Nuclear Issues

As a latecomer to the global nuclear market, China’s share is still small, but it is increasingly becoming a competitive vendor based on its advanced nuclear technology, competitive prices, and lavish financing as part of its Nuclear Belt and Road.

Putin’s suspension of New START furthers the demise of arms control, eliminating one of the few remaining forums for dialogue between Moscow and Washington at a time of rising nuclear risk. Furthermore, it signals Russia’s increasing reliance on nuclear weapons.

President Vladimir Putin has increasingly relied on nuclear threats in an attempt to prevent foreign intervention and signal to the United States and NATO that he is committed to winning the war in Ukraine.

On August 26, 2022, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Review Conference ended without a consensus due to the security environment. However, this narrative ignores growing friction between nuclear weapon and nonnuclear weapon states.

On the 74th anniversary of its founding, North Korea passed a new law enshrining its nuclear power status, expanded conditions to launch a preemptive nuclear strike, and declared its intention to never denuclearize.

CSIS hosts UK national security adviser, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, as he advocates for a new set of principles for the future of arms control and resetting strategic stability for the new international order.