Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Anadolu Ajansı about increasing nuclear arsenals worldwide. “Most leaders in most countries now feel like the world is becoming a less safe place,” John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Anadolu. “And more leaders are thinking that military means are the best way […]
Press & In the News on Nuclear Weapons
Statement On the Expiration of the Last Treaty Restricting the World’s Two Largest Nuclear Arsenals (New START)
‘THE END OF NEW START DOESN’T HAVE TO MEAN THE END OF NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL’ (FEBRUARY 4—WASHINGTON) The last remaining bilateral treaty restricting the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals — the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) — expires tomorrow. With deep concern for the future of nuclear arms control and the prospects of a new […]
“The war in Ukraine demonstrated that nuclear weapons have no military use.”
Senior Policy Director John Erath was interviewed by CNN Portugal about nuclear weapons in the Russian war on Ukraine. The original article is in Portuguese. INTERVIEW || John Erath, policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, does not believe we are on the verge of a new global nuclear arms race. However, […]
Emails between University officials reveal efforts to downplay military applications of hypersonics
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker spoke with The Minnesota Daily about hypersonic missiles. “The logic goes that when you launch this hypersonic glide vehicle, it doesn’t have to go on the traditional long arching, 30-minute journey that intercontinental ballistic missiles take,” said Shawn Rostker, research analyst with the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Rostker said hypersonic technology […]
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.” […]
