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5 days ago | armscontrol.org | Kelsey Davenport

Diplomatic opening on Iran nuclear issue

3 weeks ago | armscontrol.org | Kelsey Davenport

April 2025By Kelsey DavenportNorth Korea threatened to escalate its nuclear weapons program after the United States announced it was sending an aircraft carrier to South Korea for combined, joint military exercises. The USS Carl Vinson docked in Busan, South Korea, ahead of the annual combined, joint Freedom Shield military exercise, held March 10-20.

3 weeks ago | armscontrol.org | Kelsey Davenport

April 2025By Kelsey DavenportU.S. President Donald Trump sent a letter to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, expressing interest in a nuclear deal, but the overture comes amid Iranian steps to expand its nuclear program and U.S. threats to strike Iran. The contents of the letter—which was delivered to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi by an Emirati official on March 12—have not been made public.

3 weeks ago | armscontrol.org | Kelsey Davenport

April 2025Reviewed by Kelsey DavenportSanctions for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation: Moving ForwardBy Armend Bekaj and Peter Wallensteen, eds. Routledge Global Security Studies2025Making Sanctions More EffectiveIn the last several decades, sanctions have played a central role in international efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.

3 weeks ago | armscontrol.org | Zachary Cohen

CNN  —  US military officials are scrambling to develop a “Golden Dome” defense system that can protect the country from long-range missile strikes and have been told by the White House that no expense will be spared in order to fulfill one of President Donald Trump’s top Pentagon priorities, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. “Golden Dome” is the Trump administration’s attempt to rebrand vague plans for developing a missile defense system akin to Israel’s Iron Dome.