Putin’s Threats of Nuclear War Require Us to Increase our Defenses
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has proven that Putin seeks to rebuild the former Soviet empire by force and if he must kill tens of thousands or even hundreds of…
Walking on Atomic Eggshells
The cliché of the day: We need to find an “off ramp” for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, a face-saving way for the Russian caudillo to end his campaign of atrocities abroad and bring…
Beware wishful thinking when it comes to the Ukraine crisis
Here is what I would like to happen in Ukraine: Outraged by Russia’s aggression, armed Ukrainians in both the country’s military and its spontaneously formed civilian militias are able to fight hard enough in all…
The Iran nuclear deal needs to be fixed and rewritten, not just revived
U.S. air strikes successfully destroyed facilities used by Iran-backed militia in eastern Syria last Thursday. But the operation also exposed the contradictions in the Biden administration’s approach to Iran. Returning…
Democrats Want Biden To Consult with Congress Before Nuke Launch
More than 30 Democrats serving in the United States have written President Joe Biden asking him to consider expanding the number of people involved in the decision to launch a…
The extension of a nuclear treaty between the U.S. and Russia would be a crucial, responsible step
Albert Einstein is said to have thought that God does not play dice with the universe. Two nations, Russia and the United States, now possess about 90 percent of the…
Iran’s Cat And Mouse Game: A Final Outcome in the Making
Historically, efforts to prevent dead set regimes from acquiring nuclear weapons have been marked mostly by embarrassing diplomatic fiascos. The chronology of every state-sponsored nuclear program began with developing the…
Why China Trade Talks May Hinge On North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un
Last week Wall Street focused on what the Trump-Xi summit would mean for the China trade war, the global economy and the Dow Jones. But the high-stakes meeting turned out…
The Folly of Reentering the Iran Nuclear Deal
On Monday, the regime in Iran announced that it’s intentionally violating the 2015 nuclear deal. Since then, no Democratic presidential candidates have reversed their pledges to reenter the accord if elected. In…
Iran Continues to Hide Past Nuclear Weapons Work
by Adam Kredo • Washington Free Beacon Iran continues to hide key work it undertook on nuclear weapons development while perfecting ballistic missile technology that could carry such a weapon,…
Putin Unveils Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missiles, Drone Submarines for Attacking U.S.
By Bill Gertz • Washington Free Beacon Russian President Vladimir Putin, in language suggesting the start of a new Cold War, revealed Russia is building nuclear-powered cruise missiles, drone submarines,…
Iran on Pathway to Fully Restart Nuclear Weapons Program
By Adam Kredo • Washington Free Beacon Iran is on the pathway to fully restarting its contested nuclear weapons program due to insufficient international inspections of its military sites and caveats…
The North Korea Condundrum
Since 1950, when North Korea launched its invasion against the south, the United Nations Security Council had been in a permanent diplomatic warfare against Pyongyang. Out of the twenty two…
The Lessons of Hiroshima: Reducing Nuclear Dangers
by Peter Huessy Following the President’s visit to Hiroshima, nuclear weapons and their enduring usefulness in protecting America and its allies has become an increasingly important focus of debate especially…
Does the United States Need Nuclear Weapons?
by Peter Huessy Does the United States need nuclear weapons? What role do they play? And if they are valuable, how much should we spend supporting such a nuclear deterrent?…