Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with ABC News about the future of nuclear diplomacy with North Korea and Iran. “The whole conflict has a nuclear dimension that is going to have an effect on how we deal with Iran and North Korea, with other proliferators” said John Erath, Senior Policy Director for the Center […]
A World Without Arms Control?
By John Erath, Senior Policy Director I was recently asked about the future, or lack thereof, of arms control in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the suspension of dialogue between Washington and Moscow. The specific concern was that in the absence of a formal arms control process, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty […]
Fact Sheet: North Korea Sanctions
Updated May 2024 Since North Korea carried out its first nuclear weapon test in 2003, it has been the target of multiple sanctions regimes in an attempt to discourage its nuclear development. The UN and the United States, as well as the European Union, Japan, South Korea, and Australia, have sanctioned North Korea over the […]
Finding windows for cooperation amid rising nuclear threats
By Anna Kim Last Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong threatened “dreadful attack” and “a miserable fate little short of destruction and ruin” for South Korea, warning that if the country “opts for military confrontation with us, our nuclear combat force will have to inevitably carry out its duty.” The comments were […]
Is a New Cold War with China Inevitable?
By John Isaacs Democrats and Republicans rarely agree on anything in Washington, whether it is coping with Covid, fighting inflation, electoral reform or health care, but when it comes to hostility to China and the need to confront the rising challenge from Beijing, it seems there is rare bipartisan agreement. Unfortunately, much of the agreement […]
