Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston spoke with The Wall Street Journal about North Korea firing off short-range missiles. The North’s latest missile launch likely sends the message that the U.S. may be running out of time to offer North Korea some kind of concession, said Abigail Stowe-Thurston, program coordinator for the Washington-based Center for Arms Control […]
Op-ed: Military spending has many points of contention: Closing overseas bases isn’t one of them
Executive Director John Tierney co-authored an op-ed in The Hill explaining why there’s bipartisan consensus to start closing overseas military bases. The military budget debates in Congress provide members a chance to discuss closing overseas bases to save billions and make America safer. In an era of bitter political divisions, consensus is growing around a […]
The State Of The Deal: How The Numbers On Iran’s Nuclear Program Stack Up
Szilard Advisory Board member Richard Nephew spoke with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty about what Iran’s latest uranium enrichment numbers mean. Richard Nephew, an expert with the Washington-based Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told RFE/RL that setting a cap of 3.67 enrichment under the deal “was less significant than the idea of the lower the […]
Iran decides to violate parts of JCPOA
Research Analyst Erin Connolly spoke with CTV News (Canada) about Iran deciding to violate some aspects of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal.
For Trump, Kim and Moon, the DMZ is for Diplomacy, but Promises are Hard to Keep
Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston spoke with the Wall Street Journal about President Trump’s visit to the DMZ between North and South Korea, and meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. With the lower-level agreements going unfulfilled, hopes of making headway on “loftier promises,” including the goal of denuclearization, have hit a ceiling, says Abigail Stowe-Thurston, […]
