Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with ABC News about what is known about damage to Iranian nuclear sites following U.S. attacks. It generally takes experts some time to complete assessments of damage from military action, so the full extent of the degradation to Iran’s nuclear facilities will likely remain unknown for some time, John Erath, […]
Trump’s War: Can US impose its will on weakened Iran?
Senior Policy Director John Erath was part of a panel on France24 with other experts discussing the U.S. bombings of Iranian nuclear sites.
Ask PolitiFact: Was Iran ‘weeks away’ from having a nuclear weapon, as Trump said?
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker spoke to PolitiFact about how long it would take Iran to build a nuclear bomb. Shawn Rostker, a research analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said uranium enrichment is one part of the process, “but building a nuclear weapon requires additional steps like warhead design and delivery system integration.” […]
What Might an End to the Violence in the Middle East Look Like?
By John Erath (updated June 22 from an original post June 20) After more than a week of strikes and counter strikes, the latest round of conflict between Iran and Israel, and now involving the United States, shows little sign that it will end quickly. Israel has stated that its goal is degrading Iran’s extensive […]
What is the nuclear world order and how did we get here?
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with RTÉ News (Ireland) about the global state of nuclear proliferation as well as the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. “When the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was signed in the late 1960s,” he told RTÉ News, “the general estimate was that in 10 years, we would have had 20 […]
