Updated February 2024 Background The United States and Russia signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) on April 8, 2010. The United States ratified the treaty on December 22, 2011 and it entered into force on February 5, 2011. The Russian Federation extended the treaty on January 27, 2021 and the United States […]
Rex Tillerson on Nuclear Weapons Issues
During his confirmation hearing, Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson provided some of the first concrete indications of the incoming Trump administration’s positions on nuclear weapons issues. By and large, to the extent that Mr. Tillerson represents future stances of the Trump administration, his testimony was very encouraging on nuclear questions. This is particularly good news, […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Interviewed on Fox News
Watch the interview here.
Center Contributor Dr. Jim Walsh Quoted in WJLA
Read the full piece in the WJLA. “You don’t make pronouncements about nuclear policy or nuclear doctrine over Twitter,” said Jim Walsh, a professor at the MIT security studies program and contributor at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “When you do that, you’re likely to upset your allies, particularly European allies, and you […]
National Advisory Board Member Sen. Byron L. Dorgan Quoted in Santa Fe New Mexican News
Read the full piece in Santa Fe New Mexican News. “The statements made by President-elect Trump undermine decades of work the United States and its allies have been involved in to reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles and to prevent the additional proliferation of nuclear weapons,” said Byron L. Dorgan, a former senator from North Dakota and […]
