Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with ABC News (Australia) about missile systems the West has provided Ukraine. “It’s not really about the air defence, it’s not really about the missiles — this is much more of a political thing,” John Erath, senior policy director for the US Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told the […]
Russia Has Enough Missiles for 3-4 More Mass Strikes, Official Warns
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Newsweek about Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov’s recent comments that Russia has “at most two or three, maybe four more [mass-strike missiles] to spare.” John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Newsweek that Danilov’s comments regarding Russia’s missile arsenal were […]
Putin says Russia could adopt US preemptive strike concept
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with the Associated Press about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest nuclear threat. “He doesn’t quite say we’re going to launch nuclear weapons, but he wants the dialogue in the U.S. and Europe to be, ’The longer this war goes on, the greater the threat of nuclear weapons might be […]
Op-ed: Russia’s self-defeating move in pausing nuke talks with US
Research Analyst Connor Murray wrote an op-ed in Responsible Statecraft explaining why it was self-defeating for Russia to cancel arms control talks with the United States. “Russia’s announcement on November 28 that it would postpone arms control talks with the United States was yet another signal that its current leadership is choosing a path detrimental to arms […]
Ukraine Hasn’t Seen Full HIMARS Potential, Thanks to U.S. Altering: Report
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Newsweek about the U.S. contribution of modified HIMARS to Ukraine. John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Newsweek that the Biden administration’s approach has been “very consistent.” “They have tried to avoid taking steps that would escalate aspects of this conflict, that is […]