Arms control is much unloved at both ends of the political spectrum. Those ideologically opposed to arms control on the right believe it to be a snare and a delusion. In this view, arms control agreements confine US nuclear capabilities and are a poor substitute for freedom of action. Some on the left believe that arms control negotiations take too much time to accomplish too little, that it has been too patriarchal, and that focusing on arms control gets in the way… – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Photo: White House