If Arms Control Collapses, US and Russian Strategic Nuclear Arsenals Could Double In Size February 7, 2023
Russian noncompliance with New START Treaty makes retaining limits on strategic nuclear forces even more important.
Read moreNuclear
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 75 Years After August 5, 2020
Seventy-five years later, we commemorate the nuclear attacks and the unspeakable human suffering they inflicted, which remind us of the uniquely destructive capability of nuclear weapons and the importance of ensuring that they are never used in anger again.
Read more75 Years Ago: The Trinity Nuclear Test July 16, 2020
The first ever nuclear detonation––known as the Trinity test––took place in New Mexico on July 16th, 1945. In the decades that followed, nuclear testing contaminated lands, oceans, and people, and triggered a nuclear arms race that continues to this day.
Read moreThe State Department’s Compliance Report Plays the Blame Game, Despite Offering Little Evidence June 24, 2020
The Trump administration clearly sees the Compliance Report as a tool to provide justification for shedding treaties.
Read moreA Rare Look Inside a Russian ICBM Base November 19, 2019
It’s relatively easy to observe Russian missile bases from above. It’s much harder to do it from inside. But in September, the Russian Ministry of…
Read moreSunday’s US Missile Launch, Explained. August 20, 2019
Arms Control Twitter has been abuzz since yesterday’s announcement that the United States had conducted a surprise launch of a Tomahawk missile on Sunday afternoon.
Read moreNo Bret, the U.S. Doesn’t Need More Nukes August 14, 2019
Reflexively crying “more nukes” without articulating any kind of strategic vision isn’t going to get us out of the arms race.
Read moreMixed Messages On Trump’s Missile Defense Review January 17, 2019
President Trump personally released the long-overdue Missile Defense Review today, and despite the document's assertion that “Missile Defenses are Stabilizing,” the MDR promotes a posture that is anything but.
Read moreAn X reveals a Diamond: locating Israeli Patriot batteries using radar interference November 13, 2018
Amid a busy few weeks of nuclear-related news, an Israeli researcher made a very surprising OSINT discovery that flew somewhat under the radar.
Read more30 Years After the Accident: The Meaning of Chernobyl Today?
April 26, 2016 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Leading experts came together to discuss Chernobyl on the eve of its 30th anniversary, the lessons learned, and possible implications that this fateful event has for the nuclear industry today. This special event was convened… Read More