The Hill

How to avoid a new nuclear arms race — at least for now

On Feb. 5, New START, the last treaty limiting U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arms, will expire — a dark milestone. But President Trump has an opportunity to put off such a nuclear competition and ...
The Economist

America risks a nuclear-arms race with China

ROBERT OPPENHEIMER, the father of America’s nuclear bomb, described his country’s atomic rivalry with the Soviet Union as “two scorpions in a bottle”. The risks of this stand-off have been contained ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Nuclear arms control and disarmament after New START

Editor’s note: This is part of an “experts comment” series on the expiration of New START. The expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) this week means that the United States ...
The Economist

If it starts, a nuclear-arms race will be unstoppable

THE WORLD stands on the brink of a nuclear-arms race. If one can be avoided, a big reason will be this: currently, the first country to start such a race risks paying a terrible price. Rogue states ...
NPR

Are we entering a new nuclear arms race?

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Christine E. Wormuth of the Nuclear Threat Initiative about the state of a potential nuclear arms race now that the current nuclear-arms-control treaty has expired.