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strategic nuclear forces

To enhance national security, the Biden administration will have to trim an exorbitant defense wish list

By David Kearn | Nuclear Weapons

Why the congressional strategic posture report is not about nuclear deterrence, but warfighting

By Tara Drozdenko | Nuclear Weapons

A test version of the new B61-12 guided nuclear bomb to be deployed in Europe as part of a modernization program. Photo from a video by Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Griffith.

What the new posture review says—and does not say—about the future of nuclear weapons

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The new US nuclear posture review is a major step backward

By Lisbeth Gronlund | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Biden’s nuclear posture review maintains nuclear status quo

By Emma Claire Foley | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Then-US President Barack Obama and then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issue a joint statement announcing their pursuit of a New START treaty in London in April 2009. (White House photo by Pete Souza.)

Reviving arms control, post-Ukraine: Why New START still matters

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Weapons