📢 New Issue Brief from the DeepCuts Commission 👉 One of the major non-proliferation achievements of the past 30 years has been the global moratorium on nuclear explosive testing. Rising tensions and renewed testing threats now put this norm and the CTBT’s legacy under serious pressure.

📢 New joint statement out from the DeepCuts Commission With the expiration of the New START Treaty on 5 February 2026, the U.S. and Russia will, for the first time in decades, have no bilateral nuclear arms control agreement in place.

With President Trump's announcement that the US should prepare for resumption of nuclear weapon tests nuclear explosions ☢️ are back on the agenda. Our report from last year covers the policies and incentives forresuming tests of the three major nuclear states 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 deepcuts.org/publications...

Putin just announced that Russia is ready to comply with the quant. limits of #NewSTART for one year after its expiry www.kommersant.ru/doc/8058884?...

New START is set to expire in February. Its end will leave the world without a treaty limiting U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear weapons. Pleased to see this new fact sheet from @deepcutsproject.bsky.social that lays out some steps to help avoid dangerous arms buildups even absent a new treaty.

1/ For once, not only bad news out of the Kremlin: ""Russia is prepared to continue adhering to the central numerical limits under the New START Treaty for one year after 5 February 2026." is.gd/0rAcRF

President Putin announced Russia will stick to New START limits for a year after the treaty expiration in 2026, and will review its policy according to the US actions after www.rbc.ru/politics/22/...

Time is running out. With New START expiring in February 2026, Washington and Moscow can still avoid an unconstrained nuclear arms race. The Deep Cuts Fact Sheet shows how—and the role the P5 and international community can play. deepcuts.org/publications...