By John Erath On June 6, the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River was breached, flooding large areas and worsening an already dire humanitarian situation for the people of Ukraine, and creating an ecological nightmare. At this point, what exactly caused the disaster is unclear; both sides in the conflict blame the other. The effects, […]
U.S. Release of Nuclear Data Promotes New START Transparency Amid Nuclear Tension
By Matthew Teasdale In response to the Russian decision to suspend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the Biden administration last month publicly released American nuclear data. President Vladimir Putin previously halted his country’s compliance and data transfers to coerce Washington into stopping aid shipments to Ukraine. These statistics include information on the […]
A book, nuclear weapons, means and ends
By John Erath One of the benefits of working at the Center is the opportunity to collaborate with some of the top experts in the field, people who bring knowledge, insight and a variety of different viewpoints to discussions of international security. Earlier this year, I was privileged to chair a panel including one such […]
Biden is going to Hiroshima at a moment when nuclear tensions are on the rise
Susan Burk, who is on the board for the Center, spoke with NPR about Russian nuclear threats. “The continued nuclear bluster has shocked nuclear experts. “Even in the coldest days of the Cold War, the U.S. and the Soviets always … continued to carry on a very substantive dialogue on nonproliferation issues,” said Susan Burk. […]
США об атаке на Кремль, применит ли Россия ядерное оружие, на границу с Мексикой отправляют военных
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with RTVI USA, a Russian-language publication, on the possibility of nuclear conflict with Russia. The interview clip is in Russian. Watch more
