By John Erath The Biden administration is currently completing work on its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) which is the set of policies that will guide how the U.S. nuclear force is structured and oriented for the next several years. The NPR will deal with a number of important issues, among them the fate of several […]
China and Iran, An Unlikely Constructive Role
By Samuel M. Hickey Since the signing of a 25-year trade and military partnership between Iran and China in early 2020, there has been great speculation about the “selling off” of Iran to China. And while there has been further prediction that China’s increasing diplomatic efforts in the Middle East signal an intention to replace […]
North Korea is testing hypersonic weapons. Should the West be worried?
Executive Director John Tierney was quoted in an NPR article about North Korea’s recent flurry of missile tests. John Tierney, a former Massachusetts representative who now serves as the executive director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, calls hypersonics “shrug worthy,” adopting a term coined by writer Fred Kaplan in a column in Slate last year […]
Why I wrote about jumpstarting a dialogue with China
By Samuel Hickey China’s efforts to increase its military strength and the signs that it may seek to increase its stockpile of nuclear warheads by the end of the decade are indeed challenges. However, as my colleague John Erath has noted, the initial response in Washington has had the wrong focus. It is time to think creatively to jumpstart […]
Sam Hickey on China’s Nuclear Weapons and Capabilities
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey appeared on a recent episode of the Power Play podcast, where he discusses China’s recently launched hypersonic weapon, the state of China’s current nuclear arsenal, export control initiatives, and China-U.S. relations surrounding nuclear weapons and arms control.
