Tag: Weapons of Mass Destruction
18 Articles
- Science & Technology
How North Korea’s Cryptocurrency Theft Supports Foreign Policy Goals
Introduction North Korea’s launch of yet another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in February of 2023 displays unprecedented advancements in technological capability,…
May 27, 2024
- Conflict & Security
Risks of Nuclear Escalation after the End of War in Ukraine
When Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West that “whoever tries to interfere with what we are doing and, even worse, creates threats to our country… must know that…
May 30, 2022
- Global Governance
Nuclear Nonproliferation After the Russia-Ukraine War
A popular but ahistorical narrative is emerging about Russia’s war on Ukraine: if only Kyiv had retained the Soviet nuclear weapons stationed on its territory at the end of the…
April 8, 2022
- Global Governance
First Steps for Possible U.S.-China Strategic Stability Talks
In a virtual meeting held in November 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the possibility of holding strategic stability talks between the…
February 8, 2022
- Conflict & Security
The Dual Nature of China’s Nuclear Modernization
China’s nuclear weapons pose genuine threats to the United States and other nations. Disclosures in the summer of 2021 of China’s construction of several hundred missile…
December 29, 2021
- Conflict & Security
China’s Hypersonic Weapons
What are hypersonic weapons? Hypersonic weapons travel faster than Mach 5, or a speed of approximately 1.6 kilometers per second. Many traditional ballistic missiles re-enter…
January 27, 2021
- Conflict & Security
US-Iran Relations Under President Biden: Back to the Status Quo Ante?
The United States and Iran have experienced four decades of poor relations. Incidents of note include the CIA-MI6 sponsored coup against Iranian prime minister Mossadegh in 1953,…
November 30, 2020
- Conflict & Security
The Trump-Kim Singapore Summit: After the Hype
Hyped Diplomacy Leading up to the meeting, media coverage was focused on Trump’s mercurial personality and idiosyncratic style. Indeed, Trump dispensed with many of the…
September 25, 2019
- Conflict & Security
PART I: Rethinking Deterrence
Today, the United States finds itself facing two near-peer competitors in Russia and China. Both are asserting their power and exhibiting expansionist tendencies. Both understand…
July 9, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Part II: The Re-Emerging Nuclear Dimension in Russian-European Relations
Reinventing Extended Deterrence Many European politicians find conceptual luggage from the Cold War era both awkward and inappropriate in the evolving new confrontation with…
May 7, 2019