Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)

General Debate opens; leaders urge cooperation and UNSC reform; Trump attempts to snapback sanctions on Iran, allies decline; and Special Envoy for Syria describes "ray of hope"…

The move comes as the Trump administration is  expected to try to 'snapback' UN Iran sanctions, collapse nuclear deal

An extension of New START would provide the United States the time and space to negotiate a follow-on arms control accord with Russia, China, and other nuclear powers.

Any US efforts that undermine key treaties would erode the global nonproliferation regime that advances the safety of civil nuclear technologies.

Renewed questions over the US nuclear umbrella, NATO and a new fighter jet obscure the reality of the country's most likely options.

Almost every problem that critics say this nuclear-weapons pact doesn't solve would be aggravated if the treaty expires.

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Resuming testing provides no strategic benefit and would undermine a treaty that has curbed the spread of nuclear weapons for more than 50 years.

More ambitious talks with the Russians and Chinese are a laudable goal. But they can be pursued smartly and without unnecessarily high risk.

Despite the destructive capability of hypersonic weapons, international arms control law currently does little to regulate their development, testing, or production.

The chances of successfully negotiating a new, complex deal including China were already slim before the coronavirus pandemic. Now, in the midst of what clearly will be an extended…

DoD now acknowledges it has deployed a new, sea-based nuclear warhead capability. But the administration’s stated rationale for the new weapon is deeply flawed, and the decision…