Executive Director John Tierney spoke with The Diplomat about global arms control and non-proliferation issues. The Diplomat: From observation, does adding or enhancing nuclear capabilities actually deter ‘bad behavior’ by countries? Tierney: No. It just encourages more arms racing. The Diplomat: Let’s talk about technicalities. Can you describe what the push to develop smaller nukes is yielding in […]
The Trump administration’s calculus for the new nukes it wants to build could very well backfire
Policy Analyst James McKeon spoke with ThinkProgress about the Trump administration’s plans for new nuclear weapons. “We’re acting like if we ever use one of these [low-yield weapons], then Russia wouldn’t respond in kind,” said James McKeon, policy analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told ThinkProgress. “And then suddenly you have an […]
Hypersonic weapons race
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle spoke with Aerospace America about hypersonic weapons. “From what I know, we’re not falling behind at all,” says Philip Coyle, who was in charge of national security and international affairs in the Obama White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy in 2010 and 2011, and was an assistant secretary […]
Op-ed: American students aren’t taught nuclear weapons policy in school. Here’s how to fix that problem.
Programs Assistant Erin Connolly co-wrote an op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist with former Scoville Fellow Kate Hewitt about their mission to educate high school students about nuclear weapons policy. “How many countries have nuclear weapons?” we asked. Students shouted out answers: one, seven, 34, all of the countries in the world. “Which […]
Revealed: Pentagon Push to Hack Nuke Missiles Before They Launch
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to the DailyBeast about a Pentagon plan to hack other countries’ missiles. Former State Department nonproliferation official Alexandra Bell called the Pentagon plan an “exercise to legally justify a potential attack on a North Korean missile on the launchpad.” “This looks to me like a very elaborate legal justification […]