By Sophia Macartney Two non-nuclear weapon states are acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. The Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) alliance is providing Australia with nuclear-powered submarines by the 2040s, and Brazil has been seeking nuclear-powered submarines since the 1980s. Pessimists say AUKUS is a proliferation risk in contradiction of the spirit of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and could set […]
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How safe is depleted uranium and why is the UK’s decision to send it to Ukraine prompting debate?
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Euronews about the British decision to send depleted uranium to Ukraine. “John Erath, a Senior Policy Director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation told Euronews: “They’re not considered nuclear weapons. They do not have a nuclear component. And so they are not covered by nuclear non-proliferation treaties. They […]
On Royal Succession and Command and Control
By John Erath No, this will not be another House of the Dragon post. Although, given the number of views that one received, perhaps I should focus on covering TV rather than nuclear weapons. In this case, the subject is the royal succession in the United Kingdom and its nuclear command and control. When Queen […]
The Next Generation of Arms Control
By Rowan Humphries This week, a piece Summer 2021 intern Shane Ward began conceptualizing last year during his time with us was published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In his article, Ward argues that the urgency within the United States to develop a new multibillion-dollar nuclear warhead — the first new nuclear warhead […]
NATO 2030: What the new Strategic Concept should say about nuclear weapons
By Shane Ward Eleven years after its last Strategic Concept, NATO faces its most critical self-assessment since the Cold War. “Our security environment is more complex and contested than ever before,” Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated earlier this year. “We are adapting to a more competitive world.” The new Strategic Concept, which establishes NATO’s “enduring […]
