Bureau Home Bureau Home About Us Leadership Key Topics Remarks and Releases 2017-2021 Archive HomeBureaus & Offices > Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security ...Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation hide Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Subscribe Our Mission The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) prevents and rolls back the spread of WMD, delivery systems, and advanced conventional weapons capabilities; protects U.S. critical and emerging technology; and promotes the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, science, and technology. In close collaboration with other bureaus within the State Department, other U.S. agencies, and a diverse range of international and non-governmental partners, ISN further tracks, develops, and implements effective policy responses to proliferation threats and shapes the international security environment to prevent their recurrence. Assistant Secretary C.S. Eliot Kang Follow Us: Twitter Facebook Flickr The Latest March 4, 2024 Shaping the Future of Nuclear Security Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 once again propelled nuclear security to the forefront of the global security conversation. Russia’s unprecedented seizure of both the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants, the latter of which was heavily shelled, drew global condemnation and fears of a potential release of radiation. Two years later, […] April 18, 2024 Targeting Iran’s UAV Program, Steel Industry, and Automobile Companies March 27, 2024 Designating Sources of Illicit DPRK Revenue March 27, 2024 Madagascar Endorses the Proliferation Security Initiative See All Our Priorities Export Controls Policy AUKUS Nonproliferation Sanctions The CHIPS Act Export Controls Policy The United States uses export controls to protect national security interests and promote our foreign policy objectives. The State Department also employs export controls to prevent state and non-state actors from using goods and technologies to abuse human rights. Read More Export Controls Policy AUKUS In September 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced AUKUS – a new security partnership that will promote a free and open Indo-Pacific that is secure and stable. Learn more about AUKUS AUKUS Nonproliferation Sanctions The United States imposes sanctions under various legal authorities against foreign individuals, private entities, and governments that engage in proliferation activities, including Iran, Syria, and North Korea. Learn more about Nonproliferation Sanctions Nonproliferation Sanctions The CHIPS Act In August 2022, President Biden signed the CHIPS Act, a U.S. federal statute enacted by the 117th United States Congress that provides billions of dollars in new funding to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States. Learn more about the CHIPS Act The CHIPS Act Offices Office of Congressional and Public Affairs Office of Conventional Arms Threat Reduction Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction Office of Counterproliferation Initiatives Office of Critical Technology Protection Office of Export Control Cooperation Office of Missile, Biological, and Chemical Nonproliferation Office of Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety, and Security Office of Policy Coordination Office of The Biological Policy Staff Office of the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism