Editor’s note: This is part of an “experts comment” series on the expiration of New START. With the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expiring this week, remedial measures can be adopted ...

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 ...

The Waste Policy Committee of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Panel met this week to hear updates on Congressional action on nuclear waste-related bills and potential changes in federal nuclear ...

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 ...

In the coming years, the United States’ nuclear arsenal is likely to change in two important ways. First, recent statements by Biden administration officials suggest the United States may expand its ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This is part of an “experts comment” series on the expiration of New START. The expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) this week means that the United States ...

President Emmanuel Macron’s speech on 2 March, on the future of French nuclear deterrence, is already being framed as a watershed moment for European security. The announcement that France will expand ...

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 ...