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Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Working to limit & eventually eliminate the nuclear threat through Congressional & public outreach.
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How can we see President Eisenhower in 'A House of Dynamite'? Read about the hidden connection you might have missed in policy intern Julia Cooper’s first Nukes of Hazard blog post:
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A House of Dynamite, Eisenhower and Lessons for Non-Proliferation - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
By Julia Cooper, Policy Intern, Fall 2025 In Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller A House of Dynamite, allusions to President Dwight Eisenhower are present throughout. Portraited just over the Secretary...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
How can we see President Eisenhower in 'A House of Dynamite'? Read about the hidden connection you might have missed in policy intern Julia Cooper’s first Nukes of Hazard blog post:
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How does the nuclear launch process work? Why does the President of the United States have complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal? Our Nukes of Hazard podcast episode answers the questions you’re dying to have answered about our nuclear monarchy:
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Footballs, Biscuits, and America's Nuclear Monarchy - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Inauguration Day means it’s almost time for the nuclear football to shift from one president to another. But how does that work, exactly? And in a country built on a system of checks and balances, why...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
How does the nuclear launch process work? Why does the President of the United States have complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal? Our Nukes of Hazard podcast episode answers the questions you’re dying to have answered about our nuclear monarchy:
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“This has been a scam going on since Ronald Reagan’s days,” says Executive Director John Tierney about missile defense to The Times.
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How accurate is A House of Dynamite? Experts sort fact from fiction
The Pentagon challenged the accuracy of Netflix’s film, but three experts tell The Times why its lessons on American defence should be heeded
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November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“This has been a scam going on since Ronald Reagan’s days,” says Executive Director John Tierney about missile defense to The Times.
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“If you’re talking about the testing of nuclear weapons, there are tests that are conducted called sub-critical tests, where you would make sure everything worked without actually setting off a nuclear explosion," says Senior Policy Director John Erath.
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Will Trump actually test nuclear weapons? Experts are 'disturbed' and urge clarification
President Donald Trump announced what could prove to be a stunning shift in American nuclear policy.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“If you’re talking about the testing of nuclear weapons, there are tests that are conducted called sub-critical tests, where you would make sure everything worked without actually setting off a nuclear explosion," says Senior Policy Director John Erath.
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How accurately does “A House of Dynamite” portray the U.S. nuclear launch process? Get all your questions answered. armscontrolcenter.org/what-a-house...
What 'A House of Dynamite' Gets Right and Wrong About the Nuclear Launch Process - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
What does A House of Dynamite get right and wrong about the U.S. nuclear launch process? Is this how the system really works? We break it down.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
How accurately does “A House of Dynamite” portray the U.S. nuclear launch process? Get all your questions answered. armscontrolcenter.org/what-a-house...
The debate over US nuclear testing revolves around two critical questions: Is it technically necessary? And what would the strategic consequences be?
On both counts, the evidence overwhelmingly suggests that resuming tests would do more harm than good.
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On both counts, the evidence overwhelmingly suggests that resuming tests would do more harm than good.
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Nuclear Testing Is a Relic. Resuming It Would Be Reckless.
The United States will uphold its leadership in non-proliferation by refraining from unnecessary and destabilizing nuclear tests.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The debate over US nuclear testing revolves around two critical questions: Is it technically necessary? And what would the strategic consequences be?
On both counts, the evidence overwhelmingly suggests that resuming tests would do more harm than good.
www.justsecurity.org/109931/resum...
On both counts, the evidence overwhelmingly suggests that resuming tests would do more harm than good.
www.justsecurity.org/109931/resum...
With less than 100 days until the New START agreement between the United States and Russia expires, learn more about how this critical treaty has contributed to nuclear arms control with our fact sheet: armscontrolcenter.org/understandin...
Fact Sheet: Understanding the New START Agreement - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation explains the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in a factsheet
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October 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
With less than 100 days until the New START agreement between the United States and Russia expires, learn more about how this critical treaty has contributed to nuclear arms control with our fact sheet: armscontrolcenter.org/understandin...
How accurately does "A House of Dynamite" portray U.S. missile defense? Get all your questions answered. armscontrolcenter.org/what-a-house...
What 'A House of Dynamite' Gets Right and Wrong About Missile Defense - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
$50 billion for a coin toss? Here's what A House of Dynamite gets right and wrong about U.S. missile defense.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
How accurately does "A House of Dynamite" portray U.S. missile defense? Get all your questions answered. armscontrolcenter.org/what-a-house...
What do nuclear policy experts think of “A House of Dynamite,” now streaming on Netflix? Check out our spoiler-filled review in the latest episode of our Nukes of Hazard podcast. soundcloud.com/cacnp/are-we...
Are We Living in a House of Dynamite?
Has “A House of Dynamite” popped up on your Netflix? Our staff got the chance to see it early in theaters and decided to break down what this film gets right (and wrong) about the nuclear weapons comp
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October 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
What do nuclear policy experts think of “A House of Dynamite,” now streaming on Netflix? Check out our spoiler-filled review in the latest episode of our Nukes of Hazard podcast. soundcloud.com/cacnp/are-we...
It’s the question you’re dying to have answered: Can “A House of Dynamite” actually happen? Check out our break down of whether the scenario from the newest Netflix film is realistic or not:
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Is 'A House of Dynamite' Realistic? - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
A House of Dynamite depicts how U.S. national security organizations interact with accuracy. What's realistic and what isn't? We break it down.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It’s the question you’re dying to have answered: Can “A House of Dynamite” actually happen? Check out our break down of whether the scenario from the newest Netflix film is realistic or not:
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Do you have nuclear weapons questions as you watch “A House of Dynamite” on Netflix? We have answers. Check out our watch-along guide, complete with timestamps, to help you separate fact from fiction:
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'A House of Dynamite': Minute-By-Minute Watch-Along Guide - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Watch A House of Dynamite using our watch-along guide to get real-time context and answers to your nuclear questions. Is it realistic? Find out with us.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Do you have nuclear weapons questions as you watch “A House of Dynamite” on Netflix? We have answers. Check out our watch-along guide, complete with timestamps, to help you separate fact from fiction:
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Gearing up to watch “A House of Dynamite" on Netflix? We have everything you need to sort fact from fiction and understand important context before, during and after you watch the film:
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A House of Dynamite - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
How realistic is A House of Dynamite? Could it really happen? What's real and what's not? Our resources break it down.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Gearing up to watch “A House of Dynamite" on Netflix? We have everything you need to sort fact from fiction and understand important context before, during and after you watch the film:
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Ready to catch “A House of Dynamite” in theaters? Check out this pre-watch guide from Communications Associate Farah Sonde to learn what’s fact and fiction in our Nukes of Hazard blog.
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One Person’s Pre-Watch Guide to “A House of Dynamite” - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
By Farah Sonde Just in time for Halloween, Netflix is dropping a new nuclear thriller that fits the “spooky season” mantra. A House of Dynamite, the new film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, will hit sele...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Ready to catch “A House of Dynamite” in theaters? Check out this pre-watch guide from Communications Associate Farah Sonde to learn what’s fact and fiction in our Nukes of Hazard blog.
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American University grad student Mathew Montiel argues that Intangible Transfers of Technology regarding nuclear weapons need to be further regulated in the newest blog post for our Next Up in Arms Control blog series. armscontrolcenter.org/intangible-t... #NukeSky
Intangible Threats: How Uncontrolled Knowledge Fuels Proliferation - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
by Mathew Montiel* How do we govern knowledge? Can we control knowledge? If I gave you blueprints for an LGM-35 Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, could you build it? Thankfully, most of us ...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
American University grad student Mathew Montiel argues that Intangible Transfers of Technology regarding nuclear weapons need to be further regulated in the newest blog post for our Next Up in Arms Control blog series. armscontrolcenter.org/intangible-t... #NukeSky
⏰STARTING SOON!!!⏰ Join our virtual annual conference -- Getting Off the Collision Course: The Case Against Arms Racing -- at 4:30 p.m. ET and share your thoughts as we go using the hashtag #CACNP2025!
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VIRTUAL - Getting Off the Collision Course: The Case Against Arms Racing
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October 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
⏰STARTING SOON!!!⏰ Join our virtual annual conference -- Getting Off the Collision Course: The Case Against Arms Racing -- at 4:30 p.m. ET and share your thoughts as we go using the hashtag #CACNP2025!
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What do new restrictions on DoD reporters have to do with Center issues like nuclear weapons and the Pentagon budget? Everything. Communications Director Anna Schumann explains why in our Nukes of Hazard blog. armscontrolcenter.org/pentagons-wa... #NukeSky
Pentagon's War on Journalism Is One More Way to Hide Costs, Bad Programs and Realities of Conflict - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
By Anna Schumann The Pentagon is not generally considered a fount of free information, sometimes for good reasons. U.S. national security requires top secrets to be held closely by people who have bee...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
What do new restrictions on DoD reporters have to do with Center issues like nuclear weapons and the Pentagon budget? Everything. Communications Director Anna Schumann explains why in our Nukes of Hazard blog. armscontrolcenter.org/pentagons-wa... #NukeSky
We agree with visionary artist and activist Keith Haring. It is time to stop tempting nuclear war and fight for a future of peace.
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We agree with visionary artist and activist Keith Haring. It is time to stop tempting nuclear war and fight for a future of peace.
Next Up in Arms Control blog series contributor and GWU graduate student Roc Iore argues for the nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) system’s inclusion in nuclear arms control agreements.
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Attacking the Brain: Why NC3 Needs a Treaty - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
by Roc Iore* Your arms, legs, joints, and muscles are functioning correctly, as are your eyes, ears, brain and nervous system. Even if you live in a competitive environment with other people around yo...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Next Up in Arms Control blog series contributor and GWU graduate student Roc Iore argues for the nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) system’s inclusion in nuclear arms control agreements.
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Recent college & grad school alumni:
Work for 6 to 9 months with one of over 2 dozen NGOs in DC on international peace & security issues, including nuclear arms control, peacebuilding, & diplomacy. Apply by Oct. 20 to @scovillepf.bsky.social for the spring '26 semester. scoville.org
Work for 6 to 9 months with one of over 2 dozen NGOs in DC on international peace & security issues, including nuclear arms control, peacebuilding, & diplomacy. Apply by Oct. 20 to @scovillepf.bsky.social for the spring '26 semester. scoville.org
September 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Recent college & grad school alumni:
Work for 6 to 9 months with one of over 2 dozen NGOs in DC on international peace & security issues, including nuclear arms control, peacebuilding, & diplomacy. Apply by Oct. 20 to @scovillepf.bsky.social for the spring '26 semester. scoville.org
Work for 6 to 9 months with one of over 2 dozen NGOs in DC on international peace & security issues, including nuclear arms control, peacebuilding, & diplomacy. Apply by Oct. 20 to @scovillepf.bsky.social for the spring '26 semester. scoville.org
“By revitalizing and reinterpreting the Pelindaba Treaty, Africa can help build a more just and balanced nuclear order that ensures both global security and energy justice,” writes founder of Africa Nuclear Law Association Nkazimulo Moyeni. armscontrolcenter.org/reimagining-... #NukeSky
Reimagining the Pelindaba Treaty: Africa’s Role in a New Arms Control Era - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
by Nkazimulo Moyeni* As Africa accelerates its peaceful nuclear energy ambitions under the watch of international safeguards, the frameworks that govern arms control must evolve to reflect the contine...
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September 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“By revitalizing and reinterpreting the Pelindaba Treaty, Africa can help build a more just and balanced nuclear order that ensures both global security and energy justice,” writes founder of Africa Nuclear Law Association Nkazimulo Moyeni. armscontrolcenter.org/reimagining-... #NukeSky
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker reflects on his experience at the Young Trilateral Leaders Summit, and the lessons Washington needs to learn from voices in the Indo-Pacific, in the newest post for our Nukes of Hazard blog.
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We Keep Talking About the Indo-Pacific. So I Went and Listened. - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
By Shawn Rostker In Washington, we talk about the Indo-Pacific constantly — its strategic importance, its contested future and the role the United States ought to play in shaping it. But rarely does D...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker reflects on his experience at the Young Trilateral Leaders Summit, and the lessons Washington needs to learn from voices in the Indo-Pacific, in the newest post for our Nukes of Hazard blog.
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TOP TAKEAWAYS from the $893 BILLION HASC-PASSED NDAA before it heads to the House Floor next week, a 🧵:
Bottom line: HASC's NDAA mostly tracks the White House plan with a few exceptions (1/4)
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Bottom line: HASC's NDAA mostly tracks the White House plan with a few exceptions (1/4)
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Summary: Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 3838) as passed by the House Committee on Armed Services - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY26 Request FY26 requested levels come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Budget Reque...
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September 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
TOP TAKEAWAYS from the $893 BILLION HASC-PASSED NDAA before it heads to the House Floor next week, a 🧵:
Bottom line: HASC's NDAA mostly tracks the White House plan with a few exceptions (1/4)
armscontrolcenter.org/summary-fisc...
Bottom line: HASC's NDAA mostly tracks the White House plan with a few exceptions (1/4)
armscontrolcenter.org/summary-fisc...
We must remember the families who survived the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and tell their stories. Listen to Sara Burkinshaw, granddaughter of a Hiroshima survivor, describe the power of storytelling in this Nukes of Hazard podcast episode.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We must remember the families who survived the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and tell their stories. Listen to Sara Burkinshaw, granddaughter of a Hiroshima survivor, describe the power of storytelling in this Nukes of Hazard podcast episode.
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Program Coordinator Emma Sandifer reflects on her Nuclear Futures Fellowship and the need for future-focused strategy building in our newest Nukes of Hazard blog post. armscontrolcenter.org/how-looking-...
How Looking Into the Future Helps Reevaluate the Present - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
By Emma Sandifer This month, the world is looking into the past to commemorate the 80th anniversaries of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At the same time, it is mired in the present, evalu...
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August 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Program Coordinator Emma Sandifer reflects on her Nuclear Futures Fellowship and the need for future-focused strategy building in our newest Nukes of Hazard blog post. armscontrolcenter.org/how-looking-...
OUR TOP TAKEAWAYS from the SASC-PASSED NDAA, a 🧵:
Bottom line: full speed ahead on Golden Dome, SLCM-N and pit production, major funding for the Sentinel and huge plus-ups for missile defense like THAAD (1/5)
armscontrolcenter.org/summary-fisc...
Bottom line: full speed ahead on Golden Dome, SLCM-N and pit production, major funding for the Sentinel and huge plus-ups for missile defense like THAAD (1/5)
armscontrolcenter.org/summary-fisc...
armscontrolcenter.org
August 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
OUR TOP TAKEAWAYS from the SASC-PASSED NDAA, a 🧵:
Bottom line: full speed ahead on Golden Dome, SLCM-N and pit production, major funding for the Sentinel and huge plus-ups for missile defense like THAAD (1/5)
armscontrolcenter.org/summary-fisc...
Bottom line: full speed ahead on Golden Dome, SLCM-N and pit production, major funding for the Sentinel and huge plus-ups for missile defense like THAAD (1/5)
armscontrolcenter.org/summary-fisc...