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"Though we have acheived progress, our work is not over. That is why I support the mission of the Arms Control Association. It is, quite simply, the most effective and important organization working in the field today." 

– Larry Weiler
Former U.S.-Russian arms control negotiator
August 7, 2018
United States
  • The Enduring Impact of Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative
    September 1, 2023

    Four decades later, SDI continues to shape the international dialogue on strategic stability.

  • The Oppenheimer Legacy
    September 1, 2023

    The film Oppenheimer, about the physicist who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, landed in theaters at an apt moment.

  • Atoms and Ambiguity
    September 1, 2023

    If J. Robert Oppenheimer were still alive, what would he say about his legacy?

  • The People the Oppenheimer Film Erased
    September 1, 2023

    By omitting realistic narratives about the women and native people who were integral to the Manhattan Project, the film contributes to abstract, idealized notions of nuclear weapons.

  • Physicists Built the Bomb, Urged Restraint Too
    September 1, 2023

    During the Cold War and afterward, Soviet and U.S. physicists and other scientists repeatedly made a positive impact on international and national nuclear policies.

  • U.S. Says Ukraine Gives Cluster Munitions Assurances
    September 1, 2023

    The United States transferred the weapons, which are banned in more than 100 countries, after Ukraine said they will be used against Russian forces, not in civilian-populated urban areas. 

     

  • Lawmakers Seek Overdue Justice for Nuclear Victims
    September 1, 2023

    Renewed bipartisan efforts are underway to expand a federal program offering health care and compensation to victims of U.S. nuclear weapons testing. 

  • U.S. Completes Landmark CWC Destruction
    September 1, 2023

    The destruction of the last U.S. chemical weapon marked the final step in eliminating the world’s known stockpiles.  

  • ‘Oppenheimer’, the bomb, and arms control, then and now
    July 29, 2023

    Christopher Nolan’s mesmerizing, thought-provoking, and sometimes disturbing feature-length film, Oppenheimer, provides a jolting, timely reminder for millions of moviegoers that nuclear weapons are anything but normal because the leaders of a few nations have the power to destroy us all. But it also leaves the viewers with lots of questions unaddressed in the film.

  • Transfer of Banned Cluster Munitions to Ukraine Is the Wrong Move
    July 6, 2023

    Some types of lethal U.S. and European military assistance to Ukraine, including cluster munitions, would be escalatory, counterproductive, and only further increase the dangers to civilians caught in combat zones

  • Why President Biden Should Not Transfer Prohibited Cluster Bombs to Ukraine
    July 3, 2023

    Providing some types of lethal U.S. and European military assistance to Ukraine would be escalatory, counterproductive, and only further increase the dangers to civilians caught in combat zones and those who will, someday, return to their cities, towns, and farms.

  • A Plan to Reduce Nuclear Dangers in a Time of Peril
    July 1, 2023

    Deteriorating relations between the major nuclear powers have stymied progress on nuclear arms control and disarmament for more than a decade. As bleak as the situation is, however, reports of the death of nuclear arms control are greatly exaggerated, and last month, the Biden administration outlined a viable path for moving back from the nuclear brink that deserves serious attention and support.

  • AUKUS as a Nonproliferation Standard?
    July 1, 2023

    Although the geopolitical rationale for the arrangement is understandable, the parties have failed to come to terms with its core problems. 

  • United States, Iran Resume Nuclear Talks
    July 1, 2023

    The two sides are unlikely to restore the 2015 nuclear deal but they could take steps to reduce tensions.

  • Congressman Aims to Bolster U.S. Hypersonics Testing
    July 1, 2023

    The Republican chairman of a House Armed Services subcommittee agrees with the Pentagon that the development of hypersonic weapons systems needs to be accelerated. 

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