Research Analyst Shawn Rostker spoke with The Minnesota Daily about hypersonic missiles. “The logic goes that when you launch this hypersonic glide vehicle, it doesn’t have to go on the traditional long arching, 30-minute journey that intercontinental ballistic missiles take,” said Shawn Rostker, research analyst with the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Rostker said hypersonic technology […]
One Person’s Pre-Watch Guide to ‘A House of Dynamite’
By Farah Sonde Just in time for Halloween, Netflix is dropping a new nuclear thriller that fits the “spooky season” mantra. A House of Dynamite, the new film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, will hit select theaters October 10 and will stream on Netflix starting October 24. The film’s new trailer delivers multiple hints about what’s […]
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 […]
Pentagon’s War on Journalism Is One More Way to Hide Costs, Bad Programs and Realities of Conflict
By Anna Schumann The Pentagon is not generally considered a fount of free information, sometimes for good reasons. U.S. national security requires top secrets to be held closely by people who have been thoroughly vetted and cleared, lest officials accidentally share war plans with journalists in real time, for example. So should it be alarming […]
We Keep Talking About the Indo-Pacific. So I Went and Listened.
By Shawn Rostker In Washington, we talk about the Indo-Pacific constantly — its strategic importance, its contested future and the role the United States ought to play in shaping it. But rarely does D.C. pause to ask how the people in the region see that future unfolding for themselves. At the 2025 Young Trilateral Leaders […]
