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The following articles and essays provide additional insight into current developments and issues which our staff and experts are following.
Lipi Shetty
The third nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee (NPT PrepCom) meeting before the 2026 Review Conference took place April 28 to May 9 in New York. This blogpost is a summary of highlights from some of the more notable events.
Daryl Kimball
Beyond the hoopla and hyperbole of “nearly 100 percent protection” within “three years," Trump’s “Golden Dome” strategic missile defense gambit is deeply flawed, technically complex, and counterproductive.
Vann H. Van Diepen
Draft legislation introduced in the House this week would require the United States to drop controls on exports to Australia, Canada, and the UK of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) items controlled on the U.S. Munitions List.
Kelsey Davenport
Targeting Iranian nuclear sites in reaction to a drone and missile attack that did minimal damage to Israel would be a reckless and irresponsible escalation that increases the risk of a wider regional war.
Shizuka Kuramitsu
Without awareness and understanding of the human catastrophe, it is easy for us to treat past events as dull, esoteric history textbook contents.
For more than 50 years, the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) has served as an invaluable foundation for the international nonproliferation regime. However, the 11th NPT review cycle set to begin with the first Preparatory Committee this summer faces a daunting array of issues.
Gabriela Rosa and Olga Oliker
Russia’s war on Ukraine is poised to bring into being a new European security order, one that may very well be marked by unstable standoffs, buildups, and dangerous activities and incidents between both Ukraine and Russia and Russia and Ukraine’s Western backers.
Heather Foye
The 10th NPT Review Conference ended without consensus after four weeks of contentious negotiations. Russia decided to block consensus due to certain wording regarding nuclear safety matters at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.
Gabriela Rosa
Twice weekly, our team will share updates here from the 10th nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference at UN Headquarters.