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October 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM

Inside the Arms Control Association, October 2025

View in your browser October 2025Reinforcing the Guardrails Against Catastrophe  At this pivotal and difficult juncture in the history of the nuclear age, ACA is focused on preventing the guardrails against nuclear catastrophe from breaking down, and preparing to seize the breakthrough moment when …

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October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Annual Meeting Recording Now Available!

Dear John,  Thank you to those who attended our 2025 Annual Meeting on Sept. 27. We greatly appreciate your interest and hope you found the program's content illuminating and inspiring. Along with a strong in-person attendance, we had over 1,000 viewers watching our live stream.  If you were unable…

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October 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM

How Would Nuclear War Affect Climate? | Arms Control Today, October 2025

Volume 55, Number 8October 2025 How Would Nuclear War Affect Climate? Scientists Are Divided. By Andrew J. Ross Scientists at the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration have questioned the severity of climate risks posed by nuclear war but independent scientists at universities and civilian…

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September 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM

WEBCAST: Arms Control Association Annual Meeting, Sept 25

Due to popular demand, in-person registrations for our Sept. 25 Annual Meeting are almost sold out. The few spaces that remain will be open until this Friday, Sept 19. Register now to claim your seat.   For those unable to attend in person, we invite our members and colleagues to view our remarkabl…

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September 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM

Deadline Extended for ACA's Sept 25 Annual Meeting

Register by Sept 19! We are pleased to announce that, due to demand, we are adding more seats for our Thursday, Sept 25, Annual Meeting.   We are extending the deadline to register to this Friday, Sept 19.  We are honored to have Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) deliver our keynote. Senator Van Ho…

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September 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM

Update: Sen. Van Hollen Will Keynote at the ACA Annual Meeting, Sept 25

Register Today to Attend Dear John,   We're pleased to announce that Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) will be our keynote speaker and deliver remarks at our upcoming Annual Meeting on Sept 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C.   Senator Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is a le…

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September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM

SEPT 25: ACA Annual Mtg. on "Urgent Steps to Address the Nuclear Danger"

View in your browser We are now two weeks out from our 2025 annual meeting on "Urgent Steps to Address the Nuclear Danger." The event will be hosted at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C.   Tickets are limited and the deadline for registration is th…

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September 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Event Reminder: ACA Annual Mtg. Sept. 25, on "Urgent Steps to Address the Nuclear Danger"

View in your browser Dive into the most pressing nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament challenges facing the world today, and discuss how to address those challenges at our the 2025 ACA Annual Meeting on Thursday, September 25. The event will be hosted at the Carnegie Endowment for Internationa…

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September 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Agenda Announced for the ACA Annual Meeting, Sept. 25, 2025

View in your browser Dear John,  We are pleased to share with you the Agenda for the 2025 ACA Annual Meeting on Thursday, September 25, 2025, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C.  Our new confirmed speakers/panelists are former Iranian Foreign Min…

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August 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Help Us Put the Brakes on a New Arms Race

Dear John,  We’ve set a goal to raise $50,000 by Labor Day. We need your help.  The last remaining treaty limiting the world’s largest nuclear arsenals, New START, expires on February 5, 2026. Time is very short. Without disarmament diplomacy, we are speeding recklessly towards a new and more dang…

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August 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM

New speakers Announced for Sept. 25, 2025 ACA Annual Meeting - Register Now

Register Today to Attend Dear John, This year’s ACA Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, September 25, 2025, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. Our expert panelists will delve into the most pressing nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament c…

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August 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM

Registration OPEN for the ACA Annual Meeting, Sept. 25, 2025

View in your browser JOIN US FOR ACA's 2025 ANNUAL MEETING "Urgent Steps to Address the Nuclear Danger"SEPTEMBER 25, 2025 • Washington, D.C.Dear John,  We invite you to join other ACA members and colleagues for our Annual Meeting on Thursday, September 25, 2025, at the Carnegie Endowment for Interna…

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August 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Let’s head off a new nuclear arms race.

Dear John xxxxxx,    We have just observed the commemorations of the first nuclear test explosion and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima, and Nagasaki. At eighty years into the nuclear weapons age, nuclear weapons dangers are growing. And this summer we are at a critical moment: ACA Research Ass…

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July 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Inside the Arms Control Association, July/August 2025

View in your browser July/August 2025A “New Call to Halt and Reverse the Nuclear Arms Race”  Eighty years ago on July 16, the first nuclear bomb was detonated in New Mexico. No one knew exactly how big the blast would be but they knew there would be fallout. Still, the U.S. government chose not to e…

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June 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM

RSVP TODAY: "From Trinity to Today: Nuclear Weapons and the Way Forward" | July 10

Special Event on July 10RSVP Here From Trinity to Today: Nuclear Weapons and the Way ForwardAs a reminder, you have been invited by the Arms Control Association and Win Without War Education Fund to a special event on July 10 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the atomic age.   While examining …

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June 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM

Speakers Announced: "From Trinity to Today: Nuclear Weapons and the Way Forward" | July 10

Speakers AnnouncedFrom Trinity to Today: Nuclear Weapons and the Way Forward The Arms Control Association and Win Without War Education Fund invite you to  a special event on July 10 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the atomic age, the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons use, testing, a…

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June 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Special Message: Nonpro Diplomacy Remains the Best Option

After the Israeli and U.S. Strikes on Iran:Nonproliferation Diplomacy Remains the Best OptionDear ACA Members and Supporters:  For more than two decades, the Arms Control Association and Arms Control Today have been providing practical ideas and information to address concerns about Iran's sensiti…

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June 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Special Event on July 10: "From Trinity to Today: Nuclear Weapons and the Way Forward"

Event AnnouncementFrom Trinity to Today: Nuclear Weapons and the Way Forward The Arms Control Association and Win Without War Education Fund invite you to a special event on July 10 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the atomic age, the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons use, testing, an…

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May 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM

The Many Costs of Ballistic Missile Defense | Arms Control Today, June 2025

Volume 55, Number 5June 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 EverNations must be reminded that the …

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May 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Trump’s Pivot to Russia and the Impact on the Global Nuclear Landscape | Arms Control Today, May 2025

Volume 55, Number 4May 2025 Trump’s Pivot to Russia and the Impact on the Global Nuclear Landscape Experts Adam Scheinman, Ulrich Kühn, and Toby Dalton weigh in. Adam Scheinman A Stress Test for the NPTGiven the stakes for global safety and security, defenders of the NPT will need to insulate the…

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April 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Inside the Arms Control Association, April 2025

View in your browser April 2025 Who Will Lead the Effort to Reduce the Nuclear Threat?  For decades, U.S. global leadership – at the governmental and nongovernmental level – has been a driving force behind the effort to develop and implement a global system designed to control the dangers posed by…

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April 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM

Unleashing AI for Peace: How Large Language Models Can Mitigate WMD Risks | Arms Control Today, April 2025

Volume 55, Number 3April 2025 Yanliang Pan and Daihan Cheng Unleashing AI for Peace: How Large Language Models Can Mitigate WMD RisksAn alternative governance framework is needed—one that can regulate the growing AI industry’s international security impact as a global externality. Download this mon…

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April 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM

Unleashing AI for Peace: How Large Language Models Can Mitigate WMD Risks | Arms Control Today, April 2025

Volume 55, Number 3April 2025 Yanliang Pan and Daihan Cheng Unleashing AI for Peace: How Large Language Models Can Mitigate WMD RisksAn alternative governance framework is needed—one that can regulate the growing AI industry’s international security impact as a global externality. Download this mon…

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March 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Inside the Arms Control Association, March 2025

View in your browser March 2025 Averting a Renewed Iranian Nuclear Crisis  Ten years ago, the United States, along with China, France, Germany, Russia, and the UK, negotiated one of the most far-reaching, complex and consequential nonproliferation agreements: the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action…

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March 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM

The CFE Treaty Is Dead. Could It Still Inspire a Ceasefire in Ukraine? | Arms Control Today, March 2025

Volume 55, Number 2March 2025 Loïc Simonet The CFE Treaty Is Dead. Could It Still Inspire a Ceasefire in Ukraine? Efforts to support a Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire will have to include specific conventional arms control measures for which the CFE Treaty can be a model. Download this month’s issue. …

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March 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM

The CFE Treaty Is Dead. Could It Still Inspire a Ceasefire in Ukraine? | Arms Control Today, March 2025

Volume 55, Number 2March 2025 Loïc Simonet The CFE Treaty Is Dead. Could It Still Inspire a Ceasefire in Ukraine? Efforts to support a Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire will have to include specific conventional arms control measures for which the CFE Treaty can be a model. Download this month’s issue. …

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February 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM

Inside the Arms Control Association, February 2025

View in your browser February 2025 Dear John:  It has been barely a month since Inauguration day, but it is apparent that Donald Trump is determined to reshape U.S. foreign policy, radically alter alliance relationships, and upend Washington’s approach toward key adversaries, like Russia, in ways …

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February 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Life After New START: Navigating a New Period of Nuclear Arms Control | Arms Control Today, January/February 2025

Volume 55, Number 1January/February 2025Mike Albertson Life After New START: Navigating a New Period of Nuclear Arms Control The last treaty limiting Russian and U.S. nuclear weapons expires in 2026. We need to be clear-eyed about what follows. Download this month’s issue. Alexander Kmentt Geopoliti…

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January 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM

2024 Arms Control Person(s) of the Year Winner Announced

View in your browser 2024 Arms Control Person(s) of the Year Winner Announced (Washington, D.C.)—Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and the Austrian Foreign Ministry were selected as the 2024 “Arms Control Persons of the Year” through a recent online voting process that engaged thousa…

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January 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM

Life After New START: Navigating a New Period of Nuclear Arms Control | Arms Control Today, January/February 2025

Volume 55, Number 1January/February 2025Mike Albertson Life After New START: Navigating a New Period of Nuclear Arms Control The last treaty limiting Russian and U.S. nuclear weapons expires in 2026. We need to be clear-eyed about what follows. Download this month’s issue. Alexander Kmentt Geopoliti…

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January 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM

REMINDER: Vote for 2024 Arms Control Person(s) of the Year Now!

View in your browser Dear John,  This is your reminder to join the over 900 advocates from 54 countries that have selected their choice for the person(s) who have done the most for effective arms control solutions in the past year. Vote for Arms Control Person(s) of the Year now.   "In a field that …

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December 30, 2024 at 3:01 PM

A special message from fmr. Asst. Sec. of State Tom Countryman

Please Give Now to Double You Impact Dear John,  For more than five decades, the Arms Control Association has made tremendousprogress advancing bipartisan U.S. leadership on nuclear nonproliferation anddisarmament. But nuclear dangers are growing once again, the regime designed to prevent the build…

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December 23, 2024 at 3:01 PM

Here's to a more peaceful 2025!

 Dear John,     Thank you for your engagement and support in 2024. Our families wish you and yours good health, happiness, and peace in 2025.— Your partners at the Arms Control Association Your support makes our work possible. Please consider an end-of-year gift to advance progress toward a safer …

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December 21, 2024 at 3:00 PM

Inside the Arms Control Association, December 2024

View in your browser Surveying the WMD Challenges That Lay Ahead  As the Biden administration’s four years in office draw to a close and the Trump 2.0 administration approaches, the world faces a complex, unprecedented array of nuclear risks. At the invitation of the Arms Control Association and t…

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December 18, 2024 at 4:01 PM

Reminder: In Conversation with Jon Finer on the Biden Administration's WMD Policies

View in your browser In Conversation with Jon Finer: Recent Developments in the Biden Administration's WMD Policies  December 19, 2024 1:00 PM–2:30 PM EST at CEIP in Washington, DC and Live Online  As the United States approaches the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START)…

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December 16, 2024 at 8:31 PM

Trump to Regain Control of U.S. Nuclear Policy. Now What? | Arms Control Today, December 2024

Volume 54, Number 10December 2024 As our gift to you this holiday season, most feature articles in this issue are open access. If you find our content of value, please consider subscribing to Arms Control Today, which depends on reader support.  Thank you and Happy Holidays!Trump to Regain Control o…

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December 16, 2024 at 5:51 PM

Dec. 19: In Conversation with Jon Finer on the Biden Administration's WMD Policies

View in your browser In Conversation with Jon Finer: Recent Developments in the Biden Administration's WMD Policies December 19, 2024 1:00 PM–2:30 PM EST at CEIP in Washington, DC and Live Online  As the United States approaches the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) …

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December 13, 2024 at 3:31 PM

2024 Arms Control Person(s) of the Year Nominees Announced

View in your browser 2024 Arms Control Person(s) of the Year Nominees Announced (Washington, D.C.)—Since 2007, the independent, nongovernmental Arms Control Association has nominated individuals and institutions that have, in the previous 12 months, advanced effective arms control, nonproliferation…

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December 11, 2024 at 1:30 PM

Help ACA Work for a Safer World

Help ACA Work for a Safer World Dear John, In this holiday season, thank you for your generosity to the Arms Control Association at an especially crucial time. As you may have seen in messages from Daryl and Tom, the dangers of nuclear conflict are high, arms racing is accelerating, and arms contro…

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December 5, 2024 at 5:10 PM

Trump to Regain Control of U.S. Nuclear Policy. Now What? | Arms Control Today, December 2024

Volume 54, Number 10December 2024 As our gift to you this holiday season, most feature articles in this issue are open access. If you find our content of value, please consider subscribing to Arms Control Today, which depends on reader support.  Thank you and Happy Holidays!Trump to Regain Control o…

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December 3, 2024 at 3:30 PM

On Giving Tuesday: Reduce the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe

  Help Us Reduce the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe Dear John, Nuclear dangers are growing once again, and global peace and security are at severe risk. The stakes are high.   ACA is working harder than ever to address the increasingly difficult nuclear weapons challenges of our time. And we urgently …

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November 25, 2024 at 9:36 PM

Inside the Arms Control Association, November 2024

View in your browser Defending the “Guardrails” Against Catastrophe  The risk of nuclear conflict is higher than at any point since the end of the Cold War, and it appears to be growing. Major states are engaged in a qualitative arms race. At the same time the rules, norms, and treaties protecting …

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November 18, 2024 at 5:30 PM

Southern Asia 26 Years After the Nuclear Tests | Arms Control Today, November 2024

Volume 54, Number 9November 2024Manpreet Sethi Southern Asia 26 Years After the Nuclear Tests Decades after India and Pakistan joined China in conducting nuclear tests and declaring themselves states with nuclear weapons, the region remains risk prone and there is little chance of engagement on nuc…

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November 7, 2024 at 6:23 PM

CORRECTION: After Nov. 5, Our Work and Your Support is More Vital Than Ever

Nuclear Dangers Just Became More Dangerous November 2024With the re-election of Donald J. Trump, the complex array of global nuclear dangers will become far more difficult to address.  As president, the unpredictable Trump will again have sole authority to order the use of U.S. nuclear weapons and …

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November 7, 2024 at 5:00 PM

After Nov. 5, Our Work and Your Support is More Vital Than Ever

Nuclear Dangers Just Became More Dangerous November 2024With the re-election of Donald J. Trump, the Doomsday Clock just lurched ever closer to nuclear midnight.   As president, the unpredictable Trump will again have sole authority to order the use of U.S. nuclear weapons and will exercise signifi…

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November 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Southern Asia 26 Years After the Nuclear Tests | Arms Control Today, November 2024

Volume 54, Number 9November 2024Manpreet Sethi Southern Asia 26 Years After the Nuclear Tests Decades after India and Pakistan joined China in conducting nuclear tests and declaring themselves states with nuclear weapons, the region remains risk prone and there is little chance of engagement on nuc…

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October 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Inside the Arms Control Association, October 2024

View in your browser Navigating the Road Ahead Early voting has already begun and millions of American voters will register their choices at the ballot box by November 5. The outcome of the 2024 election will have far-reaching impacts on a wide range of issues that concern all of us, including the …

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October 15, 2024 at 12:31 PM

Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran | Arms Control Today, October 2024

Volume 54, Number 8 October 2024Kelsey Davenport Rethinking U.S. Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran for 2025 The next U.S. president will need to move swiftly to engage Tehran because the door for diplomacy may not remain open for long. Sina Azodi Glimmers of Hope for Renewed Nuclear Diplomacy in Tehran Th…

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October 2, 2024 at 1:11 PM

Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran | Arms Control Today, October 2024

Volume 54, Number 8 October 2024Kelsey Davenport Rethinking U.S. Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran for 2025 The next U.S. president will need to move swiftly to engage Tehran because the door for diplomacy may not remain open for long. Sina Azodi Glimmers of Hope for Renewed Nuclear Diplomacy in Tehran Th…

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September 24, 2024 at 10:00 PM

Inside the Arms Control Association, September 2024

View in your browser  The War In Ukraine and the Nuclear Danger (Again)   Since the outset of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s illegal, unprovoked, all-out invasion of Ukraine, the specter of nuclear weapons use has grown. Putin has tried to use nuclear threats to try to coerce and intimidate, an…

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