Read the full op-ed here. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), the ballistic missile defense system that the United States recently began constructing in South Korea, is intended to protect the South from North Korean aggression. Instead, it is likely that the system will antagonize China — whose cooperation will be necessary to defuse tensions […]
Center Contributor Dr. Jim Walsh quoted in The Christian Science Monitor
Read the full piece here. “Presumably this was directed at the Chinese as much as anyone else,” says James Walsh, an expert in nuclear security issues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. “There’s this Washington consensus that we need to threaten the Chinese so they get on board with pressuring North Korea more,” […]
National Advisory Board Member Matthew Meselson Quoted in Agence France Presse (AFP)
Read the full piece here. “The simplest explanation is that it was binary,” said Matthew Meselson, a professor at Harvard University and member of the national advisory board at the US-based Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. As the two chemicals combined on Kim’s face to create VX, the assailants would have been unharmed while […]
Center National Advisory Board Member Lt. Gen. Robert Gard quoted in The Hill
Read the full piece here. Retired Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, who’s now a member of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s national advisory board, said military options could mean taking out North Korea’s ability to launch its own strikes. North Korea has a massive amount of artillery just across the demilitarized zone that could […]
U.S. Chief Diplomat Rules Out Diplomacy
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s comments ruling out diplomatic engagement with North Korea and emphasizing military options are counterproductive to stopping North Korea’s nuclear advancement. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hazel Correa hcorrea@armscontrolcenter.org 202.546.0795 x2115 Washington, DC – Today, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson explicitly rejected negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program until Pyongyang […]
