Research Analyst Connor Murray authored an op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about the importance of immediately engaging in arms control with Russia as we are now less than three years away from the expiration of the New START agreement between the world’s two largest nuclear powers. “The nuclear landscape today is far […]
No, We are not Going to War
By John Erath News feeds this week have featured a number of stories about the Commander of the Air Mobility Command, General Michael Minihan and his impression that there will be a U.S.-China war over Taiwan by 2025. While sensational, this view was quickly discounted by the Air Force and the Pentagon, although echoed by […]
US says Russia is violating key nuclear arms control agreement
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with CNN about U.S. claims that Russia is violating the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the last remaining arms control agreement between the world’s two biggest nuclear powers. John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, emphasized to CNN on Tuesday that Russia’s noncompliance […]
Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY23 Request FY23 requested levels come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book Numbers may not add due to rounding Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (050) *Does not include mandatory spending or any emergency spending, including […]
Why the US sending Patriot air-defence systems to Ukraine isn’t just about hitting Russian missiles
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with ABC News (Australia) about missile systems the West has provided Ukraine. “It’s not really about the air defence, it’s not really about the missiles — this is much more of a political thing,” John Erath, senior policy director for the US Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told the […]