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Trump says US is talking to Russia and China about denuclearisation
Trump’s comments come months after the New START treaty expired on February 5, 2026.
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States increasingly rely on nuclear weapons as instruments of national power, SIPRI warns
Of the total global inventory of an estimated 12,187 warheads in January 2026, about 9,745 were in military stockpiles for potential use.
Medvedev threatens nuclear strikes on France and UK if they arm Kyiv with nukes
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, stated that Russia could launch nuclear strikes on France and the UK if they provide Ukraine with…
US urges new three-way nuclear deal with Russia and China
The US has urged three-way talks with Russia and China to set new limits on nuclear weapons after the last treaty between Washington and Moscow expired.
New START is dead — good riddance
Since 1972, the United States has always had some sort of ongoing bilateral nuclear treaty with the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation.
Could Israel target Pakistan’s nukes? A ticking geopolitical bomb
Israel’s relentless strikes have crushed a series of nuclear ambitions: Egypt’s missiles in the ‘60s, Iraq’s Osiraq nuclear reactor in ’81, Syria’s al-Kibar…
Three old military ‘truths’ shaken by the Ukraine war
Conventional wisdom often gets a bad rap when things go wrong, but it should normally be a source of strength.
Nuclear weapons spending tops $90 billion in 2023
NGOs monitoring the sector say there has been a one-third increase in weapons spending over the past five years by the nine nuclear-armed states modernising their…
Russia votes to revoke nuclear test-ban treaty
The Russian Parliament, the Duma, has voted to revoke a 1996 treaty that bans nuclear tests. It said the US never ratified it in the first place.