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.

In Warsaw, the WMD interdiction initiative is getting a second look, and hopefully a second wind.

By Ian Williams

(Image Source: Singapore Customs Authority)

By Kelsey Davenport, Daryl G. Kimball, and Greg Thielmann

The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) May 2013 quarterly report on Iran's nuclear program indicates that Tehran is continuing to move forward on its nuclear program, installing more advanced centrifuges and building-up its stockpiles of uranium enriched to 3.5 percent and 20 percent, and moving forward on construction of its heavy water reactor at Arak.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks with reporters about Syria during a press conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Thursday, April 25, 2013. (Image source: AP)