Are We Approaching the End of the Arms Control Era?

... extended the Protocol’s ban on use to production and possession is now near-universal, with North Korea as the only significant hold-out. The international community succeeded in eliminating 1,300 metric tons of Syrian CW by the end of 2014. The huge Russian CW inventory has also now been eliminated. The final elimination of U.S. CW stockpiles is scheduled for 2023. Progress toward reducing nuclear weapons has been a more mixed bag. Worldwide nuclear arsenals have been reduced to some 14,000 warheads ...