Features

Policy Recommendations for the New Administration

Experts advise President Joe Biden on arms control and international security.

• Enhancing Strategic Stability: New START and Beyond
  By Steven Pifer
• A U.S. Nuclear Strategy for the Biden Administration
  By Jessica Sleight
• A Better Missile Defense Strategy
  By Laura Grego
• Improving U.S. Conventional Arms Policies
  By Rachel Stohl
• Pandemic Shows Need for Biological Readiness
  By Andy Weber
• Returning to Progress on Iran
  By Kelsey Davenport
• Advancing Denuclearization and Peace Diplomacy With North Korea
  By Patricia M. Kim
• Strengthen Norms Against Chemical Weapons Use
  By Wardah Amir

Interview

Reviewing the NPT: An Interview With Ambassador Gustavo Zlauvinen

Focus

Biden’s First Challenge: Extend New START

By Daryl G. Kimball

News and Analysis

Iran Enriches Uranium to Higher Levels

No Deal Yet as New START Expiration Nears

U.S. Defense Bill Drops Nuclear Testing

Weapons Allegations Dominate CWC Meeting

U.S. Selects Missiles for INF-Range Capability

UAE Arms Sales Survive Senate Vote

States Fail to Agree on CTBTO Leader

U.S. Urges CW Norms for Global Partnership

News Briefs

U.S. Emerging Technologies Gain Support

Middle East WMD-Free Zone Meeting Postponed

CEND Working Groups Discuss Disarmament

Looking Back

First UN Resolution Holds Lessons for Latest Nuclear Treaty

By Ryan A. Musto

Approved 75 years ago, UN Resolution 1(I) illustrated challenges still facing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Remarks

Stepping Back from Unilateralism

By Antony Blinken

The nominee for secretary of state discusses some of the Biden administration's foreign policy principles.

Book Review

A Middle East Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction: A New Approach to Nonproliferation

Reviewed by Thomas R. Pickering

Two Iranian scholars consider ways to bring into effect a WMD-free zone in the Middle East.