The global legal framework for nuclear weapons control faces fresh setbacks in 2026, as the U.S.-Russia New START treaty expires on Feb. 5 and New York hosts the NPT Review Conference in April, raising concerns over eroding safeguards against nuclear crisis.
The RevCon, held every four to five years, is meant to keep the NPT alive. But during the last two sessions, the 191 signatory states failed to agree on a final document, and experts expect the same outcome in April.
"I think this is going to be a difficult RevCon," said Alexandra Bell, head of U.S.-based global security nonprofit the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, at a U.N.-hosted onl
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