Research Analyst Samuel Hickey was quoted in a Vox article about the challenges to reaching an agreement on a possible revival of the Iran nuclear deal. Iran will likely argue that the United States is the one that blew the deal up, and Tehran stayed in compliance for a year, so it’s up to the […]
Arms Control in a Divided America
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation hosted our 2021 annual conference, “Arms Control in a Divided America,” on November 2, 2021. Our event participants, including Members of Congress and arms control experts, dove into an under-discussed but critical topic: what happened to bipartisanship when it comes to dealing with the world’s most dangerous weapons, […]
Fact Sheet: Congress’ Options on Civil Nuclear Waste Disposal
The disposal of commercial spent nuclear fuel is an environmental and economic responsibility for the United States government. Successive administrations have failed to find a solution since the nuclear chain-reaction was envisioned for civilian energy generation in 1946. Through the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), Congress assigned the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel to the […]
Senate Appropriations Committee Version of FY 2022 Defense Appropriations Bill
Legislative Status The bill is in draft form from the Senate Appropriations Committee. It has not gone through Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, full Appropriations Committee or the Senate floor. It is not clear how far the bill will move through the legislative process. It could go directly to conference with the House version of the bill, which has cleared defense […]
Milley warns of ‘Sputnik moment’ for China
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey spoke to Overnight Defense & National Security about China’s recent test of a hypersonic weapons system. Samuel Hickey, a research analyst for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, says the test shows that the U.S. and China need to communicate with each other on strategic defense. “All it really does […]
