By Emma Sandifer The blast from a nuclear weapon does not discriminate. The radioactive fallout from that blast, however, is a different story. Women around the world sit in the dangerous position of being overrepresented among victims of cancer and death due to nuclear fallout yet vastly underrepresented among those who make the life and […]
Good Idea, Iffy Prospects
By John Erath President Donald Trump has stated that he would like to commence talks with Russia and China aimed at reducing numbers of nuclear weapons. This is an encouraging proposal; the world would undoubtedly be safer with fewer, not more, nuclear weapons. It is also much easier said than done. Arms control diplomacy is […]
The U.S. Missile Launcher That Is Enraging China
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker spoke with Wall Street Journal about the Typhon Missile System in the Philippines. “The U.S. is shifting away from a reliance on big centralized bases, towards a more dispersed resilient force posture,” said Shawn Rostker, a research analyst with the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Read more
Trump wants a ‘Golden Dome’ capable of defending the entire US: ‘Strategically, it doesn’t make any sense’
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with CNN about President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” system. In the Red Sea, the US has fired scores of multi-million dollar interceptor missiles at Houthi drones and missiles that cost a fraction of the price. The fiscal imbalance gets far worse when the system is in space, according to […]
3 Years Later: 5 Problems With Forcing a Ceasefire
By John Erath It has now been three years since Russia began its current aggression against Ukraine, and an end to the horror may be farther off than ever. President Donald Trump is correct when he says that the war has brought pain and hardship to millions and should be stopped, but his preferred approach is […]
