Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with DW about the Russian threats to use nuclear weapons. “Clearly, we are at something of an inflection point,” John Erath, Senior Policy Director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told DW. “One of the means Russia has chosen to accomplish its end is to make threats of […]
Russia-Ukraine War Threatens to Trigger New Nuclear Arms Race
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with the Wall Street Journal about possible nuclear escalation in Ukraine. The article is behind a subscriber-only paywall. Perhaps above all, repeated hints from Russian officials, including Mr. Putin last fall, that Moscow could use nuclear weapons during the war, has eroded a nuclear taboo that has been in place […]
A Major Clue to COVID’s Origins Is Just Out of Reach
Saskia Popescu and Greg Koblentz, members of the Center’s Scientists Working Group of Chemical and Biological Threats, spoke with The Atlantic about releasing data on COVID’s origins. “If the international team released what data it has, it could potentially stoke the fracas in other ways. The World Health Organization has publicly indicated that the data […]
Growing number of high-security pathogen labs around world raises concerns
A project by Greg Koblentz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group of Chemical and Biological Threats, on lab safety in BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs was written about in Science. “The number of high-containment labs studying the deadliest known pathogens is booming. A new analysis warns the growing number of labs is raising risks of […]
Global Biosafety Fears Grow Amid Rise in Labs Handling Dangerous Pathogens
Greg Koblentz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group of Chemical and Biological Threats, spoke with Newsweek about lab safety in BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs. “We urgently need coordinated international action to address increasing bio-risks,” Gregory Koblentz, an author of the report with the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, said in […]