Senior policy analyst Sara Z. Kutchesfahani wrote an op-ed in The Hill, discussing priorities for the forthcoming nuclear posture review.  “President Trump’s NPR, in his words, will “ensure that the U.S. nuclear deterrent is modern, robust, flexible, resilient, ready, and appropriately tailored to deter 21st Century threats and reassure our allies.”  Overall, we should expect […]

Policy Analyst James McKeon and Research Intern Meyer Thalheimer penned an op-ed in The Hill.  “No matter the spin, it is time for officials to be realistic about North Korea’s military research and development capabilities and craft policy responses accordingly. The continued questioning of North Korean claims reveals a set of biases that cloud political […]

Szilard Advisory Board Member Jane Vaynman penned an op-ed in The Washington Post.  “…In designing monitoring for an arms control agreement, states face a trade-off between having enough transparency to observe compliance and needing sufficient safety from observation that could jeopardize their security. For example, visiting all Iranian military facilities could be very useful in […]

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 […]

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 […]