by Matthew Teasdale One year ago, Russian forces captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), effectively beginning a gamble with civil nuclear disaster. Russian planners allegedly intended to blackmail Ukraine and other European nations with a potential major radiological incident. Beyond just Ukraine, a nuclear disaster at Zaporizhzhia could unleash radiation and ensuing health issues […]
No, We are not Going to War
By John Erath News feeds this week have featured a number of stories about the Commander of the Air Mobility Command, General Michael Minihan and his impression that there will be a U.S.-China war over Taiwan by 2025. While sensational, this view was quickly discounted by the Air Force and the Pentagon, although echoed by […]
What’s in a Name?
By John Erath Recently, I did a TV interview in which I was introduced as the “Senior Policy Director of the Center for Arms Control.” I did not think about it at the time, focused as I was on the subject of the discussion, but the anchor left out an important part of our organization’s […]
Protecting Against Disaster – The Need for a Security Assurance at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
By Matthew Teasdale As the war in Ukraine rages on, the growing desperation of Russian forces raises dangerous possibilities for nuclear escalation. Russian forces are already launching missile strikes near these facilities, and their occupation increases the likelihood of miscalculation and nuclear disaster. Writing in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Middlebury Institute of International […]
10 Thoughts for 2023
By John Erath As 2022 ends and 2023 begins, it is customary to look back at the previous year and evaluate developments during the past 12 months. This blog post, however, looks forward. Rather than dwell on the past, it seems more appropriate to consider the year to come and what we hope to see […]
