By Samuel M. Hickey Following a five-month hiatus from nuclear talks, there has been little diplomatic progress between Iran and the members of the P4+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom) since the return to Vienna on Nov. 29. The common criticism is that the new Raisi administration pocketed any compromise solutions put on the table during the first […]
Op-ed: In Ukraine, Putin tries his hand at nuclear blackmail. Here are seven ways to thwart him.
Senior Policy Director John Erath wrote an op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about how the United States and its allies can counter the threat from Russia and lower the risk of nuclear proliferation and confrontation. “It is December 2021, and Russia is threatening Ukraine. Again. Since the 2014 seizure of Crimea and […]
Why I wrote about jumpstarting a dialogue with China
By Samuel Hickey China’s efforts to increase its military strength and the signs that it may seek to increase its stockpile of nuclear warheads by the end of the decade are indeed challenges. However, as my colleague John Erath has noted, the initial response in Washington has had the wrong focus. It is time to think creatively to jumpstart […]
Sam Hickey on China’s Nuclear Weapons and Capabilities
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey appeared on a recent episode of the Power Play podcast, where he discusses China’s recently launched hypersonic weapon, the state of China’s current nuclear arsenal, export control initiatives, and China-U.S. relations surrounding nuclear weapons and arms control.
Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1605)
On July 21, 2021, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved S. 2792, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, by a vote of 23-3. On September 23, 2021, the House passed H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, by a vote of 316-113. Despite multiple attempts to bring a number of amendments and the […]
