Rocket models are stuck in a bucket during a February protest action in Berlin against the imminent withdrawal of the INF disarmament agreement between Russia and the USA. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa

An ambitious arms control agenda requires a new organization equal to the task

By James E. Goodby, David A. Koplow, January 12, 2021

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Rocket models are stuck in a bucket during a February protest action in Berlin against the imminent withdrawal of the INF disarmament agreement between Russia and the USA. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa

The authors dedicate this essay to former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, tireless champion of a world free of nuclear weapons, on the occasion of his 100th birthday on December 13, 2020.

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References

Arms Control and Disarmament Act. 1961. Public Law 87-297, sec. 2. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/[email protected]/chapter35&edition=prelim

Goodby, J. E. 2017. “The US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1961–63: A Study in Governance.” Hoover Institution Essay, July 18. https://www.hoover.org/research/us-arms-control-and-disarmament-agency-1961-63

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine shows, nuclear threats are real, present, and dangerous

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Keywords: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Cooperative Threat Reduction, arms control, nuclear weapons
Topics: Nuclear Risk

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James E. Goodby

James E. Goodby has been a fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution since 2007. He works with former Secretary of State George P. Shultz... Read More

David A. Koplow

David A. Koplow is a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. He previously served as Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs at... Read More

An ambitious arms control agenda requires a new organization equal to the task

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine shows, nuclear threats are real, present, and dangerous

James E. Goodby

David A. Koplow

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