‘THE END OF NEW START DOESN’T HAVE TO MEAN THE END OF NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL’ (FEBRUARY 4—WASHINGTON) The last remaining bilateral treaty restricting the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals — the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) — expires tomorrow. With deep concern for the future of nuclear arms control and the prospects of a new […]
The world’s last nuclear safeguard expires TODAY. No backup plan is in place… and experts have a dire warning for humanity
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with the Daily Mail about the expiration of New START. John Erath, senior policy director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told the Daily Mail that US leaders had more than a decade to prepare a successor agreement and failed to do so. ‘The expiration of the […]
Russia claims US ‘ignored’ offers to extend nuclear arms control agreement as key treaty set to expire
Senior Policy Director John Erath was quoted in The Kyiv Independent for his statement on the expiration of New START. John Erath, Senior Policy Director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said that the end of the New START treaty does not necessarily spell the end of arms control — but cautioned that the […]
How Not To End A War
By John Erath Following the December 28, 2025 meeting of Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, a White House spokesperson said they were “ninety percent” agreed on a plan to end the nearly four-year-old war started by Russian aggression against its neighbor. No doubt the last ten percent will prove more difficult, but what we […]
“The war in Ukraine demonstrated that nuclear weapons have no military use.”
Senior Policy Director John Erath was interviewed by CNN Portugal about nuclear weapons in the Russian war on Ukraine. The original article is in Portuguese. INTERVIEW || John Erath, policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, does not believe we are on the verge of a new global nuclear arms race. However, […]
