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The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

The Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) required destruction of US and Soviet ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers; it has long been considered central to the East-West arms control regime. In 2018 President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the treaty. Here are some highlights of the Bulletin‘s expert coverage of threats to the treaty, including alleged Russian violations and the proposed US pullout.

intermediate range missile question marks illustration

Expert comment: The INF and the future of arms control

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

camera-based remote monitoring

Remote Monitoring: Verifying geographical arms limits

By Moritz Kütt, Ulrich Kühn, Dmitry Stefanovich | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

prototype of Russia's new Poseidon nuclear torpedo

Despite challenges, US-Russian nuclear arms control has its benefits

By Shannon Bugos | Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

Russian honor guard

Introduction—Russia: What to expect next?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Opinion, Special Topics, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

A Bulletin collection: The INF died needlessly. Long live arms control.

By | Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

Russia may have violated the INF Treaty. Here’s how the United States appears to have done the same.

By Theodore A. Postol | Collections, Missile Defense, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

mushroom cloud, hydrogen bomb

Can Trump abrogate the INF Treaty without Congress?

By Walter C. Clemens | Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

artist rendering of missile launching

Welcome to the new age of nuclear instability

By Rachel Bronson | Missile Defense, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev signing the INF Treaty in the East Room of the White House on December 8, 1987.

What the impending death of the INF teaches about future arms control agreements

By Perry World House | Columnists, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

A billet of highly enriched uranium that was recovered from scrap processed at the Y-12 National Security Complex Plant.

Why the security of nuclear materials should be focus of US-Russia nuclear relations

By Andrew W. Reddie, Bethany Goldblum | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

A Chinese DF-26 intermediate range missile and launcher.

We don’t have a missile gap in Asia. We have a diplomacy gap.

By Alexandra Bell | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

Arms control on the brink

By Kingston Reif | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control