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Beijing’s Rare Disclosure on DF-5B Missile Signals Shift in Nuclear Messaging

Beijing’s Rare Disclosure on DF-5B Missile Signals Shift in Nuclear Messaging

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING -- China’s state television put a rare public focus on Beijing’s DF-5B intercontinental ballistic missile earlier this month, [...] More

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The Problem(s) with the Administration's Approach to Arms Control and Open Skies

OPINION — Last week, President Trump announced that the U.S. was giving six months’ notice that it would be pulling out of another international [...] More

The U.S.- Russian Venn Diagram

Tuesday’s meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Sochi, Russia, was the result of a [...] More

Staying the Course on Nuclear Modernization

This year, the Donald J. Trump administration will review the state of U.S. nuclear forces, the nation’s nuclear policy and posture, and how it fits [...] More

The Case for Arms Control and Drawing Down Nuclear Forces

The pursuit of nuclear arms control agreements and other efforts to draw down nuclear forces to reduce nuclear dangers is a goal that is almost as [...] More

Passing the ‘Football’: The Future of U.S. Nuclear Policy

Passing the ‘Football’: The Future of U.S. Nuclear Policy

At 12:00PM on Friday, Jan. 20, the nuclear “football,” a briefcase containing the launch codes for the U.S. nuclear arsenal, was passed to a new [...] More

President Obama’s Legacy: Arms Exporter in Chief

President Obama’s Legacy: Arms Exporter in Chief

As President Barack Obama heads out of office, he leaves behind an unexpected legacy: as arms exporter-in-chief.“The Obama administration has made [...] More

Nuclear No First Use: Ambiguity vs. Clarity

Nuclear No First Use: Ambiguity vs. Clarity

In a Presidential race dominated by immigration, trade, and an almost unprecedented level of political mudslinging, one could be forgiven for missing [...] More

No Alternative in Sight

Since June 2016, there has been a spirited debate in Washington regarding the U.S. adoption of a No-First-Use (NFU) policy. A NFU policy would be a [...] More

NFU is Good Nuclear Policy

Geopolitical tensions have risen in Europe since the Russia-Ukraine crisis in 2014; in South Asia with the flare-up in Kashmir; and in East Asia with [...] More

The Role of Arms Control

Hypersonic weapons will be capable of carrying nuclear warheads, yet so far there is little discussion on the role of arms control. The Cipher Brief [...] More

The Case for No-First-Use

The conditions under which a U.S. president might use nuclear weapons has in recent weeks become a topic of national conversation.Toward the end of [...] More

Russia's Record on Arms Compliance: Getting Worse

With the conclusion of the final Nuclear Security Summit, Russia and the United States - the possesors of the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals – [...] More