began its signature process 30 years ago and has yet to enter into forceOn September 24, 1996, the ...

On March 30, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released a report that is already starting to be described as having resolved all of the technical issues surrounding the Comprehensive Test Ban ...

In his April 2009 speech in Prague, President Barack Obama outlined a vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and pledged to “immediately and aggressively” pursue approval of the Comprehensive ...

Mr. Dahlman, Ladies and Gentlemen, It´s a pleasure for me to be here with you today, to celebrate with you - if celebration is the right word - the 10 th anniversary of the CTBT opening for signature ...

Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley, Jr., the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has stated that Russia “probably is not adhering to its nuclear testing moratorium.” Its activities likely violate the ...

Quality arms control brought the era of nuclear testing to an end. More than 30 years ago, citizen and independence leaders in Kazakhstan voiced an opinion in favor of arms control and forced Russia ...

Three decades after the conclusion of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the treaty has near universal support and has established a global norm against nuclear test explosions. The treaty ...

Last Saturday I noted that it had been exactly fifteen years since President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The Senate famously failed to approve the treaty when ...

North Korea’s nuclear test on May 25 has increased the urgency of the nuclear test ban cause but also raised further questions about the feasibility of achieving a truly universal ban. President ...

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is not a nuclear issue anymore. It’s actually a political one with nuclear powers pointing fingers at one another for not doing enough to ratify the treaty.