WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Jack Reed issued the following press release:

As Russia and China race to simultaneously modernize and expand their nuclear arsenals and with the recent expiration of the New START treaty that has provided significant guardrails for the international proliferation of nuclear arms for more than two decades, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined Michael O'Hanlon, the director of research for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, on Friday, February 27, 2026, for a conversation on how the U.S. is adapting its nuclear policies and objectives in a shifting global landscape.

Senator Reed, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sat down with O'Hanlon for a wide-ranging discussion that focused on mo...