Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

This renewed support for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation would help expand its capacity to educate policymakers about nuclear weapons policy. In the upcoming year, the Center plans to focus on implementation of the President’s nuclear guidance, educating policymakers about options for portions of the U.S. nuclear arms budget, and cultivating public and congressional support for a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear program.

Renewal of support for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation would help expand its capacity to educate policymakers about nuclear security. Among its other activities, over the next two years, the Center plans to focus on helping to inform the Administration about the implications of its upcoming Presidential nuclear guidance; educating policymakers on options for cutting portions of the U.S. nuclear arms budget; work to promote the consideration of the dangerous ramifications of allowing nuclear cooperation agreements to leave open the option to enrich and reprocess; and cultivate public and Congressional support for a diplomatic solution to the standoff with Iran over its civilian nuclear program.

A renewal of general operating support for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation would help expand the capacity of the primary advocacy organization educating national policymakers about nuclear security. Among its other activities, in 2011, the Center plans to focus on educating policymakers on options for cutting portions of the U.S. nuclear arms budget; convening dinner discussions with congressional staff, retired military officers, messaging specialists, and experts to produce new, politically viable ideas for the next round of U.S.-Russia negotiations; and educating Senate staff about the consequences of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.