Wartime Leverage for Arms Control

The United States should use the political and diplomatic attention generated by regional conflicts (for example, the current U.S.–Israeli war involving Iran) as a moment to restart and strengthen global arms‑control frameworks — replacing expired treaties, expanding inspections, and coupling civil‑nuclear cooperation with stricter nonproliferation safeguards. Rather than treating proliferation as a separate technical problem, Washington should make treaty revival a central element of crisis diplomacy to reduce long‑term systemic risk. — Framing conflict moments as opportunities to rebuild international nonproliferation institutions changes how policymakers balance immediate military aims with long‑term arms‑control stability.