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 ...
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 ...
It is a commonplace that the danger of nuclear weapons is becoming more severe year by year. This is reflected in the Bulletin’s Doomsday Clock, for which the time to midnight has declined steadily ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A group of 12 non-nuclear weapon states, including Japan, called Monday for closer cooperation and urgent arms control ...
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 ...
END OF AN ERA: ‘IF IT EXPIRES, IT EXPIRES’: As of tomorrow, there will be no constraints on what the U.S. and Russia can do to build up and modernize their nuclear arsenals. The New START treaty, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov attends a meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow ...