Deep Cuts Project

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Trilateral German-US-Russian Project to Analyze the Next Steps in Arms Control and Disarmament. RP ≠ endorsement. Post ≠ opinion of Deep Cuts Commissioners.

📢 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...

The Risk of Renewed Nuclear Testing : DeepCuts

The Deep Cuts Project analyses the potential for US-Russian nuclear arms control under adversarial conditions.

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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.

After the New START treaty : DeepCuts

The Deep Cuts Project analyses the potential for US-Russian nuclear arms control under adversarial conditions.

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