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January 10, 2020
Russia seeks to broaden the scope of traditional strategic arms agreements.
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January 10, 2020
Russia appears ready to extend the treaty, but Trump administration officials continue to talk about
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January 10, 2020
The three nations have been engaged in discussions while U.S.-North Korean diplomacy gains larger headlines.
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December 20, 2019Russia expresses willingness to extend New START without preconditions by the year's end, leaving the next move up to the Trump administration. The United States tests a second missile once banned by the INF Treaty, and France rejects Russia's proposal on an INF-range missile moratorium but expresses support for holding security talks with Moscow. The Trump administration's debate over the Open Skies Treaty, meanwhile, continues.
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December 1, 2019
*Updated: March 16, 2020
Four decades ago, the U.S. Defense Department detected an imminent nuclear attack against the United States through the early-warning system of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
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December 1, 2019
As the treaty's expiration approaches, Russia voices concern.
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December 1, 2019
CWC States Update List of Banned Chemicals
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November 17, 2019Though imperfect, the SALT agreements set a standard for future bilateral nuclear arms control treaty negotiations.
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November 15, 2019Russia increasingly expresses frustrations about the U.S. stance on New START and makes a statement on some of Moscow's new weapons that the treaty would cover. In other news, Japan states that it would not host intermediate-range missiles, the Trump administration has pumped the brakes on withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty, and more staff shake-ups at the State Department and National Security Council.
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November 13, 2019A continuously updated list of statements of support for extension of New START from former and current government officials and national security leaders.
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November 1, 2019
Since 2017, the Trump administration has sought to expand the role and capability of the U.S. nuclear arsenal while withdrawing the United States from key agreements designed to reduce nuclear dangers.
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November 1, 2019
Rapidly advancing cybertechnology threatens to undermine traditional thinking on when the use of nuclear weapons may be provoked.
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November 1, 2019
Extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty is essential to maintain stability between the United States and Russia.
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November 1, 2019
The 2002 U.S. withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty began today’s fraying of arms control.
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November 1, 2019
NATO’s secretary-general outlines why arms control measures provide for alliance security.