Eryn MacDonald

Global Security Analyst

Eryn MacDonald, an analyst with the Global Security Program, is an expert in international security, arms control and nonproliferation, US-China relations, and East Asian security

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June 26, 2024

Congress Could Save $100B and Make Us Safer by Cancelling Sentinel

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August 2, 2023

The Sky’s the Limit on Nuclear Weapons Spending, But What Does It Really Get Us?

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Capt. Will Martin, CA National Guard/Flickr

November 17, 2022

A Dirty Bomb Is Not a Nuclear Bomb

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Trump White House Archived/Flickr

September 9, 2022

Mishandling of Classified Nuclear Documents Is Bad. Mishandling of the Sole Authority to Use Nuclear Weapons Would Be Much Worse.

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August 16, 2022

Russia’s Suspension of Nuclear Weapons Inspections Is Latest Blow to Arms Control

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March 16, 2022

What Is the Nuclear Taboo and Is Putin About to Break It?

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October 29, 2021

No President Should Have the Unchecked Authority to Start a Nuclear War

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The White House/flickr

October 4, 2021

Five Things Everyone Should Know About the Nuclear Posture Review

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June 25, 2021

New President, Same Wasteful Spending: Why Is the US Still Spending So Much on Nuclear Weapons?

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April 2, 2021

Nuclear Weapons are Not Top of Mind for Biden. Here’s Why They Should Be.

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B. Ebbesen/Wikipedia.

July 1, 2020

Is the United States Planning to Resume Nuclear Testing?

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Randy Montoya/Sandia National Laboratories

February 5, 2020

The Last Remaining Nuclear Arms Control Treaty Between the U.S. and Russia Could Expire in One Year, Here’s Why That’s Dangerous

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January 16, 2020

Iran, the United States, and Nuclear Weapons: Questions and Answers

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August 26, 2019

“More Nukes” Will Not Make Anyone Safer

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Global Security Analyst

July 10, 2019

The House is Setting a New, More Rational Direction for US Nuclear Policy

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Global Security Analyst

May 6, 2019

NNSA’s FY20 Budget Request: Full Speed Ahead on Weapons Development and Production

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Global Security Analyst

February 6, 2019

The Demise of the INF Treaty is Dangerous

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June 18, 2018

Trump Wants a New Low-Yield Nuclear Weapon. But the US Has Plenty Already.

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Global Security Analyst

June 5, 2018

Update on the Low-Yield Trident Warhead: Time for the Senate to Step Up

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May 31, 2018

The FY2019 National Nuclear Security Administration Budget: Weapons Are Winners

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Global Security Analyst

May 22, 2018

The Senate Should Oppose the New Low-Yield Trident Warhead

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Global Security Analyst

November 13, 2017

Whose Finger Is on the Button? Nuclear Launch Authority in the United States and Other Nations

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Global Security Analyst

September 28, 2017

START from the Beginning: 25 Years of US-Russian Nuclear Weapons Reductions

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Global Security Analyst

April 18, 2017

No President Should Be Able to Start a Nuclear War Single-Handedly

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