Policy Coordinator Emma Sandifer was interviewed by Artículo14 about the role of women in creating nuclear weapons policies. The article is originally in Spanish. It’s been 80 years since the first atomic bomb was dropped, one of the darkest passages in human history that took place in Hiroshima , and at Article 14 we ask ourselves whether things […]
Trump escalates nuclear tensions as Russia deadline nears
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with The Hill about President Donald Trump’s announcement to move nuclear submarines closer to Russia. “Does this mean that all of a sudden we should all be going to the cellar and locking ourselves in? No,” said former Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.), who is the executive director of the Center […]
Axios Future of Defense
Research Analyst Connor Murray spoke with Axios about changing political trends and increased military spending in Europe. Europe is not a monolith; public sentiment in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands is not uniform. “For some of these leaders, they have a very fraught domestic political situation,” Connor Murray, a research analyst at the Center for Arms Control […]
We should observe July 16 but celebrate July 17
Reflections on my trip to Los Alamos By Anna Schumann On July 16, 1945, the nuclear age began when a team of Manhattan Project scientists working in Los Alamos, New Mexico, tested the first nuclear bomb, dubbed the Trinity Test, after years of building it in secret. On July 17, 1945, the anti-nuclear age began […]
Op-Ed: The Korean Peninsula Has Seen Grand Overtures Come and Go – What Matters Now is Whether Small Steps Can Still Lead Somewhere
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker wrote an op-ed for 38 North about how U.S. policy toward North Korea’s nuclear program must change. For decades, US policy toward North Korea has ranged from bombast to paralysis. The Trump-Kim summits marked a rare moment of high-level diplomacy, but with little lasting progress. Today, with signs that the United States […]
