By John Isaacs The indomitable Hans Kristensen of the Federation of Americans Scientists, along with his colleague Matt Korda, has produced authoritative estimates of the world’s nuclear stockpiles. When in the past, the United States government has tried to shield the number of American weapons behind high walls of classification, Hans and Matt have provided spot-on numbers. United States nuclear weapons 5,500 – total inventory, including retired warheads awaiting […]
John Erath Hired as Senior Policy Director
CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org (MAY 14 – WASHINGTON) John Erath, a 30-year State Department veteran, has been hired as Senior Policy Director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and its sister organization, Council for a Livable World. The nonpartisan nonprofit organizations seek to reduce and eventually eliminate the threats posed by nuclear, […]
Why I’m Returning to Arms Control Full Time
By John Erath After 30 years as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, I now begin a new job as Senior Policy Director at the Center and Council. I got my start in arms control in the 1990s when I was on the India-Pakistan account and got my first taste of international negotiations working on issues […]
Ground-Based Midcourse Defense: Defense Theology With Unproven Technology
Expensive, unproven and duplicative. Here’s why we don’t need GMD.
Op-ed: Maximum Pressure Problem: Iran Isn’t Going to Change
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey wrote an op-ed in The National Interest explaining that not only is a maximum pressure sanctions campaign ineffective at curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, it is also ineffective at curbing its conventional weapons programs. “Indirect contacts in Vienna between the United States and the members of the Iran nuclear deal (China, France, Germany, […]
