ARMS CONTROL TODAY
July/August 2024

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FEATURES
Does the United States Need More Nuclear Weapons?
By Daryl G. Kimball
Contrary to the hype, more nuclear weapons would not, on balance, improve the U. S. capability to deter nuclear attack.

Recalibrating the Path to Nuclear Security
By Nickolas Roth
An international conference on nuclear security could not have come at a more critical moment

NEW VOICES
What College Students Know and Do Not Know About Nuclear Weapons
By Alison Cartier, Juline Horan, and Molly Mullin
Research shows that many college students lack comprehensive and standardized knowledge of nuclear weapons.

LOOKING BACK
UN Security Council Resolution 1540: The ‘Little Engine That Could’
By Thomas Wuchte
This resolution has helped make the world safer by reducing the chances that nuclear and other dual-use material would fall into the hands of terrorists

BOOK REVIEW
Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative
Reviewed by  Joe Cirincione
Aaron Bateman shows how the desire to deploy new or imagined technologies in space became a key motivation for those who favored using military superiority to defeat the Soviet Union.

REMARKS
UN Chief Says Humanity on a Nuclear ‘Knife’s Edge’
Secretary-General António Guterres pulled no punches in his video address to the Arms Control Association annual meeting.

NEWS & ANALYSIS
• Congress Lets Aid Program for Downwinders Expire
• U.S. Starts Work on Nuclear-Capable Missile
• Russian Nuclear Posture May Change, Putin Says
• North Korea, Russia Strengthen Military Ties

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