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 The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is no longer in force beginning February 5, leaving Russia […]
How Not To End A War
By John Erath Following the December 28, 2025 meeting of Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, a White House spokesperson said they were “ninety percent” agreed on a plan to end the nearly four-year-old war started by Russian aggression against its neighbor. No doubt the last ten percent will prove more difficult, but what we […]
The New START Treaty is expiring. Where does that leave Europe’s nuclear arsenal?
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Outrider about European nuclear arsenals after the expiration of New START. At the time, the treaty was applauded for making headway on arms talks with Russia. Still, there was also plenty of criticism, says John Erath, Senior Policy Director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. The upper limits of weapons […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1071)
Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY26 Request FY25 requested levels come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book Request Numbers in this analysis only include discretionary requests Numbers may not add due to rounding Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (050) DOD […]
