Senior Science Fellow and Scientists Working Group member John Gilbert was quoted by Foreign Policy about Syrian chemical weapons. “The U.S. did provide a lot of people, equipment, and money primarily to destroy the sarin and its immediate precursors,” said John Gilbert, a senior science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Scientists Working […]
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Иран не хочет отказываться от обогащения урана ][ Трамп мстит генпрокурору Нью-Йорка?
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with RTVI US about the possibility of a new nuclear agreement with Iran. The video is in Russian. Watch more
Exploring Iran’s Nuclear Program
With decreasing transparency and increasing tensions in the Middle East, Iran’s nuclear ambitions are constantly in the news. How close is Iran to a nuclear weapon, and how should the United States approach Iran’s nuclear program? In this episode, we explore past diplomacy related to Iran’s nuclear program and ways to move forward. Program Coordinator […]
Lessons from South Africa: A New Strategy for Iran’s Nuclear Threat
by William Bittner* Iran is closer than ever to acquiring nuclear weapons. The risks to the international community are obvious—an arms race with the Gulf monarchies or theft by terrorists, to name just two—but so are the costs to Iran itself, which is already crippled by economic sanctions that have contributed to domestic unrest. The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan […]
Syria Still Has Chemical Weapons
Greg Koblentz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group of Chemical and Biological Threats, co-authored an op-ed in Foreign Affairs about eradicated the Syrian chemical weapons arsenal. The overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after 13 years of civil war happened more quickly and with far less bloodshed than anyone expected. It was especially surprising that […]