Earlier this month, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists published its annual assessment of China’s nuclear forces. The authors of the latest assessment state that China has gone through significant expansion and modernization of its nuclear forces as well as enhancing the size of its arsenal. Despite the relative lack of transparency involving China’s nuclear weapons program, … Read more
International arms control is undergoing the most drastic changes since the end of the Cold War. The major pillars of the established arms control framework, such as the Anti-Ballistic Missile, the Intermediate Nuclear Forces, the Open Skies, and the New Strategic Arms Reduction (START) treaties, are either dead or dying. The United States, one of … Read more
The Missile Defense Agency’s Flight Test 06b Ground-Based Interceptor launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on June 22, 2014. Credit: U.S. Missile Defense Agency In a June speech, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan indicated that the United States would need new strategies to achieve its longstanding goal to “reduce the risk of nuclear conflict.” … Read more