Policy Analyst Geoff Wilson spoke with Hearst Television about the collapse of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, effective August 2.
Recap: Managing Global Nuclear Threats
By Anna Schumann On July 24, the Center held its annual conference: Managing Global Nuclear Threats, widely attended and streamed online by Congressional staffers, nuclear policy experts and other interested parties. Board member Spencer Boyer began by welcoming the audience and setting the stage for what the upcoming conversations would hold. The first panel, moderated by […]
North Korea Fires Two Short-Range Missiles off Its East Coast; Test coincides with a visit to Seoul by national security adviser John Bolton
Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston spoke with The Wall Street Journal about North Korea firing off short-range missiles. The North’s latest missile launch likely sends the message that the U.S. may be running out of time to offer North Korea some kind of concession, said Abigail Stowe-Thurston, program coordinator for the Washington-based Center for Arms Control […]
Space Wars: Do we really need to be militarizing space?
By Bryce Farabaugh, Policy Intern The militarization of space has been a controversial subject for decades, so it was more than a little surprising when, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee July 16, Defense Secretary nominee and current Secretary of the Army Mark Esper stated his belief that the United States […]
For Trump, Kim and Moon, the DMZ is for Diplomacy, but Promises are Hard to Keep
Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston spoke with the Wall Street Journal about President Trump’s visit to the DMZ between North and South Korea, and meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. With the lower-level agreements going unfulfilled, hopes of making headway on “loftier promises,” including the goal of denuclearization, have hit a ceiling, says Abigail Stowe-Thurston, […]
