‘I Don’t Believe China’ Is Serious About Nuke No First Use: DASD Nukes Soofer
A top Pentagon official today expressed skepticism over China's nuclear intentions, but he maintained the US wants Beijing at the table for New START talks with Russia
Will COVID-19 Kill The Liberal World Order?
The COVID-19 pandemic is driving the tectonic plates of great power competition, weakening the already wobbly international system. For a brief moment it seemed that the worst global pandemic in a century might lead to increased comity between the United States, China and Russia after years of geopolitical eye-gouging. As the virus spread there were […]
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Next-generation KC-390 Millennium expands multimission options for air forces
The jet-powered transport’s speed, survivability and multi-mission agility position it as a viable option to the C-130 for the US and NATO allies.
US To Withdraw From Open Skies, Leaving 34-Nation Arms Control Pact
The move sets up a fight with Capitol Hill, which wasn't given the legally-mandated 120-day notice of the US intent to withdraw from the pact.
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."
How To Strengthen Alliances On President Trump’s Watch
America’s Asian allies have been unnerved by President Donald Trump’s dismissive rhetoric about alliances based on cost/benefit grounds, and his decision to dump the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. That’s part of the reason Defense Secretary Jim Mattis traveled in Asia to calm nerves in Tokyo and Seoul. America’s European allies are also deeply unsettled by Trump’s […]