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“…arms control and nonproliferation is faltering. The risk of nuclear conflict is impossible to measure objectively but is certainly higher than at any time since 1962.” Read more of Tom Countryman’s feature: www.armscontrol.org/...

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The March issue of Arms Control Today is now online. Check out the news and feature articles shifting U.S. nuclear policy, options to address Iran’s nuclear program, arms control options for meaningful ceasefire in Ukraine, and more. See: www.armscontrol.org/...

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🇺🇸With Donald Trump back at the White House, ACA Executive Director Daryl Kimball lays out the nuclear challenges facing the 47th president. Read his Focus editorial: 👉 ow.ly/SgYP50UK4A0 #Inauguration2025

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🇺🇸 #Inauguration2025: "Trump to Regain Control of U.S. Nuclear Policy. Now What?" Five experts break down the global implications of Donald Trump’s return to the White House and its impact on arms control. 👉 www.armscontrol.org/... #Inauguration2025 #NuclearPolicy #GlobalSecurity #ArmsControl

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Did you know? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. began protesting the use of nuclear weapons as early as 1957. On this #MLKDay, we salute his legacy and ask you to join us as we continue to advocate for effective arms control policies. ow.ly/tLA250UJern #MLK

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🇦🇹 Congratulations to Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and the Austrian Foreign Ministry for being selected as the 2024 “Arms Control Persons of the Year”! 👏 👏 #ArmsControl #ACPOY2024 ow.ly/t1Bl50UGQ6O

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🇵🇰🇺🇸The United States accused #Pakistan of developing long- range ballistic missiles and announced new sanctions on four Pakistani entities involved with the development of those systems, write Kelsey Davenport and Daryl Kimball in the news section of Arms Control Today. ow.ly/W92M50UFHrX

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🇺🇸 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was laid to rest last week. In Arms Control Today, Walter Slocombe writes that Carter's commitment to arms control was based on moral principles, religious faith and experience in the nuclear navy. Read his article here: www.armscontrol.org/...

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The latest issue of #ArmsControlToday, now online, looks at the expiration of the New START treaty, the regulation of autonomous weapons systems, prospects for a WMD-free zone in the Middle East, and many more topics. Click, read, and share your thoughts: http://armscontrol.o...

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🚨Voting for the Arms Control Person(s) of the Year contest ends today! #ACPOY2024 aims to highlight initiatives designed to advance disarmament, nuclear security, and international peace, security, and justice. Review the nominees and cast your vote: armscontrol.org/acpoy

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🇯🇵#ACPOY2024: Fumio Kishida, former Prime Minister & Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa of #Japan have been nominated for their leadership in nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, including hosting a UNSC session that produced the #FMCT initiative, and more. Cast your vote: http://ArmsControl.o...

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#ACPOY2024: Senators Sanders (I-Vt.), Welch (D-Vt.), Van Hollen (D-Md.) & others have been nominated for pressing the Biden admin to comply with laws that require suspension of arms transfers to states that don't allow humanitarian assistance to civilians in conflict. Vote: http://ArmsControl.o...

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#ACPOY2024: Savannah River Site Watch, Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, Nuclear Watch New Mexico & The South Carolina Environmental Law Project have been nominated for challenging a plan...

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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Technical Secretariat has been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for its technical assistance visits to #Ukraine while investigating allegations that #Russia used riot control agents "as a weapon of warfare." Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...

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🇺🇸🇦🇷🇯🇵 #ACPOY2024: The United States, Argentina, and Japan have been nominated for taking action to reinforce global support for the 1967 Outer Space Treaty via a #UN resolution on “Weapons of mass destruction in outer space.” Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...

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🇦🇹 #Austria Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for convening the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons Systems and for advancing a #UN General Assembly resolution on lethal autonomous weapons systems. Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...

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The filmmakers of three new nuclear-age documentaries have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for highlighting the devastating and long term effects of U.S. and Soviet Cold War-era nuclear weapons testing. Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...

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Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) and members of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for their leadership to challenge the rationale for and the exploding cost of the Sentinel ICBM program. Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...

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The Opinion Editors at The New York Times have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for their “At the Brink” series, which helped to raise greater awareness about the devastating impacts, massive costs, and growing dangers posed by nuclear weapons. Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...

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The UN Delegations of Ireland and New Zealand and 30 co-sponsoring states have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for successfully advancing United Nations First Committee resolution, L.39, which mandates an updated, independent, scientific study on nuclear war effects. Vote: http://ArmsControl.o...

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Have you voted for the Arms Control Person(s) of the Year? #ACPOY2024 aims to highlight initiatives designed to advance disarmament, nuclear security, and international peace, security, and justice. Get to know the nominees and cast your vote here 👉 armscontrol.org/acpo...

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🇯🇵#ACPOY2024: former #Japan PM Fumio Kishida & Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa have been nominated for their leadership in nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, including hosting a UNSC session that produced the #FMCT initiative, and more. Cast your vote: http://ArmsControl.o...

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The Org. for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Technical Secretariat has been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for its technical assistance visits to #Ukraine while investigating allegations that #Russia used riot control agents on the battlefield “as a weapon of warfare.” Vote: http://ArmsControl.o...

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In the December issue of Arms Control Today: “Trump Regains Control of U.S. Nuclear Policy. Now What?” Five experts weigh-in with their analysis, plus feature articles on U.K. nuclear weapons policy, and this month’s BWC meeting & the latest news and more: www.armscontrol.org/...

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🇺🇸🇦🇷🇯🇵 #ACPOY2024: The United States, Argentina, and Japan have been nominated for taking action to reinforce global support for the 1967 Outer Space Treaty via a UN resolution on “Weapons of mass destruction in outer space.” Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...

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🇦🇹 #Austria Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for convening the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons Systems and for advancing a UN General Assembly resolution on lethal autonomous weapons systems. Cast your vote: http://ArmsControl.o...

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Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) and the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for their leadership to challenge the rationale for, and the exploding cost of, the Sentinel ICBM program. Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...

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The Opinion Editors at The New York Tiimes have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for their “At the Brink” series, which helped to raise greater awareness about the devastating impacts, massive costs, and growing dangers posed by nuclear weapons. Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...

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The UN Delegations of Ireland and New Zealand & 30 co-sponsoring states have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for successfully advancing United Nations First Committee resolution, L.39, which mandates an updated, independent, scientific study on nuclear war effects. Vote at http://ArmsControl.o...

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🚨The Arms Control Person(s) of the Year contest kicks off! #ACPOY2024 aims to highlight initiatives designed to advance disarmament, nuclear security, and international peace, security, and justice. Get to know the nominees and cast your vote: 👉 www.armscontrol.org/...

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 "Trump Could Make His Mark With a New Iran Deal." When U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reenters the White House, he faces the most advanced Iranian nuclear program to date, writes Ellie Geranmayeh in the features section of Arms Control Today: ow.ly/piKT50UnEo0

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 "Reducing the Russian Nuclear Danger: A Way Forward." Despite headwinds, there remains room for very restrained optimism, ACA Board Chairman Thomas Countryman writes in the features section of Arms Control Today: ow.ly/8KWf50Un5CR

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 "Dangerous Parallax: Chinese-U.S. Nuclear Risks in Trump’s Second Term." The next four years mark a critical juncture in the nuclear paths of both nations, Tong Zhao explains why in the features section of Arms Control Today: ow.ly/CqbM50Un5uV

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Today, we celebrate the hibakusha for the #NobelPeacePrize but not just that. We also celebrate their resilience. Without their stories and unwavering dedication, the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons wouldn’t be a reality. #HoldTheMemory

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The December issue of Arms Control Today is now online. “Trump Regains Control of U.S. Nuclear Policy. Now What?” 5⃣ experts weigh in with their analysis ➕ feature articles on U.K. nuclear weapons policy, and this month’s BWC meeting ➕ the latest news and more: ow.ly/3oNL50UohM8

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The December issue of Arms Control Today is now online. “Trump Regains Control of U.S. Nuclear Policy. Now What?” 5⃣ experts weigh in with their analysis ➕ feature articles on U.K. nuclear weapons policy, and this month’s Biological Weapons Convention meeting, and more: www.armscontrol.org/...

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🦃🍂 Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 🍁✨ Today, let’s gather around the table with loved ones, share stories & laughter, and give #thanks We recognize all of our amazing staff (including those not pictured) and all of you who help us do all we can! Thank YOU!

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🇮🇳🇵🇰 The Nuclear Suppliers Group, the $15 billion global #nuclear trade gatekeeper, weighs admitting #India & #Pakistan. Mark Hibbs explains what is at stake in an Arms Control Today feature. Read it here: ow.ly/1YxZ50U9sun

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🇮🇳🇵🇰 #India & #Pakistan’s Nuclear Suppliers Group bids remain in limbo since 2016. With #China & the #USA playing key roles, will global politics shift enough to break the deadlock? Get details in an Arms Control Today feature by Mark Hibbs: ow.ly/VQ6F50U9vjW

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🇨🇳🇮🇳🇵🇰 #India, #Pakistan, and #China face a tangled web of deterrence strategies. Is the region more stable or more prone to risk? Manpreet Sethi explains. Read his feature in Arms Control Today: www.armscontrol.org/...

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Perspectives on autonomous weapons vary across the Global South. Smaller states push for strict regulations, while larger players prioritize strategic interests. How will this shape 21st-century warfare? Read Alexander Hoppenbrouwers's essay in Arms Control Today 👉 ow.ly/YSZ850U9mN7

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🇮🇳🇵🇰 The #Nuclear Suppliers Group faces growing pressure to address #India & #Pakistan's membership bids as it approaches its 50th anniversary in 2025, writes Mark Hibbs in the features section of Arms Control Today. Read more 👉 www.armscontrol.org/...

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The November issue of the Nuclear Disarmament Monitor is now online! Read about challenges and opportunities under a new Trump Admin, UN First Committee notable draft resolutions, and how members of the House of Representatives spoke on nuclear risks. ow.ly/f4Tb50U7qWF

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