Paul Castleman Fellow Sam Hickey spoke with TRT World about the Iranian missile strikes on Israel. As the missile defence system came under the spotlight, security experts rushed to analyse its weak spots and how it was overwhelmed by the missile barrage. “Iran’s strategy of launching missile barrages is designed to saturate air defence systems and […]
How Iran may have breached the world’s best air defences
Paul Castleman Fellow Sam Hickey spoke with The Telegraph about the Iranian missile strikes on Israel. Israel and its US, UK and European allies were given sufficient time to ready themselves to deploy fighter jets and warships to help take down the Iranian barrage of drones and missiles. “This one was in relative terms more surprising,” […]
Addressing the China Challenge: The Fallacy of Relying on a Cold War Lens for Nuclear Issues
By Sarah Kirchner-Barney The specter of the Cold War continues to loom large as nuclear saber-rattling has become commonplace from Russia, China continues its ongoing nuclear expansion, and fears of a seventh North Korean nuclear test have put nuclear weapons back in the spotlight. But why worry? The world survived a Cold War once before, […]
Comparative Summary: Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act
Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY24 Request FY25 requested levels come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book Numbers may not add due to rounding Total National Defense Discretionary Spending Request (050) DOD Nuclear Weapons Funding Request for Select Programs National […]
“‘북핵 시나리오’ 논의 중대한 진전…한국 핵무장론 억제 방안 모색”
Senior Policy Director John Erath was quoted in Voice of America about North Korean nuclear rhetoric. The article is in Korean. Read more
