It is a commonplace that the danger of nuclear weapons is becoming more severe year by year. This is reflected in the Bulletin’s Doomsday Clock, for which the time to midnight has declined steadily ...

What does conventional arms control mean for how wars end? Even the longest wars terminate, and many conflicts end with some kind of agreement, even if it is unconditional surrender. Yet the term ...

Editor’s note: This is part of an “experts comment” series on the expiration of New START. With New START set to expire this week, the world is entering the first period since the end of the Cold War ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent trip to Central Asia, where he emphasized that the United States supports the territorial integrity of regional countries and hopes to expand economic ties, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. China said this week it had stopped negotiations with the United States ...

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The hypersonic arms race is in full swing: Countries around the world are investing staggering amounts of money into hypersonic weapons. And these are no longer limited to Russia, China, and the ...

The “Baker” explosion, a nuclear weapon test by the United States military, at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, on July 25, 1946. Credit: U.S. Department of Defense. It is often forgotten that the ...

In early June, the Biden administration announced a more “competitive” nuclear weapons strategy, after Moscow and Beijing reportedly spurned U.S. efforts to discuss arms control. The new approach ...

On Thursday, President Donald Trump professed his desire to pursue arms control negotiations with China and Russia and achieve “denuclearization.” Trump left unstated what, exactly, such an agreement ...