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Secretary of Defense James Mattis travelled to Asia to calm nerves in Tokyo and Seoul. 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…
This guest contribution from Heather Wokusch, a writer, educator, and activist based in Vienna, Austria, recounts the discussion at the 6th Prague Agenda Conference in early December 2016, and the somber mood of the event. The event took place in…
Jeffrey and Scott celebrate the Lunar New Year by sharing two stories about how the moon featured in the arms race. Scott talks about plans to nuke the moon in project A119, while Jeffrey discusses how a young Bill Perry…
George Perkovich and Toby Dalton have assessed the possibilities of conflict between India and Pakistan in a timely book, Not War, Not Peace? Motivating Pakistan to Prevent Cross-Border Terrorism (Oxford, 2016). Their bottom line is reflected in the title: India’s…
Trident’s latest test was rather underwhelming. The missile’s flight trajectory was error filled and flew at an unintended target (Disneyworld). Why? The dastardly grey weather, or something more pernicious. Is our dear Dreadnought in trouble? Tune in and find out.…
The changing of the guard from the Obama to the Trump Administration might be a good time to pause and reflect on India’s efforts to gain entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group. President Barack Obama promised Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
If you study nuclear weapons, you study something secret. Not surprisingly, we spend a lot of time in the arms control community thinking about intelligence estimates. Jeffrey and Scott take a break from the bomb to talk analytic method. The …
Note to readers: An earlier version of this essay was published at ForeignAffairs.com on January 16th. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will inherit rising nuclear dangers in five regions of the globe. Every one of them could get worse under his watch. Even before…
Jeffrey and Aaron discuss a number of inaccuracies in the public debate over North Korea’s long-range missiles and U.S. missile defenses, while Scott seethes on mute.
The advent of a New Year and a new administration are as good a time as any for taking stock. Decades of hard work to reduce nuclear dangers are at risk. The most consequential but least heralded achievement of the…
