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Kingston Reif

Kingston Reif

Reif is the director of nuclear nonproliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. A recipient of a Marshall Scholarship, he was awarded a prestigious Scoville Peace Fellowship in 2008. He blogs about nuclear weapons policy at Nukes of Hazard.

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Articles by Kingston Reif

Columnists
17 September 2013
BiosecurityNuclear Weapons
AmericasEurope/RussiaMiddle East

Would the United States ever actually use nuclear weapons?

Kingston Reif

What the Syria crisis tells us.

Columnists
5 August 2013
Nuclear Weapons
AmericasEurope/Russia

Don't blame Moscow

Kingston Reif

Concerns about Russian treaty compliance are no argument against further arms. 

Columnists
18 June 2013
Nuclear Weapons
Americas

What Obama should say on nuclear weapons

Kingston Reif

The US President will soon outline his second-term plans. Here’s what the world needs to hear.

Columnists
20 May 2013

It's smart to scale back nuclear weapons spending

Kingston Reif

Two Republican Senators think the United States should protect nuclear weapons outlays at all costs. They're wrong.

Columnists
18 April 2013
Nuclear Weapons

Could a nuclear-armed Iran be contained?

Kingston Reif

The answer is "probably," but prevention via diplomacy is still the best course.

Columnists
6 March 2013
Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear weapons cuts will make the United States safer

Kingston Reif

Nuclear arms control is back in the news.

Columnists
8 February 2013
Nuclear Weapons

Does missile defense work?

Kingston Reif

After launching a rocket in December and vowing to conduct a third nuclear test, North Korea followed up last week by saying it would take measures "stronger than a nuclear test" and releasing a bizarre YouTube video that appeared to depict a rocket attacking an American city. (The video has since been removed from YouTube; excerpts and commentary can be watched here.)

Columnists
15 January 2013
Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear myths (and realities)

Kingston Reif

As the Obama administration contemplates further changes to US nuclear policy and posture in its second term, it will no doubt encounter opposition from those who argue that the world is too dangerous and complex to permit further reductions in US and global nuclear force levels. Critics will make many assertions in support of their case, but two claims in particular are likely to underpin their defense of the status quo.

Columnists
22 October 2012
Nuclear Weapons

Romney strikes out on nukes

Kingston Reif

Last month, I profiled President Barack Obama's record on nuclear threat reduction during his first term. I concluded that, while the president has taken impressive initial steps to reduce nuclear stockpiles, secure vulnerable nuclear materials, and retard the spread of nuclear weapons, key elements of his ambitious agenda remain unfinished.

Columnists
17 September 2012
Nuclear Weapons

Prague, revisited

Kingston Reif

Few national security issues are as important to President Barack Obama as reducing the threat posed by nuclear weapons. Obama devoted his first major foreign policy speech as president to the subject in April 2009 in Prague, where he pledged America's commitment to work toward a world free of nuclear weapons. In particular, the president laid out a series of interim steps that the United States must take to reduce the risk of a nuclear catastrophe.

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