ARMS CONTROL TODAY
March 2023 2023

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FEATURES:
The Three-Competitor Future: U.S. Arms Control with Russia and China
By Lynn Rusten and Mark Melamed
China’s nuclear expansion raises questions about how U.S. nuclear policy, deterrence, and arms control will operate in a world where China and Russia are likely to be U.S. nuclear peers.  (Login required)

Mobilizing Feminist Action for Nuclear Abolition
By Ray Acheson
Nuclear weapons are gendered and have gendered impacts.  (Login required)

Reconciling the Korean Peninsula’s Dual Nuclear Proliferation Crises 
By Frank Aum
The reality of dealing with a nuclear North Korea for the long term has reinvigorated the nuclear ambitions of its southern neighbor.  (Login required)


FOCUS
The Nuclear Taboo Remains Strong for Now
By Daryl G. Kimball


BOOK REVIEW
Striking Asymmetries: Nuclear Transitions in Southern Asia
By Ashley J. Tellis
Reviewed by Manpreet Sethi
Unlike the rough parity between Soviet and U.S. forces in the Cold War, China, India, and Pakistan are at disparate levels in terms of conventional, space, cyber, and nuclear capabilities.


NEWS & ANALYSIS
• Russia Suspends New START
• South Korea Walks Back Nuclear Weapons Comments
• IAEA Presses for Safety Zone in Ukraine
• IAEA Chief Sounds Alarm on Iran Nuclear Program
• U.S., Marshall Islands Sign Deal on Nuclear Testing Impacts
• Pentagon Seeks to Facilitate Autonomous Weapons Deployment
• Saudi Arabia Aiming for Complete Nuclear Fuel Cycle
• U.S. Faces Wins, Losses With Hypersonic Weapons
• Japan to Purchase U.S. Tomahawk Missiles
• OPCW Confirms More Syrian Chemical Weapons Use
• Ukraine Landmine Use Under Scrutiny


NEWS BRIEFS
• NPT Nuclear-Weapon States Meet in Dubai
• Turkey Vows to Extend Ballistic Missile Range

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