Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Time Magazine about Russia’s announcement that it is suspending New START participation. “Putin’s announcement is merely an official stamp of approval on what they’ve already been doing,” says John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. The New START treaty imposes multiple limits […]
What is New START and why is Russia ‘suspending’ its role in the treaty?
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with the Washington Post about the New START agreement and Russia’s announcement that it would suspend participation in it. The agreement was criticized initially for being unambitious, said John Erath, senior policy director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. The deal allows both Russia and the United […]
No, We are not Going to War
By John Erath News feeds this week have featured a number of stories about the Commander of the Air Mobility Command, General Michael Minihan and his impression that there will be a U.S.-China war over Taiwan by 2025. While sensational, this view was quickly discounted by the Air Force and the Pentagon, although echoed by […]
US says Russia is violating key nuclear arms control agreement
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with CNN about U.S. claims that Russia is violating the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the last remaining arms control agreement between the world’s two biggest nuclear powers. John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, emphasized to CNN on Tuesday that Russia’s noncompliance […]
What’s in a Name?
By John Erath Recently, I did a TV interview in which I was introduced as the “Senior Policy Director of the Center for Arms Control.” I did not think about it at the time, focused as I was on the subject of the discussion, but the anchor left out an important part of our organization’s […]
