Author Archive
Steven Pifer
Fellow, Stanford University
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Ideas
Strengthen U.S. Security Through Nuclear Arms Reductions
Biden has an opportunity to bolster deterrence, reduce proliferation risks, and lower the risk of nuclear war.
- Rep. Ami Bera and Steven Pifer
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Trying to Box in Biden on Arms Control
Former Trump officials complain that the new president doesn’t want what they failed to achieve.
- Steven Pifer and James Acton
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A Nuclear Strike Should Require More than One Person’s Order
We should require a second voice when it comes to ordering first use of nuclear arms.
- Steven Pifer
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Washington’s Arms Control Delusions and Bluffs
The Trump administration’s stances on nuclear negotiations don’t even make sense as a starting point.
- Steven Pifer
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On Arms Control, Little Reason for Optimism
Officials in Moscow and Beijing will read Mr. Billingslea’s interview and see nothing to give them reason to negotiate.
- Steven Pifer
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Trump’s Bid to Go Big on Nuclear Arms Looks Like a Fizzle
Russia has no interest in negotiating from scratch. China has no interest in negotiating at all.
- Steven Pifer
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John Bolton Keeps Citing This 2002 Pact as an Arms-Control Model. It’s Really Not.
The Treaty of Moscow was ill-defined, unverifiable — and not something that Russia would sign today.
- Steven Pifer
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Trump’s Bid to Remove NATO Official Could Easily Backfire on the US
A strong alliance needs strong staff, like Rose Gottemoeller.
- Steven Pifer and Adam Mount