ARMS CONTROL TODAY
April 2025
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FEATURES
Unleashing AI for Peace: How Large Language Models Can Mitigate WMD Risks
By Yanliang Pan and Daihan Cheng
An alternative governance framework is needed—one that can regulate the growing AI industry’s international security impact as a global externality.
Is the NPT Still Viable? An Interview With Three Diplomats Working to Keep It Alive
Harold Agyeman of Ghana, Akan Rakhmetullin of Kazakhstan and Jarmo Viinanen of Finland, current and past chairs
of the preparatory committees for the 2026 nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference respectively,
are bullish on the 1970 pact but stress the need for constructive action at this month’s PrepCom.
NEW VOICES
The Overlooked Importance of the Korean Military Agreement
By Daeyeon Lee
Although abandoned in 2024, the Korean Comprehensive Military Agreement served as a significant arms control measure when it was in effect.
BOOK REVIEW
Sanctions for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation: Moving Forward
Reviewed by Kelsey Davenport
NEWS & ANALYSIS
• Leaders Discuss European Extended Deterrence
• Trump Sends Iran Letter Amid Military Threats
• Syria Promises to Dismantle Chemical Weapons Program
• North Korea Justifies Nuclear Weapons Expansion
• TPNW States Confront Escalating Nuclear Dangers
• Poland, Baltic States to Exit Landmine Ban Treaty
• OPCW Finds More Chemical Weapons Use in Ukraine
• Congress Cuts NNSA Nonproliferation Budget
FOCUS
Who Is Really “Gambling With World War III”?
By Daryl G. Kimball
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