The fragile global legal framework for nuclear weapons control faces further setbacks in 2026, eroding guardrails to avoid a nuclear crisis. The first half of the year will see two key events: the ...
Nobel laureates met with nuclear experts last month to discuss AI and the end of the world — and if that sounds like the opening to a sci-fi blockbuster set in the apocalypse, you’re not alone. As ...
The United Nations rarely moves fast on disarmament. This year, though, it did something unusual. On November 6, the General Assembly’s First Committee, where states debate over questions of ...
U.S. Strategic Command has begun this year’s edition of the annual nuclear command & control exercise known as Global Thunder. As we mentioned in last month’s article on what is believed to have been ...
When NewSTART (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, 2010) expires on February 5, 2026, Russia and the U.S. will face the prospect of a new nuclear arms race unconstrained by bilateral agreements. Since ...
Editor’s note: This article belongs to a two-part series about addressing the nuclear arms control trilemma. Read the second article in the series. The extended New START arms control agreement ...
Nuclear defense in a tripolar world would be complex and expensive. For this reason, the United States, Russia, and China could still have a shared interest in arms control agreements. The New START ...
THE INCIPIENT nuclear-arms race may start in earnest in 2026. New START, the last treaty limiting American and Russian long-range nuclear weapons, expires in February. There will not be enough time to ...