North Korea said two years of diplomacy with the U.S. had failed, and vowed to increase its nuclear weapons capabilities.

Nuclear Crisis Group member Ambassador Thomas Pickering signed a statement by the American Academy of Diplomacy expressing support for the protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers.

Nuclear Crisis Group Director Jon Wolfstahl and Director of national security outreach at Human Rights First Bishop Garrison call on the U.S. national security community to address racial injustice and inequality at home.

A report by the American Policy Nuclear Initiative “takes a sweeping look at how the U.S. is navigating the complex nuclear landscape under the undisciplined and unpredictable rule of Donald Trump.”

“In short, testing runs contrary to the U.S. national security interest by making the outbreak of nuclear war more likely,” says Co-Founder Bruce Blair.