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Nuclear Weapons Make Rulers of States That Possess Them Hitlers Waiting to Happen
Nations still use Nazi Germany’s nascent nuclear-weapons program as a justification for developing or retaining nuclear weapons. Russ Wellen at the Foreign Policy in Focus blog Focal Points.
The Burr in Iran’s Saddle: Selective Enforcement of the NPT
People who live in glass disarmament houses shouldn’t throw nonproliferation stones.
Lost in Transition? Nork’s Nuclear Command and Control
It’s not exactly clear who, with Kim Jong-il’s death, exerts command and control over North Korea’s nuclear weapons.
The Fading U.S.-Pakistan Alliance
As the United States struggles to stabilize the volatile landscape in Afghanistan, assert a long-term strategic presence in Iraq, and contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions, it is gradually confronting a precarious and consequential estrangement from its long-term strategic ally, Pakistan. With rising dissatisfaction among the Pakistani political elite and growing popular anger against America, Washington is on the verge of losing another vital ally.
North Korea on the Verge of a New Era?
For the last two decades, U.S. administrations have come in like a lion and out like a lamb with their policies on North Korea. Determined to demonstrate Washington’s resolve, U.S. presidents have played hardball with Pyongyang in an effort to precipitate regime change or at least bully the intransigent country into knuckling under.
The Year’s End Brings Real Disarmament That You Can Touch and Feel
It may not be much consolation to most Americans, but cuts to our nuclear-weapons program are a silver lining to our economic crisis.
“Great Successor” Kim Jong-un Needs Unalloyed Support of Military
The test of Kim Jong-un’s leadership will be to convince the military to throw its support behind him.
Israel’s Tax-Deductible Occupation
The new Likud-Yisrael Beitenu NGO funding legislation will limit and tax contributions to organizations opposed to the occupation. Meanwhile, pro-settlement charities rake in large sums from foreign donors.
What If an Iranian Spy Plane Had Violated U.S. Airspace?
The United States asking for its drone back is like a burglar breaking into someone’s house, stealing a few items, and then returning the next day to ask for his tools back.