"Arms Control and Nonproliferation Challenges Facing the Biden Administration"

Joe Biden became Vice President in 2009 at a time of optimism for arms control and nonproliferation. His boss, President Barack Obama, outlined his vision for a world without nuclear weapons. But within a few years, the international security environment had sharply deteriorated, with the return of great power competition with Russia and China, the unraveling of key arms control agreements, and growing doubts about whether the remarkably positive record of international nuclear nonproliferation efforts could be sustained. The Biden administration enters office with monumental challenges, especially coping with a still-raging pandemic, digging the country out of a deep economic crisis, and healing political divisions that have threatened the U.S. system of government. But unless it also finds time to revitalize the international arms control and nonproliferation regime, nuclear dangers facing the United States and international community will grow.

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Robert Einhorn is a senior fellow in the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative and the Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, both housed within the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. Einhorn focuses on arms control (U.S.-Russia and multilateral), nonproliferation and regional security issues (including Iran, the greater Middle East, South Asia, and Northeast Asia), and U.S. nuclear weapons policies and programs.Before joining Brookings in May 2013, Einhorn served as the U.S. Department of State special advisor for nonproliferation and arms control, a position created by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009.

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