It’s Time to Reign in Nuclear Spending September 25, 2014 By Angela Canterbury and Kingston Reif The current international landscape seems to be defined by a never-ending cycle of conflicts and crises. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. ISIL’s rampage in Iraq and Syria. The disintegration of Libya. The spread of Ebola. President Barack Obama has numerous […]

NATO Nuclear Drawdown Now Seems Unlikely By Ralph Vartabedian and W.J. Hennigan September 19, 2014 Over the last 15 years, this U.S. nuclear umbrella has extended over an additional dozen Eastern European nations that gained entry into NATO. As the Ukrainian crisis has unfolded, Obama has asserted that the alliance needs to “make concrete commitments […]

By Paul D. Shinkman September 16, 2014 Kingston Reif, a director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation advocacy group, says it is unsurprising the Islamic State would be interested in an unconventional tool for inflicting terror. He also cautions against any assumptions that Syria now has a “clean bill of health” with regard […]

By Matthew Hoh September, 11, 2014 I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and […]

The Unsheltering Sky September 6, 2014 As test flights go, FTG-06b was a dazzling affair. The mission was part of a programme called Ground-based Midcourse Defence (GMD), which is supposed to provide America’s main shield against intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) with a range beyond 5,500km (3,418 miles). FTG-06b involved the launch (pictured opposite) on June […]