Senior Policy Director John Erath wrote a short reflection on the June 16 Biden-Putin Summit for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. “The June 16 Geneva Summit produced little mention of arms control, and that is probably a positive sign. Arms control agreements, at least good ones, do not appear overnight. They are products of […]
Op-ed: Missile Defense is Not a Substitute for Arms Control
Executive Director John Tierney and Research Analyst Samuel Hickey co-authored an op-ed in War On the Rocks arguing that bringing up missile defense in strategic stability talks with Russia is a point of leverage for the United States, not the other way around. “President Ronald Reagan had a dream of an impregnable shield that could swat away […]
Andrei Sakharov And The Massive ‘Tsar Bomba’ That Turned Him Against Nukes
Board members Philip Coyle and National Advisory Board member Frank von Hippel spoke with Radio Free Europe about the Andrei Sakharov, known as the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, who would have turned 100 years old this week. “I think from at least 1948 forward, Sakharov was a man who saw the moral and […]
US agrees to 5-year extension on nuclear arms treaty with Russia
Executive Director John Tierney was quoted in Financial Times about the Biden administration’s prospects for arms control after extending the New START agreement for five years. John Tierney, executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said the Biden administration stood a higher chance of success than the Trump White House. “Trump never […]
STATEMENT ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO EXTEND NEW START FOR FIVE YEARS
CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org (JANUARY 21 – WASHINGTON) Based on Washington Post reporting that the Biden administration plans to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) by five years, just before it was set to expire February 5, Executive Director John Tierney released the following statement: “Extending New START for the full five […]
