David Cortright

David Cortright is director of policy studies at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and author, most recently, of Towards Nuclear Zero (with Raimo Väyrynen).

Articles by David Cortright

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Toward zero

The path to nuclear disarmament

Jun 21, 2011 by David Cortright

Although nuclear arsenals have declined, the risk that nuclear weapons might be used is arguably greater now than it was during the cold war.

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A good START

Jun 21, 2011 by David Cortright

The New START treaty between the U.S. and Russia lowers the number of permitted nuclear warheads by approximately 30 percent. That is still too many, but it is an important step.

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Eight points about Iran's nuclear program

Not what we might think

Jun 17, 2008 by David Cortright

1. The U.S. government’s National Intelligence Estimate reported in November 2007 that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in the fall of 2003. Iran is developing the capacity to enrich uranium, as it is entitled to do under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. International inspectors have found no evidence of an actual nuclear weapons program.