Lynn Kuok

1 week ago | foreignaffairs.com | Ray Takeyh |Elliott Abrams |Rose Gottemoeller |Lynn Kuok

Nearly every week since taking office in January, U.S. President Donald Trump has had something to say about controlling nuclear weapons. In comments to Fox News in March, for example, he referred to these weapons as “big monsters” and the world’s “greatest existential threat,” lamenting that the United States spends “all this money on something that, if it’s used, it’s probably the end of the world.” The president’s interest is fortuitous.

1 week ago | foreignaffairs.com | Ray Takeyh |Elliott Abrams |Nikita Lalwani |Lynn Kuok

In October 2022, the United States imposed sweeping restrictions on the export of advanced chips and chip-making equipment.