Tag

#disarmament

Efforts to reduce or eliminate weapons stockpiles, particularly nuclear arsenals. Incidents involve withdrawal from arms control treaties, resumption of weapons testing, and actions that undermine the international disarmament framework.

2 incidents

Updated March 26, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Ongoing

New START Treaty Expires: First Time Since 1970s With No Nuclear Arms Control

The expiration of the last US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty ends over five decades of binding limits on the world's two largest nuclear arsenals. No replacement is under negotiation. The loss of verification mechanisms, data exchange, and warhead caps risks an unconstrained nuclear arms race at a time of peak geopolitical tension.

Sources
7
New STARTnuclear arms controlnuclear weaponsarms raceRussia