Policy Intern (202) 546-0795 x 2117 kkramer@armscontrolcenter.org Kevin Kramer is an intern at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation. He is an undergraduate at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he studies Political Science. He is particularly interested in researching nonproliferation and international nuclear and security policy.
Senior Science Fellow Philip E. Coyle III Quoted in the New York Times
Read the full piece here. “Close only counts in horseshoes, not in nuclear war,” said Philip E. Coyle III, a former White House official and former head of weapons testing at the Pentagon who has long faulted the system as unreliable and misleading. If the glancing blow counts as a miss, the system’s failure rate […]
Front and Center Newsletter: May 27
An update on nuclear arms control, national security and nuclear weapons policy from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation WHAT’S NEWS: New Trump Budget Bolsters Nukes, Cuts Non-Proliferation Programs President Trump’s budget increases the Pentagon’s budget without accountability, recklessly boosting funds for nuclear weapons while slashing money for non-proliferation programs that work to keep dangerous […]
Executive Director John Tierney Quoted in Fox News
Read the full piece here. “It’s not real and it’s something out of a James Bond movie,” says John Tierney, the executive director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “The general consensus is it’s not a real threat imminent by any stretch of the imagination.” Read the full piece here.
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in the Associated Press
Read the full piece here. “I can’t imagine what they’re going to say if it fails,” said Philip Coyle, senior science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. He headed the Pentagon’s office of operational test and evaluation from 1994 to 2001 and has closely studied the missile defense system. “These tests are […]
