Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

The Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the Nuclear Security Initiative's core grantee. Over the past two years, the Carnegie has shown itself to have unmatchable impact on international nuclear policies. To name only a few accomplishments, Carnegie has helped the U.S. and Russian governments to effectively begin negotiations on a new arms reduction treaty, has been a primary advisor to the Obama administration on its Iran negotiating strategy, and is facilitating the negotiation of a Code of Conduct for the nuclear reactor industry that would allow vendors to hold their competitors accountable for nuclear safety and security. In 2010-2011, Carnegie will conduct projects requested by the U.S. departments of State, Defense, and Energy. These will include an ongoing U.S.-Russian unofficial dialogue, interviews in Japan, South Korea, Poland, and Turkey to provide recommendations for how to reduce the U.S. nuclear arsenal without undercutting important U.S. alliance relationships, and ongoing work with the nuclear reactor vendors to finalize the Code and begin to develop enforcement mechanisms and follow-on legislation. Carnegie will also continue to push its close contacts in the administration and on the Hill to work harder and faster, particularly by ratifying the Test Ban, and will provide the creative and nuanced policy proposals for which it is known, using the flexibility provided by general support to move quickly in support of the agenda championed by the Nuclear Security Initiative.