Greg Koblentz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Security, co-authored an article in Think Global Health on using “minilateral” strategies for strengthening global biorisk management. Opened for signature in 1972, the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) has proven to be remarkably durable. With its deliberately broad scope, the BWC […]
The U.S. Defense Budget and Russia’s War on Ukraine
Policy Analyst Monica Montgomery wrote the November cover story for Arms Control Today about Congress using the war in Ukraine to falsely justify increased defense spending. The Russian war on Ukraine has led to significant increases in U.S. defense spending this year in terms of direct war-related expenditures and the Pentagon’s base budget. Even before […]
Op-ed: Russia’s Disastrous Invasion Proves Nukes Are Useless
Senior Policy Director John Erath wrote an op-ed for The National Interest arguing that Russia’s myriad failures in its invasion of Ukraine clearly demonstrate nuclear weapons’ lack of utility. Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu’s November 9 announcement that Russian troops would evacuate the city of Kherson and the right bank of the Dnipro River confirmed […]
After record year of arms tests, what’s in North Korea’s arsenal?
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with Al Jazeera about North Korea’s recent missile tests and provocations. John Tierney, the executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said some experts do not believe “North Korea has yet mastered any ability to actually miniaturise and place a weapon successfully” on an ICBM, and they […]
The “Frankenviruses” at the heart of the debates, after the emergence of Covid-19
Greg Koblentz, member of the Scientists Working Group on Chemical and Biological Security, was quoted in Le Monde about emerging experiments to make pathogens more dangerous. The article is behind a subscriber-only paywall.
