Updated June 1, 2022 FY22 enacted levels come from FY 2023 President’s Budget documents and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2022 Defense and Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bills (H.R. 2471) Total National Defense Discretionary Spending Request (050) *Does not include mandatory spending **Does not include $14.3 billion in […]
Fact Sheet: The Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
As the Soviet empire collapsed, it became clear that an emergency situation was dangerously close. 30,000 nuclear weapons and a vast weapons production complex were spread over four sovereign states. Some 40,000 tons of chemical weapons and a large biological capability were also present. In response, the United States devised a program to consolidate, secure […]
Could Russia derail the Iran Nuclear deal?
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey appeared on a TRT World panel discussing Russia’s role in a potential revived Iran nuclear deal.
Does Russia comply with the Biological Weapons Convention?
Greg Koblentz, member of the Scientists Working Group on Chemical and Biological Threats, spoke to the German public radio station Deutchlandfunk about Russia and biological weapons.
Day 32 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Is Moscow changing its strategy?
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke to WION (World is One News) about Russia’s political and military strategy in Ukraine: “The possibility that Russia uses a nuclear weapons is low…however the possibility is there…this is where it is very important that Putin hear a consistent message from everywhere else in the world that it is […]
