Arms Control Association
- "Curb the Skyrocketing Cost of U.S. Nuclear Modernization," by ACA Exec. Director Daryl Kimball in the May issue of Arms Control Today. CBO estimates it will cost $946b over the next decade. A further buildup would be counterproductive, unnecessary, and even more costly. 👉 ow.ly/M4LY50VKFQt
- Today, ACA Research Assistant Shizuka Kuramitsu is a panelist at the 2025 NPT Preparatory Committee Side-Event: “Strengthening Regional Peace and Security in Northeast Asia” 🗓️ 28 April 2025 🕐 13:15–14:30 (GMT-4) 📍 UNHQ, Conference Room 8 (In-person only) Please join us!
- Will you be at #NUKECON this week? Make sure you stop by our table to pick up some vital resources and become a member! See you there!
- McGovern and Tokuda Reintroduce Resolution Calling for Renewed U.S. Leadership on Nuclear Disarmament. “Either we end nuclear weapons—or they will end us...This is not just a policy debate. It’s a question of existence.” mcgovern.house.gov/n...
- The NPT is more than 50 years old. Is it still fit for the purpose for which it was created, or is it too battered? Find out the answer to this question and more in our exclusive interview with the NPT PrepCom chairs of 2023, 2024, and 2025. Read here: www.armscontrol.org/...
- Never fall behind on arms control proposals, negotiations and agreements, and related national security issues again! Join our membership for exclusive content and alerts! Including our newest April Arms Control Today issue! Join here: armscontrol.org/join
- "...provides a critical and timely contribution to understanding the role of sanctions in disarmament and nonproliferation policy and to challenging established narratives," writes Kelsey Davenport in newest ACT book review. Read all about it here: Armscontrol.org/today
- NEW VOICES alert!💡 Read Daeyeon Lee's piece, 'The Overlooked Importance of the Korean Military Agreement' in ACT now! Read it here: www.armscontrol.org/...
- IN MEMORIAM: Sergey Rogov (1948-2025) "He dedicated his life to arms control and his credo was straightforward: Arms are inevitable; control is existential" armscontrol.org/today
- "Donald Trump rescinded his predecessor’s Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) Policy, which was intended to encourage restraint and adherence to higher human rights standards in governmental approvals of arms transfers," writes @ScovillePF Lipi Shetty www.armscontrol.org/...
- "Ultimately, the future of CBRN security depends on shaping the direction of AI innovation to balance its positive and negative externalities," Pan and Cheng write in the newest issue of ACT. Read it now: www.armscontrol.org/...
- FEATURE: Is the NPT Still Viable? An Interview With Three Diplomats Working to Keep It Alive Read this exclusive ACT interview now! www.armscontrol.org/...
- The April Issue of ACT is now online! Read now for an exclusive interview, a path forward for AI, a book review, and more! www.armscontrol.org/...
- Just published! Read our newest issue brief: Trump’s Misguided “Golden Dome” Gambit, now! "Instead of a maximalist approach that deceives America into a false sense of invincibility, the United States should adopt a “talk small, invest smart” approach to missile defense." www.armscontrol.org/...
- Published! The Art of a New Iranian Nuclear Deal in 2025 Davenport writes, "The lack of clarity around U.S. objectives for an agreement, combined with threats to use military force against Iran over both regional and nuclear issues, could stymie diplomatic efforts..." www.armscontrol.org/...
- Yesterday, ACA, with our Scoville Fellow Lipi, joined others in dropping off the book #NuclearWarAScenario to Members of Congress to raise awareness of the threat of nuclear weapons! In one day of action, we helped to deliver a book and fact sheet to all 535 MoC! #educateDONTescalate
- Please join us in welcoming our new Spring 2025 Scoville Fellow Lipi Shetty! 🤩 She is focusing on nuclear disarmament and arms control through a lens prioritizing nuclear justice. Thanks for joining us Lipi! 🥳 Read her bio here: www.armscontrol.org/...
- ACA is an independent nonprofit that depends on your support. Deepest thanks to our generous donors, members, and foundation supporters! Consider a gift today: Armscontrol.org/donate
- Just released: "Pragmatic U.S.-Iran Dialogue Essential to Prevent Second Nuclear-Armed State in the Region" Read it now: www.armscontrol.org/...
- What better than doom scrolling? Doom giving! Be part of the solution and consider becoming a member of the Arms Control Association! Armscontrol.org/join
- Today, our director for nonproliferation policy, Kelsey Davenport, participated in a War on the Rocks podcast episode. Listen in now! 👂warontherocks.com/ep...
- The rapidly changing war in Ukraine presents the CFE Treaty and its sister institution with new opportunities for advancing European stability, writes Loïc Simonet in his #ACT feature. Read it here:www.armscontrol.org/...
- The Trump administration reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to total North Korean denuclearization; Pyongyang said the goal is impossible. Read Kelsey Davenport's news analysis in Arms Control Today: www.armscontrol.org/...
- President Donald Trump announced a return to maximum pressure on Iran but reiterated support for a nuclear deal. Read Kelsey Davenport's expert news analysis here: www.armscontrol.org/...
- March is Women’s History Month. Read "The Power of Women Strike for Peace" and the importance of women in arms control now: www.armscontrol.org/...
- The president signaled interest in “denuclearization” with Russia and China, but Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and other differences are a challenge to talks. Stay up-to-date on this and more here: www.armscontrol.org/...
- Looking to keep up with weapons-related global security developments? Check out the latest news and analysis in Arms Control Today: www.armscontrol.org/...
- The nuclear football now follows President Donald Trump. For excellent historical analysis on the history and importance of the football, read William Burr’s Looking Back essay in the March issue of #ACT www.armscontrol.org/...
- Efforts to support a Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire will have to include specific conventional arms control measures for which the CFE Treaty can be a model. Read expert Loïc Simonet feature article in the new issue of Arms Control Today www.armscontrol.org/...
- “…arms control and nonproliferation is faltering. The risk of nuclear conflict is impossible to measure objectively but is certainly higher than at any time since 1962.” Read more of Tom Countryman’s feature: www.armscontrol.org/...
- The March issue of Arms Control Today is now online. Check out the news and feature articles shifting U.S. nuclear policy, options to address Iran’s nuclear program, arms control options for meaningful ceasefire in Ukraine, and more. See: www.armscontrol.org/...
- 🇺🇸With Donald Trump back at the White House, ACA Executive Director Daryl Kimball lays out the nuclear challenges facing the 47th president. Read his Focus editorial: 👉 ow.ly/SgYP50UK4A0 #Inauguration2025
- 🇺🇸 #Inauguration2025: "Trump to Regain Control of U.S. Nuclear Policy. Now What?" Five experts break down the global implications of Donald Trump’s return to the White House and its impact on arms control. 👉 www.armscontrol.org/... #Inauguration2025 #NuclearPolicy #GlobalSecurity #ArmsControl
- Did you know? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. began protesting the use of nuclear weapons as early as 1957. On this #MLKDay, we salute his legacy and ask you to join us as we continue to advocate for effective arms control policies. ow.ly/tLA250UJern #MLK
- 🇦🇹 Congratulations to Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and the Austrian Foreign Ministry for being selected as the 2024 “Arms Control Persons of the Year”! 👏 👏 #ArmsControl #ACPOY2024 ow.ly/t1Bl50UGQ6O
- 🇵🇰🇺🇸The United States accused #Pakistan of developing long- range ballistic missiles and announced new sanctions on four Pakistani entities involved with the development of those systems, write Kelsey Davenport and Daryl Kimball in the news section of Arms Control Today. ow.ly/W92M50UFHrX
- 🇺🇸 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was laid to rest last week. In Arms Control Today, Walter Slocombe writes that Carter's commitment to arms control was based on moral principles, religious faith and experience in the nuclear navy. Read his article here: www.armscontrol.org/...
- The latest issue of #ArmsControlToday, now online, looks at the expiration of the New START treaty, the regulation of autonomous weapons systems, prospects for a WMD-free zone in the Middle East, and many more topics. Click, read, and share your thoughts: http://armscontrol.o...
- 🚨Voting for the Arms Control Person(s) of the Year contest ends today! #ACPOY2024 aims to highlight initiatives designed to advance disarmament, nuclear security, and international peace, security, and justice. Review the nominees and cast your vote: armscontrol.org/acpoy
- 🇯🇵#ACPOY2024: Fumio Kishida, former Prime Minister & Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa of #Japan have been nominated for their leadership in nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, including hosting a UNSC session that produced the #FMCT initiative, and more. Cast your vote: http://ArmsControl.o...
- #ACPOY2024: Senators Sanders (I-Vt.), Welch (D-Vt.), Van Hollen (D-Md.) & others have been nominated for pressing the Biden admin to comply with laws that require suspension of arms transfers to states that don't allow humanitarian assistance to civilians in conflict. Vote: http://ArmsControl.o...
- #ACPOY2024: Savannah River Site Watch, Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, Nuclear Watch New Mexico & The South Carolina Environmental Law Project have been nominated for challenging a plan...
- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Technical Secretariat has been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for its technical assistance visits to #Ukraine while investigating allegations that #Russia used riot control agents "as a weapon of warfare." Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...
- 🇺🇸🇦🇷🇯🇵 #ACPOY2024: The United States, Argentina, and Japan have been nominated for taking action to reinforce global support for the 1967 Outer Space Treaty via a #UN resolution on “Weapons of mass destruction in outer space.” Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...
- 🇦🇹 #Austria Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for convening the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons Systems and for advancing a #UN General Assembly resolution on lethal autonomous weapons systems. Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...
- The filmmakers of three new nuclear-age documentaries have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for highlighting the devastating and long term effects of U.S. and Soviet Cold War-era nuclear weapons testing. Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...
- Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) and members of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for their leadership to challenge the rationale for and the exploding cost of the Sentinel ICBM program. Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...
- The Opinion Editors at The New York Times have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for their “At the Brink” series, which helped to raise greater awareness about the devastating impacts, massive costs, and growing dangers posed by nuclear weapons. Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...
