Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile is test-launched from the Ohio-class U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California, U.S. March 26, 2018. Picture taken March 26, 2018. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ronald Gutridge/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC18839E3160

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Experts discuss the politics of New START and strategic nuclear modernization

Thursday, January 17, 2019

National flags of Russia and the U.S. fly at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RC1B182A80F0

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Is there a glimmer of hope for the INF Treaty?

Thursday, December 27, 2018

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Will Europe try to save the INF Treaty?

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Falling apart? The politics of New START and strategic modernization

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

Experts

Robert Einhorn

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative

Strobe Talbott

Distinguished Fellow in Residence - Foreign Policy

Suzanne Maloney

Deputy Director - Foreign Policy

Senior Fellow - Center for Middle East Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

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Research

The Proton-M booster blasts off with the Spanish Hispasats Amazonas 5 communication satellite at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1FD95AED70

Report

Safeguarding the heavens: The United States and the future of norms of behavior in outer space

June 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he steps off his plane upon arriving at Paya Lebar Air Base in Singapore, ahead of a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, June 10, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - RC1D1CCFFD80

North Korea

Singapore and beyond: Options for denuclearizing North Korea

June 2018

U.S. President Barack Obama ( L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) exchange documents after signing the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) at Prague Castle in Prague, April 8, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) - GM1E6481MCS01

Arms Control

The future of New START

Steven Pifer, Daryl Kimball, and Anatoli Diakov

May 2018

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Events

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty: Does it have a future?

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Meeting U.S. deterrence requirements

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Nuclear arms control choices for the next administration

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) (2nd L) speaks during a news conference about his opposition to moving forward on a vote to ratify the START treaty during the current lame duck session, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 21, 2010. Also pictured are Senator John Thune (R-SD) (L), Senator James Risch (R-ID) (2nd R) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (R). REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E6CM03QN01

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To save arms control, House Dems should act like a GOP senator

Thursday, November 15, 2018

U.S. President Ronald Reagan (R) Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev sign the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty in the White House in Washington December 8, 1987. REUTERS/Dennis Paquin (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - GF2E63U1K2L04

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RIP INF: The end of a landmark treaty

Thursday, November 1, 2018

National flags of Russia and the U.S. fly at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RC1B182A80F0

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After INF, is New START next to go?

Monday, October 29, 2018

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Op-Ed

Cultural bias clouds US policies on weapons of mass destruction

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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As Russia and China improve their conventional military capabilities, should the US rethink its assumptions on extended nuclear deterrence?

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

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The Trump administration is preparing a major mistake on the INF Treaty

Friday, October 19, 2018