WORKING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN So far, we at the Center are optimistic about the selection of many of President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks whose focuses overlap with ours, including Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken, Climate Change Envoy appointee John Kerry, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations nominee Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Director of National Intelligence […]
Congress is (finally) paying attention to missile defense costs and failures
By John D. Isaacs and Samuel M. Hickey In the recently completed Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Congress takes some significant steps toward reining in the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and its wayward acquisition strategy. In the bill, Congress levels criticisms at the Pentagon’s handling of missile defense programs, reduces the missile […]
Biden faces early foreign policy test as Iran accelerates nuclear program
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey spoke with Sinclair about Iran’s nuclear program. “The incoming Biden administration can begin easing sanctions on day one,” said Samuel Hickey, a research analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “At the same time, Tehran can begin to take steps to comply with the nuclear deal’s stringent restrictions. Every […]
Op-ed: We Can’t Fix Systemic Injustice Without Addressing the Nuclear Threat
Office Manager Isabel Martinez wrote an op-ed in Ms. Magazine explaining how nuclear threats are part of a larger system of injustice largely affecting women and people of color nationwide and around the world. “The nuclear age began 75 years ago this summer. By the time I was born 53 years later, the threat of […]