FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Anna Schumann aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org AFTER BASELESS TRUMP DECERTIFICATION, CONGRESS MUST PRESERVE IRAN DEAL Former Congressman and arms control expert: Absent any evidence of Iranian violations, Congress has an obligation to preserve the Iran nuclear agreement. (October 13, 2017 \\ Washington) Ignoring all evidence and testimony from military leaders, President Trump has “decertified” the Joint Comprehensive […]
Trump’s claim that a U.S. interceptor can knock out ICBMs ’97 percent of the time’
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell was quoted in The Washington Post regarding President Trump’s claims of missile defense success. “We have missiles that can knock out a missile in the air 97 percent of the time, and if you send two of them, it’s going to get knocked down.” — President Trump, interview with Sean […]
Op-ed: Seven Reasons Why Putting U.S. Nukes Back in South Korea Is a Terrible Idea
Szilard Advisory Board Member Jon Wolfsthal co-penned an op-ed in Foreign Policy on reasons why the United States should not deploy nuclear weapons in South Korea. South Korean officials announced last month that the United States would begin to routinely deploy strategic assets on the Korean Peninsula to help deter North Korea’s nuclear capabilities. The […]
Op-ed: Worried about North Korea? Pay attention to the Iran Deal
Szilard Advisory Board Member Ned Price wrote an op-ed for McClatchy on the Iran nuclear deal. As President Trump barrels toward dismantling the Iran deal, profound reverberations on the most pressing nuclear crisis we face are beginning to be felt. This nuclear challenge does not emanate from Iran, a country that prior to formal implementation […]
Article: Measuring radiation doses in mass-casualty emergencies
Scientists Working Group Member Gregory Koblentz wrote an article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The medical consequences of even a single nuclear detonation would be horrific. Read the full article
