Arms Control Now

The following articles and essays provide additional insight into current developments and issues which our staff and experts are following.


Xiaodon Liang
June 10, 2025

An examination of recent cost estimates for space-based interceptor constellations highlights the key questions that need to be asked of the Trump administration's Golden Dome missile defense program.

Kelsey Davenport
May 31, 2025

The IAEA’s May 2025 evaluation of Iran's nuclear activities underscore the urgent need for a nuclear deal that brings Iran back into compliance with its legally binding safeguards obligations and limits its future proliferation risk. 

Lipi Shetty
May 27, 2025

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
May 20, 2025

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
July 9, 2024

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
April 16, 2024

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
March 13, 2024

Without awareness and understanding of the human catastrophe, it is easy for us to treat past events as dull, esoteric history textbook contents.

July 31, 2023
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
November 9, 2022

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.