First of all, we did not sign up to the New START Treaty as a favor to anybody, let alone Russia—any more than 95 United States Senators in 2003 – under President Bush – were doing a favor for Russia when they voted to support the Bush Administration’s Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty.
Persistence is Critical in Diplomatic Negotiations with Iran
Head over to the Truman Project’s new blog today to read my take on P5+1 negotiations with Iran. A few excerpts are below…
Panetta and Chu: NNSA request is “reasonable, responsible, meets military requirements”
As many of you are aware, the administration’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) weapons activities account and strategic delivery vehicle modernization at the Pentagon does not keep pace with the…
Review of the SASC Version of the FY 2013 Defense Bill: Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defense
On May 24 the Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved its version of the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 3254).
Tac Nukes Talk Again, But Now in Washington
The issue of redeploying tactical nuclear weapons back to the Korean Peninsula is currently a moot issue in South Korea. It’s advocated for by an extremely small number of conservative politicians and academics.
