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"...the Arms Control Association [does] so much to keep the focus on the issues so important to everyone here, to hold our leaders accountable to inspire creative thinking and to press for change. So we are grateful for your leadership and for the unyielding dedication to global nuclear security."
– Lord Des Browne
Vice Chairman, Nuclear Threat Initiative
Nuclear Nonproliferation
  • Pandemic Reveals Misplaced Priorities
    April 1, 2020

    For decades, national security and health experts have warned of the risks of global threats that are simply too big for one country to handle, such as disease pandemics, climate change, and nuclear war. For many years, the response of our national and global leaders has fallen short.

  • NPT Review Conference Postponed
    April 1, 2020

    Reflecting public health concerns, the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty review conference, scheduled to begin Apr. 27, has been postponed.

  • Iran Boosts Enriched Uranium Stockpile
    April 1, 2020

    As Iran stores more nuclear material than allowed by the 2015 nuclear deal, it continues to allow IAEA monitoring of its nuclear activities.

  • IAEA Urges Iran to Cooperate
    April 1, 2020

    Tehran has stonewalled efforts to investigate allegations that it may be storing undeclared nuclear materials or information.

  • Surging U.S. Nuclear Weapons Budget a Growing Danger
    March 18, 2020

    The Trump administration’s excessive strategy to replace nearly the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal at roughly the same time is a ticking budget time bomb, even at historically high levels of national defense spending.

  • IAEA Raises Safeguards Questions | P4+1 and Iran Nuclear Deal Alert, March 18, 2020
    March 17, 2020
    The IAEA released two new reports detailing Iran’s implementation of its broad and JCPOA-specific safeguards agreements with the Agency, indicating that Iran has not taken further steps to breach the nuclear deal. The members of the governing JCPOA Joint Commission met in Vienna in an attempt to salvage the deal, and a trade channel opened to facilitate necessary humanitarian trade with Iran.
  • The IAEA’s March Reports on Iran’s Nuclear Activities Raise Questions
    March 16, 2020
    Two new reports by the IAEA detail the status of Iran’s nuclear program and raise questions about its compliance with its international legal obligations. While Iran continues to comply with its JCPOA-related safeguards and has not taken further steps to breach the 2015 nuclear deal, the IAEA is investigating possible undeclared nuclear activities likely related to Iran’s pre-2004 nuclear weapons research.
  • U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control Watch, March 13, 2020
    March 13, 2020
    The United States continues pushing for trilateral arms control negotiations with Russia and China, but deflects questions about the future of New START, which gains additional international support. The Trump administration has yet to decide the future of the Open Skies Treaty and responds to President Putin's January proposal of a meeting with the leaders of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
  • Risks and Realities of Extending the UN Arms Embargo on Iran
    March 5, 2020
    On a superficial level, calls for extending the arms embargo on Iran may seem like a useful and politically expedient response to Iran’s aggressive activities in the Middle East region. But in reality, such exhortations could undermine regional security.
  • Defining U.S. Goals for the NPT: An Interview with U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey Eberhardt
    March 1, 2020

    The State Department’s head of delegation to the 2020 NPT Review Conference provides the U.S. perspective on the meeting.

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