Obama’s Nuclear Leadership Opportunity

Obama’s Nuclear Leadership Opportunity

The Moderate Voice: Obama’s Nuclear Leadership Opportunity by Robin Walker

February 26th, 2009 By Guest Voice Robin Walker

The Truman National Security Project bills itself as “the nation’s only organization that recruits, trains, and positions a new generation of progressives across America to lead on national security.” The following essay (the first in a series for TMV) is from Robin Walker, a Project fellow. As with other “guest voice” posts, this and future contributions from the Truman Project do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the TMV editorial board or writers.
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By Robin Walker, Truman National Security Project

Of the various challenges President Obama mentioned in his Tuesday evening address to Congress — two wars, a housing crisis, energy, healthcare, education, the deficit, etc. — one challenge got little attention but represents an opportunity for serious progress: nuclear weapons.

By law the President has to produce a new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) by the end of 2009. If properly handled, the NPR could improve our security, reduce the deficit, improve the United States’ standing in the world, and increase security in one of the most dangerous regions of the world, South Asia.

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The longstanding India-Pakistan rivalry is frequently described as the most likely nuclear war scenario in the modern world. Since both countries demonstrated their nuclear capabilities with tests in 1998, three crises have narrowly averted escalating to the level of nuclear exchanges: the 1999 Kargil war; the 2001-2 military buildup; and the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Anything the United States can do to minimize the risk of these countries using nuclear weapons is clearly in the interest of the United States and the international community.

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U.S.-India Nuclear Chickens Coming Home to Roost by Robin Walker

U.S.-India Nuclear Chickens Coming Home to Roost by Robin Walker

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October 27th, 2008 by Jim Arkedis

The following is the latest in our series from fellows in the Truman National Security Project. Robin Walker writes:

The recently-completed U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal put a major crack in the nonproliferation dam of the non-proliferation treaty (NPT), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). That’s in addition to the the announcement last week that China will build two nuclear reactors in Pakistan. The next president will have to move quickly to prevent the complete destruction of the existing nonproliferation regime and a potentially rapid spread of nuclear weapons that could follow.

Under the U.S.-India deal, the United States agreed to provide nuclear fuel for India and enable U.S. firms to sell nuclear it technology. In exchange, India will allow international inspectors and IAEA safeguards at their civilian (but not military) nuclear sites.

The deal is controversial because it would give India—a non-signer of the NPT like neighbor Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel—the de facto rights of a nuclear weapons state under the NPT, which bans nuclear trade with non-signers and non-nuclear countries.

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Options for the next president include:

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Robin Walker is a South Asia and nonproliferation expert . The views expressed here are his own.

The views and ideas expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the Progressive Policy Institute, nor the management staff of AllOurMight.com.

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Robin Walker with Biden in Trent Arena in Kettering Ohio on Oct 31 2008

Robin Walker with Biden in Trent Arena in Kettering Ohio on Oct 31 2008

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Photo caption: Senator Joe Biden, who is running as Senator Barack Obama's vice presidential candidate, during a rally at Trent Arena in Kettering on Friday Oct. 31. Teesha McClam photo

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KETTERING — Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden painted a dire picture of the current state of the country, and placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of President George Bush and the Republican who wants to replace him, Sen. John McCain.

Biden, speaking Friday, Oct. 31, at Kettering Fairmont High School's Trent Arena called McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Bush's "economic sidekicks." Biden said there is no doubt that Americans are worse off today than four years ago.

"So the real question," said Biden, "is who is going to make you better off four years from now than you are today? And ladies and gentlemen, that answer is Barack Obama."

Biden drew a crowd of about 1,600 to the arena, which seats 3,600 and can hold 4,500 if people are standing on the floor. The crowd was much smaller than a Monday event at the arena with McCain, which drew an estimated 3,600.

But the smaller crowd didn't quash the enthusiasm of Obama/Biden supporters who attended the event.

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