INF TREATY EXPIRES IN 13 DAYS It looks increasingly like neither the Trump administration nor the Russian government will take the steps necessary to salvage the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a Reagan-era deal that led to the destruction of nearly 2,700 missiles for conventional and nuclear warheads and prohibits […]
Front and Center: June 15, 2019
WHAT’S GOING ON IN IRAN? Is this a new Gulf of Tonkin incident? Reports of Iran bombing a Japanese tanker while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was visiting Tehran surfaced Thursday morning, with the United States offering no proof that Iran was, indeed, behind the attacks. Why does proof matter? […]
Front and Center: May 18, 2019
Escalating tensions with Iran As we predicted, relations between the United States and Iran have gotten worse since President Trump decided to abandon the Iran nuclear deal last year. Iran has now said that it will no longer comply with parts of the agreement and tensions between the U.S. and […]
Front and Center: April 20, 2019
What did North Korea just test? North Korea tested a “tactical guided weapon” Wednesday, marking its first weapons test since November. South Korea said it believes the guided weapon is likely for use in ground combat and is not a ballistic missile, making it a conventional weapon not subject to international sanctions. Senior […]
Front and Center: March 16, 2019
What happened at the second North Korea summit, and what happens next? Competing narratives have emerged following the abrupt end to the second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un, write Executive Director John Tierney and Policy Analyst James McKeon. This underscores the complexity of nuclear negotiations. Negotiators must now look forward, not backward. Both […]
