Nuclear Issues

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center background, gestures speaking at a meeting with members of a bi-partisan commission on U.S. policy toward Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, March 10, 2009.

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Report from the Commission on U.S. Policy Toward Russia -- The Right Direction for U.S. Policy Toward Russia

| March 16, 2009

With the leadership of the Bipartisan Commission on U.S. Policy towards Russia, established by the Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School and the Nixon Center in Washington, Belfer Center Director Graham Allison met last week in Moscow with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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Graham Allison: We Must Act As If He Has The Bomb

| November 18, 2001

The question is suddenly urgent: Could the inconceivable happen? President Bush has previously warned the world that Osama bin Laden is seeking to develop weapons of mass destruction. Now, bin Laden himself claims to have chemical and nuclear weapons -- and "the right to use them." We cannot know for certain whether he is bluffing, but Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge has confirmed that documents detailing how to make nuclear weapons have been found in an al Qaeda safe house in Kabul. And we can certainly expect that as the noose tightens aroundthe terrorist''s neck, he and his associates will become increasingly desperate.

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Graham Allison and Andrei Kokoshin: A US-Russian Alliance Against Megaterrorism

| November 16, 2001

President Bush has warned the world that Osama bin Laden is ''seeking to develop weapons of mass destruction.'' To meet this threat, the United States and Russia should take the lead in establishing an Alliance Against Megaterrorism. What should have been a crowning achievement of this week's summit was sadly a missed opportunity.