Volume 55, Number 5

June 2025

Igor Moric

Dome of Delusion: The Many Costs of Ballistic Missile Defense

National ballistic missile defense is technologically unfeasible, prohibitively costly, and bad for deterrence.

Fernando Arias

The OPCW Is More Necessary Than Ever

Nations must be reminded that the taboo against using chemical weapons can only be maintained when it is defended in a sustained manner.

Naomi Egel

A History of Nuclear Haves and Have-Nots

Egel reviews 'The Struggle for Abolition: Power and Legitimacy in Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Diplomacy', a book by Kjølv Egeland.

Raymond Jeanloz

In Memoriam: Richard L. Garwin (1928-2025)

Over more than half a century, Garwin addressed the threats of nuclear weapons and nonproliferation, global war, conflict in space, terrorism, and bioweapons. 

 
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News and Analysis

  • NNSA Assessing Environmental Impact of Pit Production
  • State Reorganization to Merge Arms Control, Nonproliferation Offices
  • Trump Proposes Trillion Dollar Defense Budget
  • China, Russia Sharpen ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense Critique
  • Trump Touts Progress on Iran Nuclear Deal
 

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