Chemical weapons have left a lasting impression on global security since their introduction in World War I. Now, with 100% of America’s chemical weapons legacy dismantled, it’s time to revisit how we got here and what concerns we have for future chemical weapons threats. Host Farah Sonde speaks to John Gilbert, Senior Science Fellow for […]
Where Is the Protest?
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with The Progressive Magazine about factors that are impacting the lack of focus on today’s worsening arms race. The end of the Cold War with the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union and a series of treaties that reduced the number of nuclear warheads worldwide from more than 70,000 to 12,500 today. “I […]
Op-Ed: Risk reduction can help prevent nuclear crises. Here’s how.
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker wrote an op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on strengthening risk reduction in nuclear weapons states. On February 4, 2026, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the last legally binding arms control agreement on strategic nuclear warheads, will expire, ushering in a theoretically unconstrained nuclear world. Treaty-based […]
“Barbenheimer:” Nuclear Weapons and Their Diffusion through Pop Culture
By Anne Alessandra Cuadros Gutiérrez* Last August marked the 78th anniversary of the devastating U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which resulted in the deaths of approximately 214,000 people. These events have left an indelible mark on history, but unfortunately still can be trivialized in pop culture. By following a few simple guidelines, filmmakers, studio […]
Op-ed: From Crossbows to Nuclear Weapons: Arms Control in an Imperfect World
Senior Policy Director John Erath wrote an op-ed in Geopolitical Monitor about arms control throughout history. Around 1096, the Pope issued a decree banning crossbows as murderous and un-Christian weapons. Although a later Pope clarified that it was still allowable to kill heathens with crossbows, all Christian nations were supposed to refrain from the use of such […]
