Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with CNN on Russian ties to North Korea. “Putin is highlighting that Russia has friends – and is propagating the idea that the war is not winnable for Ukraine because Russia will not run out of weapons,” said John Erath, senior policy director for the Center for Arms Control and […]
US vs China, Israel vs Iran, India vs Pakistan: Asia plays with fire as nuclear war safety net frays
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker spoke with South China Morning Post about nuclear arsenal buildup across the world. However, both India and Pakistan are still “likely a few years away” from being able to deploy nuclear-armed submarines, according to Shawn Rostker, a research analyst at the Washington-based Centre for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “It will likely take […]
Op-Ed: Risk reduction can help prevent nuclear crises. Here’s how.
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker wrote an op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on strengthening risk reduction in nuclear weapons states. On February 4, 2026, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the last legally binding arms control agreement on strategic nuclear warheads, will expire, ushering in a theoretically unconstrained nuclear world. Treaty-based […]
India’s Agni-5 missile: Deterrence against China or is New Delhi thinking something bigger?
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with India Weekly about the first test of the Agni-5 missile and its implications for Asian regional politics. John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, Washington DC, USA, believes that diplomacy is still the best option available. He told India Weekly that Beijing pretends not […]
Analysts: US, South Korea Should Be Ready for Russia-North Korea Alliance
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with VOA about the Russian technology transfers and tensions in the Korean peninsula. John Erath, senior policy director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said Russian technology transfers “would not so much change the threat as add to the atmosphere of tension on the peninsula.” But he told […]
