Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with RTÉ News (Ireland) about the global state of nuclear proliferation as well as the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. “When the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was signed in the late 1960s,” he told RTÉ News, “the general estimate was that in 10 years, we would have had 20 […]
Fact Sheet: The Arms Trade Treaty
Overview The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is the first legally binding agreement that sets international standards for regulating the global trade in conventional arms. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the ATT in April 2013, and it entered into force on December 24, 2014. The treaty is intended to require government regulation of transfers of […]
Fact Sheet: Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT)
The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT), also known as the Moscow Treaty, was a bilateral agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation aimed at reducing and limiting strategic nuclear warheads. Signed on May 24, 2002, and entering into force on June 1, 2003, the treaty committed both nations to decrease their deployed strategic […]
The Elimination of U.S. Chemical Weapons: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects
Chemical weapons have left a lasting impression on global security since their introduction in World War I. Now, with 100% of America’s chemical weapons legacy dismantled, it’s time to revisit how we got here and what concerns we have for future chemical weapons threats. Host Farah Sonde speaks to John Gilbert, Senior Science Fellow for […]
Op-ed: From Crossbows to Nuclear Weapons: Arms Control in an Imperfect World
Senior Policy Director John Erath wrote an op-ed in Geopolitical Monitor about arms control throughout history. Around 1096, the Pope issued a decree banning crossbows as murderous and un-Christian weapons. Although a later Pope clarified that it was still allowable to kill heathens with crossbows, all Christian nations were supposed to refrain from the use of such […]
