U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that have been withheld from broad public distribution include the following.
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues, updated November 3, 2015
The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions, updated November 3, 2015
Iran Sanctions, updated November 3, 2015
Tropical Storm? The Supreme Court Considers Double Jeopardy and the Sovereign Status of Puerto Rico, CRS Legal Sidebar, November 4, 2015
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015: Adjustments to the Budget Control Act of 2011, CRS Insight, November 6, 2015
You Win Some You Lose Some… New Second Amendment Rulings, CRS Legal Sidebar, November 5, 2015
Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913-2015, updated November 3, 2015
Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY2000-FY2015, updated November 3, 2015
The Future of Internet Governance: Should the U.S. Relinquish Its Authority Over ICANN?, updated November 3, 2015
Social Security and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Provisions in the Proposed Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015, November 3, 2015
U.S. Trade in Services: Trends and Policy Issues, updated November 3, 2015
Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress, updated November 5, 2015
Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress, updated November 4, 2015
Moreover, the recent decrease in UK government transparency regarding the status of its nuclear arsenal and modernization program reflects a worrisome global trend.
Even without weapons present, the addition of a large nuclear air base in northern Europe is a significant new development that would have been inconceivable just a decade-and-a-half ago.
Empowering U.S. allies to do more so Washington can do and spend less sounds attractive. But enabling, or looking the other way at the spread of nuclear weapons is not in America’s interests anymore today than it was in the 20th century.
As long as nuclear weapons exist, nuclear war remains possible. The Nuclear Information Project provides transparency of global nuclear arsenals through open source analysis. It is through this data that policy makers can call for informed policy change.