By Greg Thielmann
As warnings of the Iranian ICBM threat continue to emanate from the halls of Congress and the sound bytes of strategic missile defense advocates, it is worth taking a moment to observe the yawning gap between the rhetoric and the evidence.
This bulletin highlights significant events in the world of arms control in the coming week, as compiled by staff and friends of the Arms Control Association. (Send your suggestions for events to be covered here.)
By Greg Thielmann
The 2013 Arms Control Compliance Report issued by the State Department on July 12 showed little change in the assessments of U.S.-Russian arms control treaty compliance provided by last year's report.
By Kelsey Davenport
Delegates gather at the IAEA on July 1 for the opening of the International Conference on Nuclear Security.
Missile interceptor test lights up the night sky
By Tom Z. Collina
President Lyndon Johnson looking on as Secretary of State Dean Rusk prepares to sign the NPT, 1 July 1968.(Source: Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library.)
By Daryl G. Kimball
This bulletin, posted on Fridays, highlights significant events in the world of arms control in the coming week, as compiled by staff and friends of the Arms Control Association. (Send suggestions for events to be covered here.)
- Jefferson Morley, Senior Editorial Consultant, Arms Control Today
Missile Defense Faces July Test
By Tom Z. Collina
By Daryl G. Kimball
By Timothy Farnsworth
In recent years, cyber attacks and the threats they pose have grown in sophistication, from low-level disruption and data theft—which are still a majority of cyber attacks—to high-level espionage and destruction.
