The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will appoint an ad hoc committee of experts to examine domestic and international developments in radioactive source applications and feasible alternative technologies. In addition, the assessment will use criteria to assess the overall technical feasibility and maturity of those technologies, including the Department of Energy Technology Readiness […]
2019 in review: Our top 15 posts and interviews
By Anna Schumann, Communications Director It’s been a year of ups and downs in nuclear arms control, and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation has seen all of it. Take a look at our top 15 favorite op-eds, news articles, blog posts, podcasts and more from 2019. Here’s a timeless piece from Castleman Fellow […]
Front and Center: December 23, 2019
NORTH KOREA WARNS OF ‘CHRISTMAS GIFT’ AS END-OF-YEAR DEADLINE RAPIDLY APPROACHES North Korea warned in early December that it will give the United States a “Christmas gift” of its own choosing this year, depending on how denuclearization negotiations have gone by North Korea’s own ambiguous, year-end deadline. It’s unclear what this gift could be, though […]
ODVV interview: The Trump policy with respect to Iran has failed miserably
Executive Director John Tierney did a Q&A with the Organization for Defending Victims of Violence about the Iran deal and the Trump administration’s policy toward Iran. Q: President Donald Trump abrogated the Iran deal unilaterally with the aim of convincing the Islamic Republic to sign a new deal with the United States. More than a […]
2019 Mailbag Special Episode
For our last episode of the year, experts at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation answered listener-submitted questions on topics like how nuclear weapons are made, the situation in the Middle East, the prospects of reaching nuclear zero, and more. Host Geoff Wilson, a policy analyst at the Center, is joined by Alexandra Bell, […]
