Congress Stalls INF-Busting Missiles & Nuke Treaty Withdrawal
John Beyrle, ambassador to Russia during the George W. Bush Administration, says letting New START expire would be "a pretty solid punch to the solar plexus of strategic stability."
Allies Must Press US To Keep New Start: US Experts
"New START matters to our security, to the security of the alliance, to the cohesion of the (NATO) alliance," said Tom Countryman, former assistant secretary of State for international security and nonproliferation,
Modern Tech in Indo-Pacific Operations
Explore how networked warfare, AI, and 3D-printed drones are reshaping US Indo-Pacific strategy.
Bolton Warns Trump: North Korea ‘Will Never Give Up’ Nukes
“Every day that goes by makes North Korea a more dangerous country,” John Bolton said at CSIS. “When does it become too late? Today is better than tomorrow. Tomorrow is better than the next day.”
‘Severe Instability:’ Trump Boots Bolton, Third National Security Advisor
Severe instability in the national security establishment raises questions not about the president's policy judgements, but about the government's ability to plan for and implement those decisions.
America Adrift: ‘Bringing The World To Crisis”
The Trump administration has watered down U.S. global leadership to coercive deal-making. The dangerous contours of a world in crisis are now coming into stark relief.
New START’s Death May Up Costs of Triad Modernization
In any post-New START nuclear buildup, Russia will "at least initially" have an edge over the US, says retired Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, former head of Air Force Global Strike Command.
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Can Bolton & His Russian Counterpart Defuse Israeli-Syrian Tensions?
TEL AVIV: The Syrian civil war may seem to be winding down, but Israel is increasingly anxious after Russia’s surprise announcement it will give Syria full control of sophisticated S-300 air defense systems that could threaten Israeli aircraft. That’s not just a theoretical concern, because Israel has been hitting targets linked to Iran and its […]
CNO: USS Lincoln Persian Gulf Trip No Surprise — ‘Planned For Some Time’
CNO John Richardson said Monday that, essentially, the Persian Gulf deployment was business as usual. "The Abraham Lincoln Strike Group was planned to deploy for some time now," he told the SeaAirSpace conference.
Trump’s Arms Control Plan: Genius or Disingenuous?
A White House 180-degree turn on nuclear arms control inflicts whiplash on experts. What is real here?
Trump Scraps Cold War Nuclear Treaty, US Moving To Build New Missiles
“For far too long, Russia has violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with impunity,” a statement from the White House said. Moscow has refused to admit that it has for years been “covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a direct threat to our allies and troops abroad.”
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‘Thousands’ More Troops To US Border, But Colombia Deployment Unclear: Shanahan
Shanahan spent much of his first formal (albeit off-camera) Pentagon pressroom briefing as SecDef emphasizing continuity with his ousted predecessor, Gen. Jim Mattis. He made a point of praising Mattis’s National Defense Strategy, America’s allies, and even the press – not exactly favorites of President Donald Trump.
The Secretary Of Reassurance Has Resigned: Farewell To Mattis
WASHINGTON: After two years of reassuring US allies that Donald Trump’s America would not abandon them, Jim Mattis finally had enough. Even before Trump was sworn in as president, the announcement that he would pick Mattis as his Secretary of Defense was met with delighted relief “from the right, from the left, and from overseas.” […]
Don’t Expect Any Trump Boost To Defense Spending
Contrary to the president's rhetoric, there is no forthcoming Trump buildup, and the new strategy emphasizing China and Russia is becoming ever more elusive and out of touch with fiscal reality. It is simply unaffordable at this point in time.
No, Trump Has Not Started a Nuclear Arms Race With INF Pullout
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States a new arms race would provoke a “quick and effective” Russian response and threatened NATO’s members. Democrat leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives predict an increased risk of “an unconstrained nuclear arms race.” Is it true? Has President Trump fired the first shot in a Cold […]