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Arms control treaties
INF, New START, the test ban and the NPT: the treaties that limited nuclear arms, and their unraveling.
INF 10
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The Demise of the INF and the Munich Security Conference
Judging from Twitter, the Munich Security Conference is talking about the demise of the INF Treaty. Jeffrey, back in California after his…
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Pulling Out of the INF
The end of arms control, or a sub-culture run amok? In today’s special, live-recorded edition of the Arms Control Wonk podcast, Aaron and Jeffrey…
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If You See, Kay
US Ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, made some news. And not in a good way. She was trying to say that…
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Tightening the Screws on the INF
The Trump Administration is naming names, confirming what Jeffrey has long said ? that the new cruise missile Russia is building in…
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An Era Without Arms Control?
The relationship between the United States and Russia is in the toilet. The FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act contains a number…
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The INF, NATO, and the MSC
Jeffrey just returned from the Munich Security Conference. On his way back, he passed through DC where he sat down with Aaron…
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Iskander, INF and Kaliningrad
Russia deployed the Iskander missile system to its tiny enclave of Kaliningrad for a training exercise and is reportedly churning out ground-launched…
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Russian Cruise Missiles
Russian cruise missiles are in the news lately, from allegations from strikes in Syria to ongoing allegations that Russia is violating the…
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The Little Green Men and a New Cruise Missile
The INF debate continues. The controversy about Russia’s new cruise missile raises a number of key questions about American strategy in Europe:…
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Russia and the INF: Don’t Call it a Circumvention
What should we make of the United States’ conclusion that Russia has violated the INF? What do we know about the violation?…
New START 8
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(Just Like) New START is Over
The New START treaty has expired leaving the US and Russia without a bilateral limit on offensive strategic arms for the first…
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The Actual Demise of New START
New START has been in peril for years. The first episode of the pod was about the INF Treaty being in danger,…
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New New START or New Finish?
The Biden administration has been working to re-kindle New START talks with Russia, while working to deter Russian WMD use in Ukraine,…
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New START and the Future of Arms Control
President Biden has extended New START for five more years. But what are we going to do with those years? How to…
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New Year, New START, New Facilities in Iran
At the end of this awful year, Jeffry and Aaron talk about the future of arms control, the future of analytics, and…
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A Future for Arms Control?
Aaron and Jeffrey return to the topic to discuss the potential for a New Start extension and what it could mean for the…
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NEW START UP
Donald Trump ordered up a new Nuclear Posture Review and reportedly told Vladimir Putin that the New START arms control treaty was…
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START UP
Donald Trump made a bunch of crazy claims about the 2010 New START treaty, misnaming it the START UP treaty. And, on top of…
Nuclear testing and the test ban 6
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Shenanigans in Novaya Zemlya
Looks like everyone is preparing for a party. Between Russia’s potential un-signing of a nuclear test treaty, threats to test “if the…
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Renewed Nuclear Testing in China?
The Wall Street Journal reported that “China might be secretly conducting nuclear tests with very low explosive power” based on the State…
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CTBTO 2019
Jeffrey and Anne attended the CTBTO’s 2019 Science and Technology Conference in Vienna, which means this is another Wienerpod! Aaron calls in…
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Low-yield Nuclear Testing in Russia?
The United States intelligence community, or a portion of it, has concluded that Russia is conducting very low-yield nuclear tests. Aaron and…
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The Security Council and the Test Ban
Jeffrey and Aaron take to the podcast to discuss UN Security Council Resolution 2310, which calls for an end to nuclear testing…
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Interview with CTBTO’s Zerbo
Last week, Dr. Lassina Zerbo, the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBO), paid a visit to us at…
The NPT and the ban treaty 9
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Hiroshima 2023
Jeffrey is back from Hiroshima, where he participated in a Track 2 nuclear dialogue. The outlook for near-term arms control is still…
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Networked Nonproliferation with Michal Onderco
Dr. Michal Onderco, Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of Public Administration and Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, joins Jeffrey…
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ICAN wins the Nobel Peace Prize
ICAN won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its work on “for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences…
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Banning the Bomb The ban treaty negotiations
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Banning the Bomb: Part 1
Why are more than 100 countries negotiating a legally binding prohibition on nuclear weapons, at the same time that Donald Trump is…
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Banning the Bomb: Part 2
A group of countries is negotiating a convention to ban the use and possession of nuclear weapons. The chair has released a…
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Banning the Bomb III: Subsection A
122 countries just adopted a treaty banning nuclear weapons, in the same week that North Korea tested an ICBM. Andrea, Gaukhar, and…
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Banning the Bomb III: Subsection B
The second half of yesterday’s Banning the Bomb III. Make sure to listen to that one first. 122 countries just adopted…
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NPT Review Conference Follies The 2015 review conference
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NPT Review Conference Follies I
The 2015 Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, known among wonks as the REVCON, collapsed in acrimony. After weeks of debate…
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NPT Review Conference Follies II
The 2015 Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, known among wonks as the REVCON, collapsed in acrimony. If that sounds familiar,…
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Open Skies and cooperation 3
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The Future of Opens Skies
What is the future of the Open Skies Treaty? The Arms Control Wonk trio talk the Open Skies Treaty, the conspiracy theories…
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The Terse End to Cooperative Threat Reduction
Its cold in Moscow. On a chilly day in a hotel overlooking Red Square, Boston Globe reported “the Russians informed the Americans…
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The Sensor Gap and Open Skies
Is there a sensor gap? Today, Jeffrey and Aaron discuss the Treaty on Open Skies, Russia’s new spy plane, the sensor gap,…
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The Rebalance and the Shangri La Brouhaha
Tension boiled over at the Shangri La Dialogue last week. Are the tensions a cause for concern in the arms control community?…