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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Israeli nuclear weapons at the heart of a strategic taboo
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker spoke with Le Devoir about the taboo surrounding the Israeli nuclear program. The original article is in French. “It’s an open secret that Israel has nuclear weapons, even though [its leaders] have never officially confirmed or denied it,” says Shawn Rostker, an analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, a nonprofit […]
Dall’attacco all’Iran ai record a Wall Street
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker spoke with Class CNBC about the Iranian nuclear program. His interview begins at 4:20. Watch more
