Research Analyst Shawn Rostker spoke with South China Morning Post about nuclear arsenal buildup across the world. However, both India and Pakistan are still “likely a few years away” from being able to deploy nuclear-armed submarines, according to Shawn Rostker, a research analyst at the Washington-based Centre for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “It will likely take […]
Front and Center: April 27, 2024
RUSSIA VETOES RESOLUTION BARRING SPACE WEAPONS AS CONGRESS FINALLY APPROVES UKRAINE AID On Thursday, the United States and Japan presented a resolution to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) preventing nuclear weapons in space and reiterating obligations under the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which was initially proposed by both the United States and Soviet Union and […]
NATO’s Most Game-Changing Weapons
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Newsweek about changing military capabilities within NATO. “There’s absolutely no doubt” that the U.S. is NATO’s most important partner because of its military capabilities, John Erath, the senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Newsweek. He described NATO’s military growth as a “good news-bad […]
Op-ed: Planned expansion of Savannah River Site nuclear weapons facility needs environmental commitment
Program Coordinator Emma Sandifer wrote an op-ed in Georgia Recorder on the need for greater environmental oversight on the planned expansion of the Savannah River Site. A nuclear weapons facility along the Georgia-South Carolina border is about to get a lot busier — but before billions of our tax dollars get spent, we need to ask […]
Thinking Evolves: On Dune Part Two and Nuclear Weapons
By John Erath *SPOILERS BELOW* If the way we think about nuclear weapons has changed over time, should the way we approach arms control do so as well? This thought occurred to me as I drove home recently after seeing Dune Part 2, Denis Villeneuve’s conclusion of his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel. Nuclear weapons […]
