NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE AGE OF PANDEMICS Greg Koblentz, a member of the Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Security, co-wrote in Defense One that the government hasn’t treated pandemic threats with the same sense of urgency and focus that it has spent on great power competition with Russia and China. Also important, as Policy Intern James Loftis […]

A NOTE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOHN TIERNEY Friend, I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well and finding comfort in these uncertain times. At the Center, we are all working from our respective homes as much as possible, for which we are incredibly thankful. We know that with obvious public health and […]

TRUMP BUDGET REQUESTS MASSIVE INCREASE TO NUCLEAR SPENDING If it was not clear already, the Trump administration’s enormous new $740 billion defense budget request makes it crystal clear — they are fully committed to increasing the role of nuclear weapons in our national security policy. While funding for key conventional programs decreases under the request, the National […]

IRAN TENSIONS EASE, FOR NOW (AND THE DEAL IS NOT DEAD, DESPITE WHAT YOU SEE ON THE NEWS) Up until a few days ago, the world was on edge, as tensions between the United States and Iran became dangerously high. Things have cooled slightly, but the underlying challenges remain. And make no mistake, these challenges […]

NORTH KOREA WARNS OF ‘CHRISTMAS GIFT’ AS END-OF-YEAR DEADLINE RAPIDLY APPROACHES North Korea warned in early December that it will give the United States a “Christmas gift” of its own choosing this year, depending on how denuclearization negotiations have gone by North Korea’s own ambiguous, year-end deadline. It’s unclear what this gift could be, though […]