Policy Analyst Monica Montgomery spoke with The Hill about Russia’s announcement that it is suspending New START implementation. Monica Montgomery, a policy analyst with the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said she viewed Putin’s announcement as a formalization of recent developments to halt the nuclear pact. Amid numerous setbacks in the war in Ukraine, […]
What is New START and why is Russia ‘suspending’ its role in the treaty?
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with the Washington Post about the New START agreement and Russia’s announcement that it would suspend participation in it. The agreement was criticized initially for being unambitious, said John Erath, senior policy director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. The deal allows both Russia and the United […]
How to Stop Fighting Around Nuclear Power Plants
by Matthew Teasdale One year ago, Russian forces captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), effectively beginning a gamble with civil nuclear disaster. Russian planners allegedly intended to blackmail Ukraine and other European nations with a potential major radiological incident. Beyond just Ukraine, a nuclear disaster at Zaporizhzhia could unleash radiation and ensuing health issues […]
Op-ed: There is no alternative: US-Russian nuclear arms control must restart. Now.
Research Analyst Connor Murray authored an op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about the importance of immediately engaging in arms control with Russia as we are now less than three years away from the expiration of the New START agreement between the world’s two largest nuclear powers. “The nuclear landscape today is far […]
US says Russia is violating key nuclear arms control agreement
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with CNN about U.S. claims that Russia is violating the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the last remaining arms control agreement between the world’s two biggest nuclear powers. John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, emphasized to CNN on Tuesday that Russia’s noncompliance […]