Statement by Stephen Young, Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists Published Apr 15, 2021
WASHINGTON (April 15, 2021) Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today reintroduced their No First Use Act that would prohibit any U.S. president from launching nuclear weapons in a first strike.
Adopting a no first use (NFU) policy that commits the United States to never being the first nation to use nuclear weapons will strengthen U.S. security by reducing the risk of nuclear war, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). As highlighted in a new UCS video, President Biden has said he supports an NFU policy and his administration should consider it a priority when conducting its nuclear policy and defense reviews.
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Laura Grego is a senior scientist in the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She focuses her analysis and advocacy on the technology and security dimensions of ballistic missile defense and of outer space security.
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On Tuesday, Feb. 9, the Howard Baker Center hosted a lecture by Eric Gomez as part of their Global Security Lecture Series. Gomez is the director of defense policy studies at Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank organization based in Washington, D.C.
Gomez began his lecture with discussion of the good news and bad news around the ongoing difficult relationship between the United States and China, and how more people are paying attention to China, which is a good thing, but this often means the relationship is going to get worse.
âI donât study happy things, I study very weighty and scary things,â Gomez said.
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