Nuclear Weapons

While the global stockpile of nuclear weapons has been significantly reduced since the Cold War, there are still an estimated 15,000 nuclear weapons in nine different countries — 93% of which belong to the United States and Russia. The United States is committed to spending up to $1 trillion over the next thirty years on an ambitious nuclear modernization plan updating all three legs — air, sea, and ground — of the nuclear triad.

RECENT ANALYSIS ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS

• Op-ed: In the Shadow of Reagan’s Legacy, Trump is Failing October 26, 2018
• Op-ed: There’s no such thing as a perfect nuclear arms deal. Trump doesn’t get that. October 25, 2018
• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Kill the Treaty October 24, 2018
• Trump says he’ll scrap a Cold War-era missile deal with Russia, which could throw ‘another hand grenade’ into NATO October 24, 2018
• Consequences of INF Treaty withdrawal October 23, 2018
• A Look At Trump’s Plan To Withdraw From Nuke Treaty With Russia October 23, 2018
• Would INF Withdrawal Recreate a Nuclear Hair-Trigger World? October 23, 2018
• Video Explainer: What is the INF Treaty? October 22, 2018
• President Trump to withdraw from Russian nuclear treaty October 22, 2018
• Donald Trump’s INF exit: Masterminded by John Bolton, to Russia’s benefit October 22, 2018