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 […]
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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 […]
‘SOME STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION:’ BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW CUTS SOME UNNECESSARY PROGRAMS, ALLOWS SOME COLD WAR STRATEGIES TO CONTINUE
CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org (OCTOBER 27—WASHINGTON) Upon the release of the Biden administration’s long-awaited unclassified Nuclear Posture Review, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation releases the following statement by Executive Director and former Congressman John Tierney on behalf of the organization: “While we are pleased that the Biden administration’s Nuclear […]
Biden left with few options on Iran as nuclear talks stall
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey spoke to ABC News about the Biden administration’s options as the window for a diplomatic resolution to Iran’s advancing nuclear program continues to close. The U.S. also has little room to maneuver, says Sam Hickey, an analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “There are a lot of political […]
Iran Is Backing Out of the Nuclear Deal That U.S. Had Already Reneged On for Years
The Intercept quoted a Center press statement in an article about the legacy of the United States’ withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. “Today, the IAEA is ‘flying blind’ about the details of Iran’s activities because it is unable to retrieve surveillance data being stored on the agency’s cameras as a consequence of U.S. withdrawal […]