The test came two days before North Korea was set to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.
Tag: Arms Control and Limitation and Disarmament
For Biden, an Era When Treaties Are More Likely to Be Broken Than Brokered
The president’s trip to Northern Ireland will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of violence. But such breakthroughs are harder to achieve in today’s fractious world.
China Draws Lessons From Russia’s Missteps in Ukraine
With an eye on a possible conflict over Taiwan, analysts have scrutinized the war for insights ranging from the importance of supply lines to the power of nuclear threats.
Inside Saudi Arabia’s Global Push for Nuclear Power
Despite qualms in Washington, Saudi officials have pressed the United States to help them develop nuclear power. But they are also exploring other options, including China.
10 Drums of Nuclear Material Are Missing From Libya Site, U.N. Agency Says
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said that 2.5 tons of natural uranium concentrate was unaccounted for, but that the ore itself posed little radiation hazard.
Blinken Confronts Lavrov in First Meeting Since Ukraine War
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said he told Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, that Moscow must end its war against Ukraine and return to a nuclear arms control treaty.
What Putin’s Suspension of New START Treaty Means for Arms Control
Mutual inspections were interrupted by the pandemic, then by the war in Ukraine. But now New START, the last nuclear agreement between Russia and the United States, is dying, and arms control may be, too.
North Korea Launches Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
It was the North’s first test of a long-range missile in three months, and came as the country warned of strong countermeasures against joint military drills by the United States and South Korea.
U.S. Says Russia Fails to Comply With START, a Nuclear Arms Treaty
The United States says Russia is not allowing American inspectors access to its arsenal to ensure compliance with the New START agreement, which the two nations renewed in 2021.
In a First, South Korea Declares Nuclear Weapons a Policy Option
President Yoon Suk Yeol said that if North Korea’s nuclear threat grows, his country may build a nuclear arsenal of its own or ask the United States to redeploy in the South.