Project Sapphire was a successful covert operation that took place in 1994 and transferred highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Kazakhstan to the United States. At the time that Project Sapphire was undertaken, there was widespread concern that loose fissile material in the former Soviet states could spark a crisis. The project was a joint effort […]
Thông điệp răn đe hạt nhân của Nga trước sức ép từ phương Tây
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with VNExpress, a Vietnamese-language publication, on the possibility of Russia deploying nuclear weapons. The article is in Vietnamese. Read more
Is New START worth keeping?
By Matthew Teasdale The fate of the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two largest nuclear powers is under serious duress. Russia has suspended its participation in the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) and halted semiannual data exchanges on its nuclear arsenal. Ever since, a so-called “end of nuclear arms control” has […]
Russia placing nuclear weapons in Belarus doesn’t make much difference
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with DW about the Russian threat to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus. Watch more
Germany walks fine line on nuclear weapons
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with DW about the Russian threats to use nuclear weapons. “Clearly, we are at something of an inflection point,” John Erath, Senior Policy Director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told DW. “One of the means Russia has chosen to accomplish its end is to make threats of […]
