The 2026 Arms Control Association Annual Meeting was webcast from the National Press Club in D.C. on Tuesday, June 2nd. You can view the webcast recording below or on our official YouTube channel.
Repairing the NPT Regime: Following the 2026 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference, what is the status of the treaty and what steps can be taken to reinforce its core principles and objectives?
Adam Scheinman, former Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation
Lynn Rusten, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy
Daryl G. Kimball, ACA's Executive Director and participant in the past seven NPT Review Conferences (moderator)
John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the Catholic Church's perspectives on nuclear weapons and the imperative of disarmament (live by video)
Preventing Further Proliferation in the Middle East: Iran, Israel and Saudi Arabia. How will the ongoing war affect nuclear policies and problems in the region?
Kelsey Davenport, ACA's Director for Nonproliferation Policy
Sharon Squassoni, research professor at George Washington University and formerly with the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, State Department, and the Congressional Research Service
Pathways Toward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Diplomacy: After the expiration of New START, how can the five NPT nuclear-weapons states productively engage in diplomacy to halt and reverse the arms race? What are possible formats and proposals that can inform and guide a “new era” of arms control?
Amy Nelson, Director for the Future Security Scenarios Lab at New America and a Senior Fellow in the Future Security Program at the New America Foundation
Matthew Sharp, senior nuclear fellow at the Center for Nuclear Security Policy at the Mass. Institute of Technology.
Tong Zhao, Senior Fellow with the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace
Xiaodon Liang, ACA Senior Policy Analyst for Nuclear Weapons Policy and Disarmament (moderator)
