Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Defense News about President Trump’s comments to restart nuclear testing. At the time, said John Erath, the senior policy director for the Washington-based Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, a global movement against nuclear testing was on the rise. The United States joined that effort in part because it did […]
Will Trump actually test nuclear weapons? Experts are ‘disturbed’ and urge clarification
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with ABC7 News about President Trump’s comments to restart nuclear testing. “If you’re talking about the testing of nuclear weapons, there are tests that are conducted called sub-critical tests, where you would make sure everything worked without actually setting off a nuclear explosion. It’s more like testing to make sure […]
Hope is Not a Strategy
By John Erath Regular readers of this blog will be aware of our Next Up in Arms Control series, commonly referred to as NUAC, in which we give new authors an opportunity to share their thoughts and ideas on how to mitigate nuclear threats and make the world safer. One of the best parts of […]
The nuclear race is back on track 80 years after Hiroshima
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with elPeriódico about the potential for a renewed nuclear arms race. The original article is in Spanish. There are an estimated 12,121 nuclear warheads in total, of which about 9,585 are available for military use, according to the latest report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), published […]
After US and Israeli strikes, some nuclear experts say Iran could be more dangerous
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with ABC News about the future of Iran’s nuclear program. The NPT, however, allows countries to pursue peaceful civilian nuclear programs, like those for energy use. “They can go right up to the brink, and basically do everything except assemble the weapons in their final form and still be technically […]
