By John Erath Since the Russian government announced that it was postponing the Bilateral Consultative Commission (BCC) of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), most of the commentary has rightly focused on the implications for the treaty’s future and that of arms control in general. Although it is understandable to be concerned about […]
Hiding in Plain Sight: India and Pakistan’s Global Environmental Threat
By Cate Warden* We only hear about the relationship between nuclear-armed states India and Pakistan in abrupt times of crisis, such as when India accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan in March of 2022. The escalation dominates headlines for a few days, and then no one outside of the region itself hears about India and […]
Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori
By Casey Kitchens “It is sweet and proper to die for one’s homeland.” I was reminded of Wilfred Owen’s poem last weekend after watching Netflix’s new adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s novel “All Quiet on the Western Front,” by German Director Edward Berger. The film follows a group of freshly enlisted, young German soldiers who […]
Non-Proliferation is Not Dead
By Casey Kitchens I had the pleasure of attending the Fourth Annual Betty Lou Hummel Memorial Lecture at Johns Hopkins SAIS last month. The speaker, a former professor of mine, was U.S. Ambassador Mary Ann Peters. The title of her lecture: Why America Matters. I’d known from personal experience that Ambassador Peters feels strongly about […]
60 Years After the Cuban Missile Crisis, We Should Learn from the Past, Not Manipulate It
By John Erath This week marks the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, generally considered to be the closest the world came to all out nuclear war. Perhaps inevitably, much of the commentary has highlighted supposed parallels to the current situation, specifically Russia’s threats to use nuclear weapons in support of its aggression against […]