By Isabel Martinez On November 15, the crew on the International Space Station (ISS) was awoken and told to shelter in their spacecraft because of unexpected approaching debris. Mission control was alarmed by the pieces of metal debris hurtling toward the station and wanted the crew prepared to return to Earth should the situation prove […]
Op-ed: The Pentagon’s China Report: Reading Between the Lines
Senior Fellow John Isaacs wrote an op-ed in the National Interest arguing that an effective policy response to China’s military buildup should consider all aspects of the situation, not just the potential numbers of nuclear weapons or ships, and employ all instruments of policy, not just the military. “In early November, the Defense Department released […]
Front and Center: November 20, 2021
CAN THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL BE SAVED?The planned talks on November 29 will be the seventh round of negotiations since President Joe Biden assumed office and the first round since Ebrahim Raisi was inaugurated as president of Iran. The new Iranian government has outlined additional concessions that go beyond the terms of the original nuclear […]
Non-Proliferation: Steps on the Path
By John Erath Earlier this month, the Center held its Annual Conference on the theme “Arms Control in a Divided America.” One of the distinguished speakers was Ambassador Susan Burk, who spoke of the advantages of bipartisanship she observed over a long career of government service. Ambassador Burk noted that much of her work was in the traditionally bipartisan […]
Status and Prospects of Iranian Nuclear Negotiations
By Samuel Hickey Iran’s nuclear program continues to expand and become less transparent with Iran limiting UN inspectors’ access to nuclear sites. Further, there remain monitoring disputes separate from the deal over access to Iranian facilities that has led the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog to complain about an “astonishing” lack of communication. The urgency for […]