Years · 2011

December 2011

13 posts

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The Nuclear Weapons Budget

I believe that US nuclear forces, policies and posture are mis-aligned with today’s security environment.  The current budget crisis provides the best opportunity to fundamentally realign our approach to nuclear deterrence since the end of the Cold War.  That simple…

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Missile Defense Phobia

Krasnodar is a beautiful region near the Black Sea which is justly famous for its black tea. It may become the home for Iskander tactical ballistic missiles, now that the Kremlin has pulled the plug on talks with the Obama…

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Who Wants Diplomacy on Iran?

Given the diplomatic fallout which began raining down with the pre-release of the IAEA board report on Iran to the P-5 at the beginning of November, I surmised then that there might be a chance that Russia would embellish a two-page offer which it floated to Iran this…