While its national and political identity as a zealous advocator for a tenuous nuclear-weapons-free future continues to be tested, Kazakhstan's status as a major nuclear exporter and champion of nuclear security remains and will be extraordinarily important going forward. Read more...

Continued China-Saudi Arabia collaboration raises questions of not merely the existence or potential lethality of a Saudi nuclear weapons program, but larger implications for the future of the Middle East, U.S.-Iran nuclear relations, and U.S.-China relations as tensions in the Gulf rise to a new fever pitch. Read more...

This fact sheet explores the basic statistics behind each country's nuclear capabilities and explores the prospects of Chinese inclusion in a trilateral nuclear agreement with Russia and the United States.Read more...

Members of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) officially have until September 20 to file a resolution against “snapback sanctions” on Iran initiated by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. No matter the outcome, unilateral U.S. action regarding the JCPOA has already come at the cost of international support from the closest American allies in the UNSC. Read more...

Host Andrew Holland and Matthew Wallin discuss the history of New START and the strategic importance of an arms agreement between Russia and the U.S.Read more...

The testing of an American nuclear device would severely damage the efforts made to control the proliferation of nuclear weapons, encourage America’s adversaries to close the data gap on nuclear weapons, and pose great environmental danger.Read more...

While people across the globe have been hyper-focused on the COVID-19 outbreak, the New START treaty is set to expire in February 2021.Read more...

Low-yield nuclear weapons are a dangerous and unnecessary means of deterring Russian aggression. To better understand why, some of the main arguments supporting the deployment of this weapon are refuted below.Read more...

To the Iranian regime, giving in to American demands may be more risky than facing the current cost of sanctions and coronavirus combined.Read more...

U.S. efforts to trigger snapback sanctions presents Russia the opportunity to capitalize on a further deterioration of the United States’ reputation in the Middle East. Do Iran and Russia have an opportunity to strategically leverage their relationship, or will the two countries remain allies of convenience?Read more...