An update on nuclear arms control, national security and nuclear weapons policy from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation What’s News: Some in Afghanistan Question U.S. Choice to Use 22,000-Pound Bomb Against ISIS The U.S. military dropped America’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State hideout, killing about three dozen militants in eastern Afghanistan. […]
Executive Director John Tierney on BBC News
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Executive Director John Tierney spoke to BBC News about the rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and the Trump Administration’s added escalations. Watch the interview to listen to Tierney’s suggestions on how the United States government can bring down the temperature.
Fact Sheet: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (also known as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT) is an international agreement designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, promote cooperation between states on peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and advance nuclear disarmament. The NPT was opened for signature on July 1, 1968, and the […]
Ask an Expert: Thomas Countryman on U.S.-Russia Relations
(Click here for a printable version of this interview) Thomas Countryman is 35-year veteran of the United States Department of State. He was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Minister-Counselor, and most recently served as Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security. He simultaneously served as Assistant […]
Executive Director John Tierney Interviewed on TRT World
Watch the video here. Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Executive Director John Tierney was interviewed on TRT World’s The Newsmakers about the rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Congressman Tierney made recommendations to bring down the temperature, and recommended diplomacy and sanctions, not military intervention to address the North Korean threat. Watch the video here.