Overview
- NATO’s 32 allies issued a statement backing the NPT, the treaty that bars new nuclear states and commits nuclear powers to pursue disarmament, and urged Russia and China to work with the United States on stability and transparency.
- The alliance said Russia violated key arms‑control commitments and used threatening nuclear rhetoric, and it accused China of rapidly expanding its arsenal without clear data.
- NATO official Boris Ruge pointed to Russia’s use of its nuclear‑capable Oreshnik missile in Ukraine on two occasions as irresponsible nuclear signaling.
- China filed its national NPT report, reaffirmed a no‑first‑use policy and a minimal deterrent, and called on the United States to stop attacks on civilian nuclear facilities and nuclear‑sharing practices, while warning about AUKUS submarine technology transfer risks.
- The UN review runs April 27 to May 22 in New York in a tougher landscape shaped by New START’s expiry in February and France’s move to scrap its 300‑warhead cap under an ‘advanced deterrence’ doctrine.