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Global nuclear arms control under pressure in 2026

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 ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Lessons from the UN’s first resolution on AI in nuclear command and control

In November, the General Assembly’s First Committee, adopted a resolution that looks at the risks of integrating AI into nuclear weapons.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Can minimum deterrence save nuclear arms control?

Prospects for Russian–American strategic nuclear arms control seemed unfavorable in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and Russia’s later suspension of formal participation ...
Time

The Collapse of Global Arms Control

As the clock struck midnight on Nov. 7 in Moscow, the Kremlin defiantly renounced its membership in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), once thought of as a pillar of European ...
CounterPunch

Nuclear Arms Control Disappearing Before Our Eyes

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 ...
CounterPunch

Nuclear Arms Control: When Will the Lost Chance Be the Last Chance?

In the eighty years since of the atomic bombings of Japan dozens of opportunities to halt the macabre march of nuclear weapons development have been wasted. Starting with the mistaken U.S. decision to ...
The Diplomat

Trump Wants Nuclear Arms Control Talks With China and Russia. Here’s Where to Start.

Amid the political flux surrounding the fate of European ties with the United States, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a somber yet fair assessment of the global nuclear order. Questioning the ...
War on the Rocks

Beyond Human-in-the-Loop: Managing AI Risks in Nuclear Command-and-Control

On Nov. 16, U.S. and Chinese leaders met on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, jointly affirming “the need to maintain human control over the decision to use ...
The Diplomat

China-US Nuclear Arms Control Talks: A Much-Needed First Step

For the first time in years, the United States and China held discussions on nuclear arms control in Washington, D.C. on November 6. The last time that such an engagement took place was when the Obama ...
Foreign Affairs

Arms Control Is Not Dead Yet

Nearly every week since taking office in January, U.S. President Donald Trump has had something to say about controlling nuclear weapons. In comments to Fox News in March, for example, he referred to ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Oppenheimer’ only makes it harder to control nuclear weapons

The movie “Oppenheimer” hypes a serious issue of national survival, and in the process makes matters much, much worse. By mythologizing J. Robert Oppenheimer (and in the process ascribing god-like ...