By John Erath News feeds this week have featured a number of stories about the Commander of the Air Mobility Command, General Michael Minihan and his impression that there will be a U.S.-China war over Taiwan by 2025. While sensational, this view was quickly discounted by the Air Force and the Pentagon, although echoed by […]
Op-ed: ‘Old Think’ Is Driving U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
Senior Fellow John Isaacs wrote for The National Interest about the Pentagon’s counting problem, Cold War mentality, nuclear weapons and China. The dawn of the nuclear age changed every aspect of military calculations except for, unfortunately, the Pentagon’s counting skills. The United States continues to bear the consequences of this failure every day. With the […]
Why Managing the Nuclear Threat in Northeast Asia Matters
By Matthew Teasdale Overtaken by the war in Ukraine, bellicism on the Korean peninsula has taken a back seat in the international media, despite the very real rising nuclear threat. North Korea has fired more than 70 missiles this year – more than any previous year – including two purported intercontinental ballistic missiles that have […]
China to increase nuclear warheads to 1,500, Pentagon warns
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with The Associated Press about a new Pentagon report warning about China’s increasing nuclear capabilities and the international effects of such behavior and the report. “China is also closely watching how the international community reacts to Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, said John Erath, senior policy […]
Hiding in Plain Sight: India and Pakistan’s Global Environmental Threat
By Cate Warden* We only hear about the relationship between nuclear-armed states India and Pakistan in abrupt times of crisis, such as when India accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan in March of 2022. The escalation dominates headlines for a few days, and then no one outside of the region itself hears about India and […]
