‘THE END OF NEW START DOESN’T HAVE TO MEAN THE END OF NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL’ (FEBRUARY 4—WASHINGTON) The last remaining bilateral treaty restricting the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals — the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) — expires tomorrow. With deep concern for the future of nuclear arms control and the prospects of a new […]
The world’s last nuclear safeguard expires TODAY. No backup plan is in place… and experts have a dire warning for humanity
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with the Daily Mail about the expiration of New START. John Erath, senior policy director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told the Daily Mail that US leaders had more than a decade to prepare a successor agreement and failed to do so. ‘The expiration of the […]
Canada has no nuclear weapons. After Trump’s Greenland threats, should it?
Senior Policy Director spoke with Global News about the pros and cons of a Canadian nuclear arsenal. “Nuclear weapons are not the way to deal with growing uncertainty and danger around the world,” said John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in Washington, D.C. “It’s not a good idea … […]
Russia claims US ‘ignored’ offers to extend nuclear arms control agreement as key treaty set to expire
Senior Policy Director John Erath was quoted in The Kyiv Independent for his statement on the expiration of New START. John Erath, Senior Policy Director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said that the end of the New START treaty does not necessarily spell the end of arms control — but cautioned that the […]
Front and Center: January 17, 2026
FEBRUARY 5 BEGINS NEW AGE WITHOUT TREATY-MANDATED NUCLEAR RESTRAINT In less than three weeks, we will wake up in a world we have not known in more than 50 years: one without constraints on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is no longer in force beginning February 5, leaving Russia […]
