Senior Policy Director John Erath was quoted in ANI about the reasons behind the Chinese nuclear buildup. “The risk is real, and mounting. We use the phrase ‘Great power competition’ about China and the West,” said John Erath, senior policy director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. This is descriptive but not definitional, […]
Blinken Opens Dialogue with Xi
by Matthew Teasdale Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in June to shore up relations with China and, hopefully, move toward dialogue and away from confrontation in the Indo-Pacific. Following a dual track strategy, Blinken paired words of cooperation and the possibility of a Biden-Xi summit with a slew of […]
Wie Japan das G7-Treffen für die nukleare Abrüstung nutzen will
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with Handelsblatt, a German language publication, on the G7 summit in Hiroshima. The article is in German. Read more
Biden is going to Hiroshima at a moment when nuclear tensions are on the rise
Susan Burk, who is on the board for the Center, spoke with NPR about Russian nuclear threats. “The continued nuclear bluster has shocked nuclear experts. “Even in the coldest days of the Cold War, the U.S. and the Soviets always … continued to carry on a very substantive dialogue on nonproliferation issues,” said Susan Burk. […]
Japan-Korea Relations Show That Cultural Dialogue is Essential to Security
By Matthew Teasdale Bringing a welcome thaw to an often frosty relationship, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol discussed new economic and security policies in Seoul in early May 2023. President Yoon’s previous visit to Tokyo in March was the first summit between South Korea and Japan in more […]
