By John Erath Readers of this blog will have noticed that of late we have featured several articles under a new heading: Next Up in Arms Control. This is our initiative to provide an opportunity for more diverse voices to make themselves heard and generate some discussion of new ideas and directions in our field. […]
Meet our spring 2023 Scoville Fellow, Sophia Macartney!
By Sophia Macartney My name is Sophy Macartney and I am a Spring 2023 Herbert Scoville Junior Fellow at the Center. I graduated from the University of Georgia in December 2022 with degrees in International Affairs and Sociology but without a clear vision of how to break into the national security world — until Scoville. […]
Germany walks fine line on nuclear weapons
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 […]
