Is Arms Control Dead?

Chris, Melanie, and Zack consider Rose Gottemoeller’s claim that
arms control is not yet dead, but essential. Are there realistic
prospects for a new arms control deal? If the Trump
administration seriously seeks agreements with Russia and China,
what should we demand? And what concessions might we offer? And
what should be the objective of any new arms control agreements?
Grievances for the Pentagon’s slow-motion train wreck, to
worrisome reports of deep cuts at the State Department, and for
the Trump administration’s reported minerals deal in Ukraine.
Zack offers a heartfelt attaboy to his mentor Richard Armitage,
who passed away earlier this month after a lifetime of service.
Attas also to Secretary of State Marco Rubio for not cutting
State more, and to the Carnegie Endowment for a new report on the
foreign policy attitudes of Generation Z.


 


Links:




Rose Gottemoeller, “Arms Control Is Not Dead Yet: America
Should Pursue Parallel Nuclear Negotiations With China and
Russia,” Foreign Affairs, April 15, 2025




Christopher S. Chivvis and Lauren Morganbesser, “What Gen Z
Thinks About U.S. Foreign Policy,” Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, April 17, 2025




Geoff Wilson, Christohper Preble, and Lucas Ruiz, Gambling on
Armageddon, Stimson Center, February 19, 2025 




Nancy A. Youssef, Alexander Ward, and Vera Bergengruen,
“Polygraph Threats, Leaks and Infighting: Pete Hegseth
Rattled by Pentagon Chaos,” Wall Street Journal, April 24,
2025




Supporting Stimson, https://www.stimson.org/support/




“Armitage’s Story,” Last Days in Vietnam clip, PBS,
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lastdays-armitage/.