Daryl G. Kimball

Oxford, Washington, D.C.

Director, Arms Control Association and Publisher at Arms Control Today

Director of Arms Control Association and publisher of Arms Control Today since 2001. Expert on n-weapons nonprolif., disarmament and more. Cancer survivor. Dad.

Articles

Who Is Really “Gambling With World War III”?

3 weeks ago | armscontrol.org | Daryl G. Kimball

April 2025By Daryl G. KimballDuring the high-stakes, February 28 Oval Office meeting when U.S. President Donald Trump tried to bully Volodymyr Zelenskyy into accepting a pro-Kremlin formula for ending the war in Ukraine, he accused the Ukrainian president of not wanting peace, and claimed he was “gambling with the lives of millions of people.
Making Sense of Trump’s Talk of ‘Denuclearization’

1 month ago | armscontrol.org | Daryl G. Kimball

March 2025By Daryl G. KimballIt has been barely a month since Inauguration Day, but U.S. President Donald Trump is already moving to reshape longstanding foreign policy, radically alter relationships with the nation’s closest allies, and upend its role as a bulwark against an expansionist, authoritarian Russia.
U.S. Says Pakistan Developing Long-Range Missiles

Jan 10, 2025 | armscontrol.org | Kelsey Davenport |Daryl G. Kimball

January/February 2025By Kelsey Davenport and Daryl G. KimballThe United States accused Pakistan of developing long-range ballistic missiles and announced new sanctions on four Pakistani entities involved with the development of those systems.
Pakistan and the Nuclear Danger in Asia

Jan 8, 2025 | armscontrol.org | Daryl G. Kimball

January/February 2025By Daryl G. KimballIn recent years, significant attention has been focused rightly on the dangers posed by a three-way nuclear competition among China, Russia, and the United States and their failure to engage in meaningful diplomacy to halt and reverse the nuclear arms race as required by the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).
Russia Revises Nuclear Use Doctrine

Dec 4, 2024 | armscontrol.org | Daryl G. Kimball

December 2024By Daryl G. KimballThe Kremlin announced on Nov. 19 that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree updating the government’s formal policy on the possible use of nuclear weapons. The document outlines a wider range of contingencies that might trigger nuclear weapons use, especially in regard to non-nuclear weapons threats to Russia and its allies, and appears to lower the threshold for nuclear use.
Nuclear Challenges Facing the Next U.S. President

Dec 2, 2024 | armscontrol.org | Daryl G. Kimball

December 2024By Daryl G. KimballGlobal nuclear dangers are growing, and international peace and security are at severe risk. In January, the second presidential administration of Donald Trump will be tasked with managing a complex array of nuclear weapons-related dangers, some of which were partly of his own making and all of which will be difficult to address. Trump’s proposed solutions to these challenges were hardly explained, let alone debated, during the 2024 campaign cycle.
Confronting the Threats Posed by Threats of Nuclear Use

Oct 29, 2024 | armscontrol.org | Daryl G. Kimball

November 2024By Daryl G. KimballIn September, UN member states adopted an important, wide-ranging document designed to reaffirm the UN Charter, reinvigorate multilateralism, boost implementation of existing commitments, and advance concrete solutions to global challenges, including the existential threats posed by nuclear weapons.
Congress Must Expand Support for Downwinders

Sep 30, 2024 | armscontrol.org | Daryl G. Kimball

October 2024By Daryl G. KimballNearly 80 years have passed since the atomic bomb created by J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project was detonated secretly in central New Mexico. The Trinity explosion not only ushered in the nuclear age and triggered the Cold War arms race, it also spread deadly radioactive fallout across dozens of states and led to increased rates of cancer and other radiation-related illnesses for millions of American downwinders.
Forging New Pathways for Disarmament Diplomacy

Aug 29, 2024 | armscontrol.org | Daryl G. Kimball

September 2024By Daryl G. KimballFor more than a decade, the five nuclear-armed states recognized under the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) have failed to engage in constructive nuclear disarmament and risk reduction diplomacy. Instead, they are spending tens of billions of dollars annually to modernize, upgrade, and in some cases expand their deadly arsenals.
The US Election & the Dangers of Nuclear Weapons

Jul 23, 2024 | ipsnews.net | Daryl G. Kimball

Armed Conflicts, Featured, Global, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, TerraViva United Nations Opinion The US Election & the Dangers of Nuclear WeaponsProtestors air their views on non-proliferation opposite UN Headquarters in New York.