Eric Brewer
Eric Brewer is deputy vice president for nuclear materials security at the Nuclear Threat Initiative. He formerly served as the director for counter-proliferation at the US National Security Council, deputy national intelligence officer for WMD and proliferation at the National Intelligence Council, and senior intelligence analyst for Iran at the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Author's Articles
What Good Is a Nuclear Threshold Capability? Lessons from Iran’s Nuclear Program and Recent Regional Conflict
What Good Is a Nuclear Threshold Capability? Lessons from Iran’s Nuclear Program and Recent Regional Conflict
The 2023–25 conflict in the Middle East was the first regional conflagration in which Iran was a nuclear threshold state. In theory, nuclear latency can confer strategic benefits, as Iran’s adversaries could be deterred from escalation or pressure by the…