Research Analyst Shawn Rostker spoke with Middle East Eye about the history of Israel’s secretive nuclear weapons program. “Most credible accounts point to France’s role in the late 1950s,” Shawn Rostker, a research analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Middle East Eye. “It helped build the Dimona reactor, supplied key reactor technology, […]
Trump, Gabbard Comments on Iran Nuclear Capability
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker spoke with FactCheck.org about Iran’s “breakout” time for a nuclear weapon. “There’s broad consensus among experts that Iran’s breakout time — defined as the time needed to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for one bomb — is currently at roughly one week or less given its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and […]
Strengthening Biosecurity Efforts Without the Federal Government
by Farah Sonde Thousands of employees at the U.S. Health and Human Services Department were abruptly laid off on April Fool’s Day this year. These layoffs, coupled with funding cuts to programs intended to bolster biosecurity, will constitute a devastating blow to the United States’ ability to fight against biological threats, including the potential weaponization […]
Report: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending Surpassed $100 Billion Last Year
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Truthout about the latest report from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) about increased nuclear weapons spending. John Erath, senior policy director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Truthout in a phone call that nuclear weapons cannot simply be wished away. “There has to be a lot of […]
Обстрелы Израиля и месть Ирана ][ Протесты в Калифорнии — только начало?
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with RTVI US about the Israeli attack on Iran. This news segment is in Russian. Watch more
