Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with the Kyiv Independent about Russia withdrawing scientists from an Iranian nuclear plant after Israeli strikes. John Erath, senior policy director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, echoed the sentiment. “There was some question as to why they would build a nuclear power plant at great expense […]
Op-ed: What Sweden, Finland, and Poland can teach the United States about confronting Russia’s nuclear threats
Scoville Fellow Marlena Broeker wrote an op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about how the United States can learn from allies like Sweden, Finland, and Poland on confronting Russian nuclear threats in Ukraine. From the minute Russia put its nuclear forces on high alert after invading Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow has sought to […]
Op-ed: North Korean Forces in Ukraine: What it Means and What to Do
Senior Policy Director John Erath wrote an op-ed for the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs on the presence of North Korean forces in Ukraine. The presence of North Korean forces in Ukraine could reinforce Russian propaganda aimed at forcing Ukraine into an unfavorable ceasefire by adding to misperceptions that the war might be unwinnable. However, […]
STATEMENT ON TRUMP-ZELENSKYY OVAL OFFICE MEETING
(FEBRUARY 28—WASHINGTON) Following the abortive meeting in the Oval Office this afternoon, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Council for a Livable World release the following statement from Executive Director and former Congressman John Tierney, a nuclear weapons and diplomacy expert: “Today, President Trump addressed President Zelenskyy as if he were a defeated […]
Op-ed: North Korea in Ukraine: What It Means for the World
Senior Policy Director John Erath wrote an op-ed in The Diplomat about North Korean troops in Ukraine. In October 2024, the news broke that North Korea was sending troops to Russia to participate in Moscow’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Although most international responses to this development involved condemnation of this latest escalation, there was also […]
