CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org (JANUARY 21 – WASHINGTON) Based on Washington Post reporting that the Biden administration plans to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) by five years, just before it was set to expire February 5, Executive Director John Tierney released the following statement: “Extending New START for the full five […]
Joe Biden’s Plan to Extend Russia Nuclear Treaty Praised by Arms Control Groups
Executive Director John Tierney was quoted in Newsweek about the Biden administration’s plan to extend the New START agreement with Russia for the full five years allowed by the treaty. “Extending New START for the full five years allowed under the terms of the agreement is the right decision,” John Tierney, executive director of the […]
The Humanity Beneath the Bomb
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke about U.S.-Russian nuclear diplomacy, the Open Skies Treaty and the future of arms control on War on the Rocks’ A Most Terrible Weapon podcast. “We engage in these processes and negotiations not because they’re fun…we do it for our own security.” Listen now
Biden faces early foreign policy test as Iran accelerates nuclear program
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey spoke with Sinclair about Iran’s nuclear program. “The incoming Biden administration can begin easing sanctions on day one,” said Samuel Hickey, a research analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “At the same time, Tehran can begin to take steps to comply with the nuclear deal’s stringent restrictions. Every […]
Op-ed: We Can’t Fix Systemic Injustice Without Addressing the Nuclear Threat
Office Manager Isabel Martinez wrote an op-ed in Ms. Magazine explaining how nuclear threats are part of a larger system of injustice largely affecting women and people of color nationwide and around the world. “The nuclear age began 75 years ago this summer. By the time I was born 53 years later, the threat of […]
