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LATEST PRESS RELEASES
President Donald Trump’s decision to join Israel’s illegal attacks against the Iranian leadership, civilian targets, and the country's major nuclear sites represents an irresponsible departure from Trump’s pursuit of diplomacy and increases the risk of a nuclear-armed Iran.
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering direct U.S. military intervention in support of Israel’s illegal attacks against the Iranian leadership and the country's major nuclear sites. U.S. strikes would represent an abrupt and irresponsible departure from Trump’s pursuit of diplomacy and set back efforts to reach an effective nuclear agreement.
The United States and other credible intermediaries must do more to de-escalate the dangerous crisis in South Asia between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.
“We welcome President Trump’s interest in negotiating a deal to limit and reduce the massive nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia,” said Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association.
Since 2007, the independent, nongovernmental Arms Control Association has nominated individuals and institutions that have, in the previous 12 months, advanced effective arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament solutions and raised awareness of the threats and the human impacts posed by mass casualty weapons.
There is no plausible military scenario, no morally defensible reason, nor any legally justifiable basis for threatening or using nuclear weapons first—if at all.
The Arms Control Association warmly congratulates Nihon Hidankyo (the Japan Confederation of A & H Sufferers) for the well-deserved recognition from the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee.
The Arms Control Association strongly condemns Iran’s Oct. 1 ballistic missile attack against Israel in response to Israel's bombardment of targets in Lebanon, its assassination of Hezbollah leaders, and its rejection of international appeals for a cease fire.
The Pentagon review of the program claims that there are no alternatives to the Sentinel program that could meet their "requirements" for 400 missiles through the year 2070.
The Biden administration internal review of Israel's use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza side-steps the question of whether the weapons were used in a manner consistent with U.S. and international humanitarian law.
April 4, Daryl G. Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, and Carol Giacomo, editor of Arms Control Today, interview Assistant Secretary Mallory Stewart on engaging Russia and China on Arms Control.
The Arms Control Association joins a prestigious group of organizations specializing in humanitarian assistance and international security on a letter to President Joe Biden to express our deep concern regarding continued U.S. security assistance to Israel despite Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid, an apparent violation of U.S. law.
Workers and technicians at the U.S. Army’s Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado and the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky were selected as the 2023 Arms Control Persons of the Year.
These nominees and their outstanding efforts during the past year illustrate how many different people can, in a variety of creative and sometimes courageous ways, contribute to a safer world for the generations of today and tomorrow.