An update on nuclear arms control, national security and nuclear weapons policy from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation What’s News: Some in Afghanistan Question U.S. Choice to Use 22,000-Pound Bomb Against ISIS The U.S. military dropped America’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State hideout, killing about three dozen militants in eastern Afghanistan. […]
Front and Center Newsletter: April 08
An update on nuclear arms control, national security and nuclear weapons policy from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation What’s News: U.S. Missile Attack on Syria: What We Know and Don’t Know President Trump ordered a barrage of missiles to strike an airfield in Syria on Thursday evening in response to the use of chemical […]
Front and Center Newsletter: March 24
An update on nuclear arms control, national security and nuclear weapons policy from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation What’s News: US Builds Missile Defense System for South Korea, Causing More Tension Does deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system protect South Korea from North Korean aggression? Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle and […]
Front and Center Newsletter: March 04
An update on nuclear arms control, national security and Pentagon spending from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation What’s News: Throwing Money at the Pentagon Won’t Make Us Safer The Pentagon maintains the largest discretionary budget of any federal executive department, yet it is the only major federal agency that cannot pass an audit. To […]
Front and Center Jan. 23
Featured in this edition: North Korea’s nuclear test, Iran deal implementation day, and the State of the Union Address.