Europe is standing at the brink of an arms race w/ground-based medium-range missiles after Russia started using the weapons against Ukraine & the US announced plans to deploy its missiles to Germany, expert Oliver Meier writes in Arms Control Today. #ReadNow

The phased deployment of new medium-range missiles in Germany offers an opportunity to test the arms control waters w/Russia, urges expert Oliver Meier in Arms Control Today. 1/2

It is not too late to combine the US-German missile deployment decision w/an arms control proposition that, if Russia engages, could delay permanent deployment of medium-range missiles, Meier wrote 2/2

Election 2024: In the September Arms Control Today, 8 experts examine nuclear issues facing the next US president, including threats of nuclear war, expanding nuclear arsenals, and China. #Election2024

Election 2024: If Harris wins, the US will be well positioned to continue [diplomacy w/Iran]. If Trump is elected, the prospects for diplomacy…are less certain but not impossible,” @BarbaraSlavin1 writes in Arms Control Today. #Election2024

Election 2024: Because disarmament is not feasible in the near term, the US must work w/the 4 other main nuclear-weapon states to redefine the obligation of responsible nuclear powers to uphold deterrence norms, writes Amy Nelson in September’s Arms Control Today. #Election2024

Election 2024: The next U.S. president must prioritize nuclear risk reduction, expert Steve Andreasen writes in this month’s Arms Control Today. #Election2024

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The next US president, inheriting a $1.7 trillion program to modernize the nuclear arsenal, needs to rethink nuclear strategy to avoid fear-based, short-term thinking... @JMSleight writes in the latest Arms Control Today feature section.

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This downward spiral can be reversed only if China & US offset their reliance on strategic uncertainty by giving each other greater clarity about nuclear modernization plans & the conditions under which they would use nuclear force, Burds wrote. #NewVoicesWriter 2/2

China and the US are on a “downward spiral of self-perpetuating mutual hostility,” Peter Burds, #NewVoicesWriter, warns in September’s Arms Control Today. 1/2

Read #now Oliver Meier’s piece in #ArmsControlToday “Averting a New Arms Race in Europe” at armscontrol.org/act/2024-09/fe…

Whether the current fighting stops through mutual exhaustion, a ceasefire, or a peace deal, NATO should invite Ukraine to join the alliance, writes expert James Goldgeier in September’s #ArmsControlToday featured articles.

What key nuclear challenges face the next U.S. president? Read this month’s Arms Control Today #Election2024 #Now

If the US resumes nuclear testing, a cascade of other states – Russia, perhaps China, and more – likely would follow suit, and proliferation pressures could grow on states that don’t have nuclear weapons but might seek them, Lynn Rusten @NTI writes in Arms Control Today features.

Fueled by a growing bipartisan consensus that the US must augment its nuclear force in response to China’s nuclear buildup & the possibility Beijing may forge an alliance w/Moscow, a Chinese- U.S. arms race now seems virtually certain, expert @James_Acton32 writes in Sept ACT.

[US presidential] candidates need to show strength in the face of the NKorean threat, but also need to display diplomatic dexterity in seizing the opportunity that a change of administration can offer, expert Jean Lee writes in September Arms Control Today features.

Congats Kingston Reif. Very pleased and proud of what you have accomplished at DoD and will look forward to working with you in your new role.