Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Why a substantive and verifiable no-first-use treaty for nuclear weapons is possible

Since conducting its first nuclear detonation in 1964, China has pledged to never be the first to use nuclear weapons and has urged other nuclear weapon states to make the same commitment by proposing ...
War on the Rocks

Assessing the Risks of a Nuclear ‘No First Use’ Policy

Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from “Policy Roundtable: Nuclear First-Use and Presidential Authority” from our sister publication, the Texas National Security Review. Be sure to check out the full ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The overwhelming case for no first use

Declaring a policy and posture of no first use of nuclear weapons offers the most conspicuous opportunity not yet taken for the United States to devalue the currency of nuclear weapons in world ...
The National Interest

America Would Never Be the First to Use Nukes. So Why Say We Might?

President Barack Obama is reportedly considering changing U.S. policy to say that the United States would never be the first nation to use nuclear weapons. Good idea. The United States has nothing to ...