Nuclear Posture Review

February 23, 2026 | Jack Burnham, Andrea Stricker

China’s Covert Test May Signal a Shift in Beijing’s Nuclear Posture 

China is actively modernizing and expanding its nuclear arsenal to incorporate next-generation capabilities. Citing sources familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments, a February 21 CNN report noted...

February 4, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Expiration of New START Offers Chance for U.S. To Revamp Nuclear Posture Towards Russia and China

The expiration of the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty offers the Trump administration an opportunity to reexamine and strengthen the U.S. nuclear posture to deter both Russia and...

June 13, 2025 | Andrea Stricker, Anthony Ruggiero

Nuclear Cooperation Among the ‘Axis of Aggressors’: An Emerging Threat

December 16, 2022 | David Adesnik, John Hardie

FDD’s Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: The Year in Review

December 8, 2022 | Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Losing an arms race with China is much worse than competing in one

The Pentagon’s annual China Military Power Report published last Tuesday makes clear that Beijing is sprinting to ensure the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) possesses the military means to conquer...

December 1, 2022 | David Adesnik, John Hardie

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: December

November 1, 2022 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November

October 26, 2022 | Samantha Ravich, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Harden the cybersecurity of US nuclear complex now

Deterrence is only as good as it is credible

August 8, 2022 | Eric S. Edelman, Franklin Miller

Understanding That Weakness Is Provocative Is Deterrence 101

Biden has canceled yet another test of our ICBM system so as not to cause more tension with China.

April 28, 2022 | Anthony Ruggiero, Bradley Bowman, John Hardie

Russia’s Sarmat test underscores need to modernize US nuclear triad

Russia conducted its first flight test of the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile on April 20. The launch represents a notable milestone in Russia’s ongoing nuclear modernization designed...

October 8, 2021 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Biden Must Continue the Bipartisan Nuclear Consensus

A nuclear arms race is underway, but so far, the only participants are Russia and China. The United States, for its part, is barely treading water.

January 14, 2021 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Andrea Stricker

Arms Control and Nonproliferation

December 7, 2020 | Maj. Shane “Axl” Praiswater |

Why We Need a New ICBM

The arguments for keeping a nuclear triad.

June 14, 2019 | Bradley Bowman, Andrew Gabel

The U.S. must deploy a sub-launched low-yield nuke

In its annual consideration of the defense policy bill this week, the House Armed Services Committee narrowly ...

January 31, 2019 | Orde Kittrie, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Midterm Assessment: Arms Control & Nonproliferation

July 14, 2011 |

Too Much Mr. Nice Guy

WASHINGTON — There are three ways in which I believe recent decisions by the Obama administration are, unintentionally, actually fostering the proliferation of nuclear weapons rather than c...

April 27, 2010 | Rebeccah Heinrichs The Washington Times |

Countering the Growing Airborne Threat

Co-Authored with Henry A. Obering III President Obama has made it clear that “resetting” relations with Russia and eliminating the planet’s nuclear weapons are...

April 19, 2010 | |

Where’s Iran In Obama’s War on Nukes?

It’s been one week since President Obama’s two-day “nukes are bad” extravaganza came to a close. No less than 47 heads of state attended the summit in Washington to determ...

April 15, 2010 | Clifford D. May |

The Obama Doctrine

In recent days, the Obama administration has fired a salvo of national security initiatives: a new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), a new National...

April 7, 2010 | Clifford D. May |

Nuclear Posturing

Let me see if I have this straight: Iran is developing nuclear weapons and threatening to use them and/or share them with terrorists. In response, President Obama has renounced the development of...