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Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Working to limit & eventually eliminate the nuclear threat through Congressional & public outreach. armscontrolcenter.org

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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Neighbors Against Nukes map tracks: 👣 Nuclear threats in your backyard 🪧 Local history of anti-nuclear action ✌️ Strategies to join the movement Chart your path to protecting your community: kumu.io/NeighborsAga... #NeighborsAgainstNukes #NuclearWeapons 🧵2/2
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Neighbors Against Nukes
The Neighbors Against Nukes Map is a tool to help folks explore the ways in which nuclear weapons have impacted their own communities and how they can get involved today in the fight against these ...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ever wonder how nuclear weapons impact your community? 🧵 Our program manager, Emma Sandifer, spent a year mapping the footprint of nuclear weapons across our neighborhoods — and was left surprised AND encouraged. 👇 🧵1/2
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Gregory Koblentz @gregkoblentz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The US is refusing to pay its annual dues to the OPCW. A bipartisan group of nonpro and natsec experts have called upon @state-department.bsky.social to fund the global CW watchdog immediately. @armscontrolnow.bsky.social @nukesofhazard.bsky.social armscontrolcenter.org/time-to-fund...
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Time To Fund the OPCW - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
By John Erath Since 1993, chemical weapons have killed thousands, with many times more affected, often suffering for years. This despite the Chemical Weapons Convention ban on such activity and a gene...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
National security analyst & author @joecirin.bsky.social talked about the historical fallacy of national missile defense during the #CACNP26 annual conference earlier this month. 🔗 Listen to the Nukes of Hazard episode now: ow.ly/jAll50ZSlzc
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you @khanna.house.gov for delivering the keynote address at #CACNP2026. “If you ask Americans if they’d rather have $200M more for child care, college or school funding, or $200M more for the DOD, no one is choosing war. Funding war is out of touch with the American people.” Well put.
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Heidi Peltier with @costsofwar.bsky.social: The estimated cost of the GWOT that began in 2001 will be at least $8T. The war in Iran has cost Americans more than $100B in fuel costs alone. #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@tessbridgeman.bsky.social kicks off our second panel with a discussion of the cost of endless wars: what we knew on the front end, what was estimated about what the cost would be, have we gotten what we paid for and have they come at the expense of what might have made us safer? #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Executive Director John Tierney: We've seen a reduction of nuclear weapons from 70,000 to 12,000 due to diplomacy. When are we going to see a reduction from these systems that are purported to fight them? #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Thank you to @andrewfacini.com, @joecirin.bsky.social, @lauraegrego.bsky.social and Clayton Swope at @csis.org for the brilliant conversation picking apart the fallacy of missile defense and the false sense of security the Golden Dome and space weapons provide at enormous cost. #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@joecirin.bsky.social: Relentless exposure of the fallacy of the idea of missile defense is necessary to get rid of it as well as Congressional action. Someone says they have a missile defense program that will work? Prove it. Stay on it. #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@joecirin.bsky.social: The easiest way to defeat missile defense is to overwhelm it. Even IF we solved all the technical problems, it would still be a terrible idea. Anything you can do, the other guy can do more of for less money. The only way forward is to negotiate them away. #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@lauraegrego.bsky.social: Golden Dome has to be far more responsive than Starlink. An adversary trying to get around Golden Dome might detonate a nuke in space in order to sweep out interceptors, or do just enough to overwhelm a system -- say it was built for a salvo of 10, you launch 11. #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Clayton Swope with @csis.org: The first unintended consequence is you are extenuating this chokepoint scenario. The second is unimpeded overflight rights -- anyone can use space. How can you jeopardize that? What if a country says you can't fly over my country with a missile? #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Clayton Swope with @csis.org: When I think about Golden Dome it's like everything in life: there are trade-offs. Front and center, what are you trying to do? And in space in particular, what are the unintended consequences, the ones we can perceive today? #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@lauraegrego.bsky.social: Our resources are better directed in diplomacy, arms control and disarmament. #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@lauraegrego.bsky.social: The Golden Dome is very ambitious, supposed to defend against everything from everyone. The most controversial part is space-based missile defense. Just to defend the lower 48 from a salvo of North Korean ICBMs would require about 24,000 interceptors. #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@lauraegrego.bsky.social: "For as long as long-range ballistic missiles have existed, there's been an appeal to the idea we could stop them using missile defense. It's a hard problem. But the technical reality has never lived up to the dream." #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Every single independent study of the Golden Dome proposal that's been written has said it won't work. And yet we keep buying it for fear of looking weak on defense. - @joecirin.bsky.social #CACNP2026
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@joecirin.bsky.social kicks our panel on the false sense of security provided by missile defense off strong starting with his work on the issue dating back to the 1980s: "It was a complete farce. None of what they said was true. None of the proposed weapons worked." $450Bs later, that's still true.
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The most important #natsec lessons to take from the September 11 attacks and the US response are about people. Our staff each offer insights into what that day meant for our work in national security now. ow.ly/Jaag50ZMG9M
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25 Years Since September 11 - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the United States via four hijacked airplanes destined for New York and Washington, D.C., killing 2,977 people and leaving thousands m...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Can Congress bring down a record Pentagon request for 2027? What should we actually be funding to keep Americans safe? On the latest #NukesOfHazard episode, we take a deep dive into the NDAA, budget reconciliation and national security: soundcloud.com/cacnp/1-tril...
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$1 Trillion and Counting: A Deep Dive Into the Pentagon Budget
This year, the Trump administration asked Congress for nearly $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon and nuclear weapons in its annual President's Budget Request — a huge increase over last year's already mas
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
True security comes from cooperation, diplomacy and lasting peace. Science allows us to maintain arsenal safety without ever needing to detonate a nuclear weapon again. In honor of #IDANT, explore our new Nuclear Testing Hub 📲: armscontrolcenter.org/issues/nucle... #Peace #NonProliferation #CTB
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Nuclear Testing - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
When the United States tested the first nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945, the world was ushered into a new age of nuclear terror. The United States, and later other nuclear powers, wielded nuclear test...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
ICYMI — Nukes of Hazard blog: While headlines focused elsewhere, Ukraine quietly turned things around on the battlefield using indigenous equipment & adapted tactics. Senior Policy Director John Erath explains why NATO must now reengage.
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After Turning the War Around on Its Own, Ukraine Needs Support - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
by John Erath, Senior Policy Director Most of the media coverage of nuclear weapons issues in 2026 has focused on Iran for good reason. Iranian production of a nuclear weapon would affect peace and se...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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75 Years Later: the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
August 6 marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, followed three days later by the bombing of Nagasaki, on August 9th. In this special episode, Nukes of Hazard host Geoff Wilson
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
August 6 and 9 mark 81 years since the U.S. nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We can't undo the past, but we can build a better future. Revisit our interview with Kathleen Burkinshaw to hear her perspective as the daughter of a survivor and about her work to eliminate nuclear weapons.
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
How do we prevent a nuclear energy program from creating nuclear weapons programs? Research Analyst Conor Donlevy revisits the first nuclear reactor to explain how Congress can prevent global proliferation in a Nukes of Hazard blog post. armscontrolcenter.org/the-united-s...
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The United States has a responsibility to uphold non-proliferation norms. Here's how it can. - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
By Conor Donlevy On December 2, 1942, Manhattan Project scientists working at the University of Chicago (including our sister organization’s founder, Leo Szilard) created the first sustained, man-made...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We cannot take the "stability" nuclear weapons offer for granted anymore. It is time to reckon with a major truth: nuclear weapons do not keep us safe, and we must scale back our arsenals.
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
“Using technological innovation for economic advantage has proved effective. Instead, U.S. budgeting remains fixed on high-cost systems,” writes Senior Policy Director John Erath about the 2027 defense budget in our Nukes of Hazard blog. armscontrolcenter.org/the-wrong-way/
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The Wrong Way - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
By John Erath  Something’s wrong. Perhaps more than one thing, but there is something specifically amiss with the recently published U.S. Defense Budget Request. The Center has, as usual, prepared a b...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We must center action that brings us closer to a world without nuclear weapons.
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Ready to conduct research and analysis about nuclear weapons and bring your knowledge to Capitol Hill? Apply to be our next Fall Intern TODAY! armscontrolcenter.org/about/jobs-a...
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Jobs and Internships - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Learn about jobs and internship opportunities and jobs available at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
ICYMI, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will be building up its nuclear arsenal. What does this new development mean for global security and non-proliferation? Listen to our latest Nukes of Hazard podcast episode: armscontrolcenter.org/frances-new-...
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France's New Nukes and the Future of European Security - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that France would increase its nuclear arsenal is a major blow to non-proliferation efforts, but what does this new development mean for European and Am...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Your friendly neighborhood Comms Associate is leaving for grad school! If you want to create content about reducing the dangers of nuclear weapons, learn more about the position and apply here: armscontrolcenter.org/about/jobs-a...
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Jobs and Internships - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Learn about jobs and internship opportunities and jobs available at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We’re introducing our new Research Analyst Conor Donlevy! Learn about what drew him to the Center and how he got interested in nuclear weapons arms control in our latest Nukes of Hazard blog post: armscontrolcenter.org/introducing-...
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Introducing the Newest Member of the Center Team: Conor Donlevy - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
By Conor Donlevy I first came across the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation as a young congressional staffer working for Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. As a recent college graduat...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Brandeis University graduate Joseph Getto explains how a strategic blunder from almost 200 years ago foreshadows AI miscalculation in modern combat in the latest post for our Next Up in Arms Control blog series. armscontrolcenter.org/the-charge-o...
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The Charge of the Silicon Brigade - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
by Joseph A. Getto* In the autumn of 1854, on the battlefields of the Crimean War, British forces under Field Marshal Lord Raglan faced Russian defenders near Sevastopol. When enemy troops seized seve...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
As Lassina Zerbo says, it takes real focus on the future and wellbeing of humanity to pass agreements that keep us safe from nuclear weapons. We need leaders who understand the bigger picture.
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Senior Policy Director John Erath led a simulation with students in which the P5 — the United States, China, France, the United Kingdom and Russia — debated a treaty on the use of AI with nuclear weapons. Here are his takeaways: armscontrolcenter.org/students-lea...
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Students Learn Valuable Diplomacy Lessons In Arms Control Simulation  - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
By John Erath  On April 27, a group of students from American University’s Semester in Washington program were the first to participate in the Center’s new simulation of multilateral arms control. The...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
BOTTOM LINE: Hiding funds in reconciliation means less oversight and less insight on expenses for taxpayers, watchdog organizations, Congress and people like YOU. More of our analysis here: armscontrolcenter.org/fiscal-year-... (3/3)
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Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
FY26 enacted levels come from the FY27 Department of Defense Budget Justification Books for each service branch as well as the Procurement Programs (P-1) and Research Development, Test & Evaluation Pr...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
3. There have been SIGNIFICANT ⬆️ requested for Columbia class subs, B-52 procurement, plutonium pit production at Los Alamos, Aegis, THAAD... 4. The $0 for the submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) is because the Pentagon is struggling to spend last year's request (2/3)
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
OUR TOP TAKEAWAYS from the FY27 Budget Request, A 🧵: 1. The total request for nuclear weapons spending is $98 BILLION, an $11 billion ⬆️ over last year 2. Much of the $85.8 billion for missile defeat/defense is "hidden" in reconciliation (1/3) armscontrolcenter.org/fiscal-year-...
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Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
FY26 enacted levels come from the FY27 Department of Defense Budget Justification Books for each service branch as well as the Procurement Programs (P-1) and Research Development, Test & Evaluation Pr...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
So what’s the deal with Iran’s nuclear program, and how can the United States prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon? Congress’ only PhD physicist Rep. Bill Foster answers critical questions in our latest podcast Nukes of Hazard episode: soundcloud.com/cacnp/congre...
House Representative Bill Foster sits to the left of and speaks to former Research Analyst Sam Hickey across a brown circular table. A paper cup and a Macbook are on the table. A photo of a national laboratory is behind them on a blue wall.
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Research Analyst @connormmurray.bsky.social details his three big takeaways from the President's Budget Request. What do they all have in common? MORE MONEY for WAR instead of the programs Americans really need. Stay tuned for more analysis from the Center.
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Say it with me (and Soviet dissident and physicist Andrei Sakharov): There are NO WINNERS in a nuclear war!
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
We need negotiators to know what they're talking about for diplomatic talks with Iran to move forward. Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL-11) breaks down misconceptions about the Iran nuclear program and how to get out of this war in our latest Nukes of Hazard podcast episode.  soundcloud.com/cacnp/congre...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“Offhand recognition of North Korea’s nuclear status might lead to a precarious status on the Korean Peninsula, moving further from the shared goal of denuclearization in East Asia,” writes SeungHwan Kim in our Next Up in Arms Control blog series. armscontrolcenter.org/when-recogni...
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When Recognition Becomes a Risk: Risky Trumpian Rhetoric - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
by SeungHwan Kim* On October 24, 2025, President Donald Trump, aboard Air Force One en route to Asia, made a short remark with profound implications about North Korea (DPRK): “Well, I think they are s...
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The hateful remarks from President Donald Trump yesterday should be a wake-up call: not only would "destroying an entire civilization" be a war crime, the President holds the capability to do so with nuclear weapons. We must restrict his powers over nuclear weapons and war!
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It's time to leave these useless weapons as relics of the past.
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Last year, Research Analyst Connor Murray and then-Scoville Fellow Marlena Broeker argued that a European nuclear deterrent is not “politically inadvisable.” Their analysis rings true today. www.justsecurity.org/110560/doubt...
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Doubts Concerning America’s Reliability Should Not Lead to a European Nuclear Deterrent
Stepping away from NATO would reduce U.S. leverage over European allies, potentially leading to more nuclear-armed states.
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Lifting sanctions on Syrian chemical weapons scientists “weakens the global norm against chemical weapons,” writes member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group of Chemical and Biological Threats Greg Koblentz in his latest co-authored piece. warontherocks.com/2026/03/why-...
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Why Did the United States Lift Sanctions on Assad’s Chemical Weapons Scientists?
On June 30, 2025, as part of the process of normalizing relations with Damascus following the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Trump
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
APPLY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! If you’re looking for a position in which you can speak to key policymakers about the necessity of nuclear non-proliferation, this could be the job for you. Application deadline March 20. armscontrolcenter.org/about/jobs-a...
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Jobs and Internships - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
"A renewed offer to retrieve Iran’s 60% enriched uranium 'under the supervision of the Agency [IAEA]' and to down-blend it to lower enrichment... [would be] well worth bargaining," writes @livableworld.bsky.social board member Robert Goldston in Nukes of Hazard. armscontrolcenter.org/irans-stockp...
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Iran's Stockpile of Highly Enriched Uranium: Worth Bargaining For? - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
By Robert Goldston, Guest Contributor and Member of the Council for a Livable World Board  On March 15, 2026, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Margaret Brennan of CBS Face the Nation, “I o...
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