The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization.  INF TREATY EXPIRES IN 13 DAYS It looks increasingly like neither the Trump administration nor the Russian government will take the steps necessary to salvage the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a Reagan-era deal that led to […]

          The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization.  WHAT’S GOING ON IN IRAN? Is this a new Gulf of Tonkin incident? Reports of Iran bombing a Japanese tanker while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was visiting Tehran surfaced Thursday morning, with the United States […]

        The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization.  Escalating tensions with Iran As we predicted, relations between the United States and Iran have gotten worse since President Trump decided to abandon the Iran nuclear deal last year. Iran has now said that it will no […]

      The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization.  What did North Korea just test? North Korea tested a “tactical guided weapon” Wednesday, marking its first weapons test since November. South Korea said it believes the guided weapon is likely for use in ground combat and is […]

      The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(C)(3) research organization.What happened at the second North Korea summit, and what happens next? Competing narratives have emerged following the abrupt end to the second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un, write Executive Director John Tierney and Policy Analyst James McKeon. This […]