Read the full piece in the POLITICO. John Tierney, a former Democratic congressman and current executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, cast Trump’s tweet as perilous. “It is dangerous for the President-elect to use just 140 characters and announce a major change in U.S. nuclear weapons policy, which is nuanced, complex, […]
Center Policy Analyst James McKeon Interviewed on CBS News
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Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in the Los Angeles Times
Read the full piece in the Los Angeles Times. Philip E. Coyle III, a former assistant secretary of Defense who headed the Pentagon office responsible for testing and evaluating weapon systems, described the notion of a space-based nuclear shield as “a sham.” “To do this would cost just gazillions and gazillions,” Coyle said. “The technology […]
Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Missile Defense
Read the full piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Philip Coyle, a former White House adviser to Obama on defense, science, and technology issues, says if Trump wants to send a concrete signal of rapprochement to Putin, the easiest thing he could do would be to stall work on the Romania and Poland […]
Board Member Peter W. Galbraith Pens Op-Ed in The New York Times
Read the full piece in The New York Times. The civil war in Syria is over. Now it is time to stop the fighting. Aided by Russia, Iran, Shiite militias and Hezbollah, the government of President Bashar al-Assad is on the verge of taking Aleppo, once Syria’s largest city. Read the full piece in The […]
