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  • Pentagon Shifts Gears on Missile Defense
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    Removing a major roadblock to Russian support for another round of nuclear arms reductions, the Department of Defense last month effectively canceled the fourth phase of its plans to deploy missile interceptors in Europe over the next decade.
  • Lapse of U.S.-South Korea Pact Mulled
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    With talks on renewal of a U.S.-South Korean agreement for civilian nuclear cooperation still stalled, observers are raising the possibility that the pact could lapse.
  • UN to Probe Syria Chemical Arms Claims
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    Responding to a request from the Syrian government, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is preparing to conduct an investigation into claims of chemical weapons use in Syria.
  • Impacts of Nuclear Weapons Use Discussed
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    The international community cannot adequately prepare for the impact of nuclear weapons use of any scale, 127 countries concluded at a two-day conference last month in Oslo on the humanitarian and economic impacts of nuclear weapons.
  • Study Sees Cyber Risk for U.S. Arsenal
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    U.S. nuclear weapons systems may be vulnerable to highly sophisticated cyberattacks, and the Pentagon should take steps to ensure they could survive such a threat, a Defense Department advisory group said in a recent study.
  • Arms Trade Treaty Moves to UN Assembly
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    UN member states hammered out a new, compromise arms trade treaty (ATT) text after two intense weeks of final negotiations in New York March 18-28, but Iran, North Korea, and Syria blocked its adoption on the final day of the conference, leading a group of more than 90 countries, including the United States, to move the treaty to the General Assembly for approval.
  • Rethink Plans to Loosen U.S. Controls on Arms Exports
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    The Obama administration is planning to shift licensing authority for certain military exports from the State Department to the Commerce Department. This misguided plan could weaken oversight of small arms that, in the hands of tyrants or terrorists, can threaten U.S. interests.
  • The Global Partnership on WMD: A Work in Progress
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    As the global coalition against weapons of mass destruction enters its second decade, it faces a number of challenges. But recent steps to shift its focus to smaller projects outside the former Soviet Union and to bolster its efforts to recruit new members have positioned it well to meet those challenges.
  • ACA Applauds UNGA Support for New Arms Trade Treaty
    Press Room
    April 2, 2013

    Today, the independent, Arm Control Association welcomed the United Nations General Assembly's endorsement of the new Arms Trade Treaty, which will for the first time establish common international standards that must be met before states authorize transfers of conventional weapons or export ammunition and weapons parts and components. The treaty will be open for signature beginning in June.
  • Time to Move Forward on the Test Ban Treaty
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    A ban on nuclear testing has long been and continues to be a key part of a comprehensive, effective U.S. nuclear risk reduction strategy. Four years ago on April 5, President Barack Obama said in Prague, “After more than five decades of talks, it is time for the testing of nuclear weapons to finally be banned.”

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