At the G-20 meeting in India last week, President Biden publicly shook Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman’s (MBS’s) hand and met with him privately. It’s unclear what the two talked about. The good news is that there was no further mention of any U.S....
For several years, Chinese officials have refused to negotiate nuclear arms control limits with US officials. Beijing says it shouldn’t have to until and unless the United States reduces its nuclear weapons arsenal to match much lower Chinese levels. That sounds plausible but for three...
Although government investigations are still underway, several things are clear following the recent, massive social media leak of top secrets. The Pentagon must tighten its reigns on who has access to sensitive intelligence. Our government must also review how it screens which officials should see...
Once again, Putin is rattling Russia’s nuclear sabers. This time, it’s by threatening Poland and Ukraine with the deployment of nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. In response, there’s been plenty of hand ringing. What has yet to happen, however, is any serious effort to unplug...
Sixteen years ago, George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, William Perry, and Sam Nunn urged the world’s leaders to re-embrace the nuclear control and disarmament goals of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Reading today’s headlines, it appears their message was lost. Russia’s Defense Minister just announced Moscow...
As the year comes to an end, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director Rafael Grossi is working to secure Ukraine’s nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia against further military assaults. His aim in shuttling between Kyiv and Moscow is to get Putin and Zelenskyy to agree to...
December 23, 2022 Author: Henry Sokolski and Gary Schmitt Don’t dismiss Trump’s assertion of presidential power to declassify information The country is focused on the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral of former President Trump to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for four alleged crimes, including inciting and...
Now that Ukraine has taken Kherson, some experts fear Putin might feel cornered and yet resort to using nuclear weapons. Whether Putin will, of course, is uncertain. What isn’t, and what’s deeply weird in light of this worry, is that the United States continues to...
As the war in Ukraine drags on, daily developments at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant explode on our Google News screens. Last week, external power needed to prevent a core meltdown at the plant was cut off repeatedly, forcing reliance on emergency diesel generators. Meanwhile, Russians...
Even as the war in Ukraine rages on, tensions on the Korean Peninsula are heating up. North Korea is testing missiles at a faster rate than ever, reportedly to refine its tactical nuclear weapon capability. There’s also talk about an imminent seventh North Korean nuclear...
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