Preventing a Three-Way Nuclear Arms Race

Thomas Countryman, former acting undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, moderates this discussion during the 2023 Arms Control Association Annual Meeting.

Lynn Rusten (Nuclear Threat Initiative), Jon Wolfsthal (Center for a New American Security and Global Zero), and Tong Zhao (Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton) respond to earlier remarks from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and then discuss how to prevent a three-way nuclear arms race between the United States, Russia, and China.