Program
Nuclear Policy
The End of Arms Control?
commentary
A Commonsense Policy for Avoiding a Disastrous Nuclear Decision

The system for launching a nuclear strike in response to an enemy attack is fraught and risky. A delayed response option would make everyone safer.

  • James A. Winnefeld Jr.
· September 10, 2019
Q&A
What Happens If the Last Nuclear Arms Control Treaty Expires?

New START is the last nuclear arms control pact left between the United States and Russia. If it isn’t extended, there will be no limits on either countries’ nuclear arsenals for the first time in decades.

In the Media
Bringing Russia’s New Nuclear Weapons Into New START

The New START Treaty provides a framework for limiting the most worrisome of Russia’s new nuclear weapons systems.

· August 13, 2019
Lawfare
commentary
What’s in it for China? A Beijing Insider’s Surprising Insight on Nuclear Arms Control

China has long snubbed invitations to join U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control talks. Carnegie’s George Perkovich and a top Chinese nuclear expert discuss why the United States might regret it if China said yes.

· July 30, 2019
In the Media
China in a World with No U.S.-Russia Treaty-Based Arms Control

The potential collapse of the New START Treaty between the United States and Russia poses significant implications for Chinese nuclear thinking

· April 1, 2019
Center for Naval Analyses
article
Nuclear Deterrence: A Guarantee or Threat to Strategic Stability?

Nuclear deterrence can serve as a pillar of international security only in conjunction with negotiations and agreements on the limitation, reduction, and nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. Without them, deterrence fuels an endless arms race, while any serious crisis between the great powers will bring them to the brink of nuclear war.

· March 22, 2019
article
Strategic Stability in the Changing World

Strategic stability has fundamentally changed in the twenty-first century. To maintain or even strengthen it requires many long-standing ideas and policies to be rethought and overhauled.

· March 21, 2019
commentary
Statement on the INF Treaty and Recommendations for Managing the Fallout of U.S. Withdrawal

Russia’s violation of the INF Treaty is a serious problem. However, U.S. withdrawal from the treaty without an effective strategy to focus political blame and strategic pressure on Russia, and to unify allies in a shared effort to stabilize alarming military competitions, would be counterproductive.

· January 30, 2019
In the Media
The INF Treaty Is Doomed. We Need a New Arms-Control Framework

The fate of the INF Treaty is a wake-up call to arms controllers and strategists on both sides of the East-West divide.

· January 25, 2019
Defense One
commentary
A Farewell to Arms . . . Control

In the past, arms control has served as a continuation of politics. Yet amid the U.S.-Russian standoff today, there is no guarantee that logic will continue to apply.

· April 17, 2018