Over the last decade and more, nuclear war has grown increasingly likely. This June, UN Secretary General António Guterres warned that, given the heightened risk of nuclear annihilation, “humanity is ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian ballistic missiles being prepared for a parade. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images) The expiration this week ...

What does conventional arms control mean for how wars end? Even the longest wars terminate, and many conflicts end with some kind of agreement, even if it is unconditional surrender. Yet the term ...

Since the revelations in February that Russia has been developing a nuclear-armed anti-satellite weapon, much of the U.S. government’s efforts in response have focused on trying to prevent Russia from ...

The Biden administration is putting at risk strategic stability with China. Last month, China suspended fledgling arms control talks with the U.S., claiming that such engagements could not go on while ...

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 ...

That public statement is not from any peacenik or ideologue on the left, but rather President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his often-referenced Farewell Address. He delivered the address to the nation ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday called for U.S. nuclear experts to begin work on what he described as a "new, improved, and modernized Treaty," arguing that the United States should move away from ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent trip to Central Asia, where he emphasized that the United States supports the territorial integrity of regional countries and hopes to expand economic ties, ...

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