Author Archive
Steven Pifer
Fellow, Stanford University
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