Why even a failed test makes North Korea’s nuclear arsenal scarier By Sharon Squassoni Read this post in Reuters Nuclear weapon tests are no longer a commonplace occurrence, so it’s always a little shocking when it happens. It may even be shocking to the country that conducts it – most recently, North Korea. The famously […]
Board Secretary Phil Coyle quoted in New York Times on North Korea
Comparisons Don’t Support North Korea’s Claims of a Hydrogen Bomb, Experts Say By William J. Broad Read this post in the New York Times Many nuclear experts, including Dr. Kim, Dr. Ford and Mr. Albright, suggested that the North Korean test might have involved putting a tiny amount of tritium, or heavy hydrogen, into the […]
How to Keep the Iran Deal Healthy, from Gen. Gard in Foreign Affairs
In his latest piece for Foreign Affairs, Center board chair Lt. Gen. Robert Gard uses lessons from North Korea to argue the U.S. must hold up its side of the bargain in the Iran deal.
“Half-Cocked” Plans Leave Us Still on the Brink
Episode two is titled “Half-Cocked”—and for good reason, as the mission to destroy Pakistan’s unguarded nuclear sites becomes a slapdash operation that just might put the world at even greater risk.
U.S. Defense Spending Vs. Global Defense Spending
According to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database 2015, in 2014, the U.S. approved $609.9 billion in defense budget authority (fiscal year 2014 dollars). This figure includes funding for the Pentagon base budget, money allocated for the Pentagon in the Overseas Contingency Operations fund, and defense related activities in the 050 budget function. It also includes Department of Energy-administered atomic energy defense activities.
