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"...the Arms Control Association [does] so much to keep the focus on the issues so important to everyone here, to hold our leaders accountable to inspire creative thinking and to press for change. So we are grateful for your leadership and for the unyielding dedication to global nuclear security."

– Lord Des Browne
Vice Chairman, Nuclear Threat Initiative
October 20, 2014
Treaties and Agreements
  • Getting Back on Course
    August 31, 2020

    Seventy-five years after the horrific atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we all still live under the existential threat of a catastrophic nuclear war.

  • Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the NTP
    August 31, 2020

    In this second in a series, panelists analyze the legal relationship between the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and the NPT, including how the TPNW contributes to NPT Article VI disarmament objectives and the status of efforts to bring the TPNW into force.

  • CBO Report Strengthens Case for New START Extension
    August 28, 2020
    A new CBO report eviscerates the claim by the Trump administration’s top arms control official that the United States can spend Russia and China “into oblivion” in a new arms race.
  • WEBINAR: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
    August 27, 2020
  • The Dangerous Consequences of Trump’s Plan to Snapback UN Sanctions on Iran
    August 17, 2020
    Attempting to unilaterally snapback sanctions would be a dangerous escalation in the Trump administration’s already irresponsible policy toward Iran that could have serious ramifications for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the future of the Security Council.
  • Security Council Rejects Iran Arms Embargo Extension
    August 17, 2020
    The UN Security Council rejected a U.S. resolution to extend the UN arms embargo on Iran. Iran demonstrated its new missile capability and Elliot Abrams as named the U.S. Special Envoy for Iran, replacing Brian Hook.
  • U.S.-Russian Arms Control Working Groups Meet
    August 5, 2020
    U.S. and Russian delegations meet in Vienna to discuss space security and nuclear arms control. States-parties to the Open Skies Treaty move forward with figuring out how the treaty will work following U.S. likely official withdrawal in November. U.S. Space Command says Russia tested an anti-satellite weapon.
  • The Limits of Breakout Estimates in Assessing Iran’s Nuclear Program
    August 4, 2020

    Iran’s recent steps to breach the limits imposed on its nuclear program under the JCPOA have rekindled the debate about how quickly its nuclear program could “breakout,” or produce enough nuclear material for a bomb.

  • Explosion at Natanz Damages Centrifuge Production Building
    July 16, 2020
    An explosion at Iran’s Natanz enrichment facility appears to have impacted the country’s nuclear program, but the IAEA said its safeguards activities at that site were unimpeded. The U.S. continues its push to extend the arms embargo on Iran at the UN Security Council, and Iran’s parliament has approved a plan to halt implementation of the additional protocol to the country’s safeguards agreement with the IAEA.
  • IAEA Board Presses Iran
    July 1, 2020

    The IAEA Board of Governors approved a resolution calling on Iran to provide more information about its past nuclear activities.

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