arms control

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William Alberque, former director of arms control for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization who is now at the Pacific Forum think tank, said DiNanno’s allegation was a warning to Beijing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

“China has conducted nuclear explosive tests,” said Thomas DiNanno, the top State Department official for arms control and international security told a United Nations disarmament body.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The lapse of New Start, he said, disrupted "a legacy of more than five decades of bilateral nuclear arms control."

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

In a speech last year he described the collapse of these key arms control treaties as "one of the most dangerous aspects of our current global security", along with "the increasing prominence of nuclear weapons".

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Today, arms control agreements have lowered the global nuclear stockpile to about thirteen thousand, mostly in the hands of Russia and the United States.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin