By John Erath One of the benefits of working at the Center is the opportunity to collaborate with some of the top experts in the field, people who bring knowledge, insight and a variety of different viewpoints to discussions of international security. Earlier this year, I was privileged to chair a panel including one such […]
Japan-Korea Relations Show That Cultural Dialogue is Essential to Security
By Matthew Teasdale Bringing a welcome thaw to an often frosty relationship, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol discussed new economic and security policies in Seoul in early May 2023. President Yoon’s previous visit to Tokyo in March was the first summit between South Korea and Japan in more […]
Gatekeeping nuclear-powered submarines: What will the precedent be?
By Sophia Macartney Two non-nuclear weapon states are acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. The Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) alliance is providing Australia with nuclear-powered submarines by the 2040s, and Brazil has been seeking nuclear-powered submarines since the 1980s. Pessimists say AUKUS is a proliferation risk in contradiction of the spirit of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and could set […]
Introducing: Export Control Fact Sheets
By Sophia Macartney Now more than ever, it is crucial that all foreign policy tools, including arms control and non-proliferation, be taken advantage of and utilized in the most effective way possible. In the wake of insecurity brought on by Russian nuclear threats and Iran’s heightened enrichment capabilities, it’s time for more consideration to be […]
The fallacies of the arms control debate in times of tension
By Farah Sonde As the Center’s Communications Associate, I try to absorb as much of the current dialogue on arms control as humanly possible. The tense situation resulting from Russia’s use of nuclear threats to facilitate its aggression has set the arms control debate on fire in a way our field of work hasn’t seen in years, […]