Even if Trump manages to end the war in Afghanistan, he’s fueling other wars that will be even more devastating.
Trump: Out of the Graveyard and into the Pyre?
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Missile Defense
Missiles or the Environment: Korea’s True Security Challenges
North Korea isn’t the biggest threat to the world. Climate change is.
These Nuclear Breakthroughs Are Endangering the World
How a growing technology gap between the U.S. and its nuclear-armed rivals could lead to the unraveling of arms control agreements — and even nuclear war.
Missile Defense in Europe Needlessly Provocative
The United States never tires of finding ways to needlessly aggravate Russia.
Iran Deal Undermines Rationale for Missile Defense
Since missile defense doesn’t protect us against Russia’s nukes.
The Madness of THAAD
The US push for missile defense in Asia will only lead to more missiles and less defense.
People Who Live in Glass Houses Shouldn’t Complain About Violations of the INF Treaty
The U.S. recently made the case that Russia is in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, but it needs to look in the mirror, too.
The Contrails Have It: Iron Dome Is a Dud
The effectiveness of missile defense can scarcely be inferred from the “sound and light show” that is Iron Dome.
All That Missile Defense Tests Prove Is That It’s a Lose-Lose Proposition
You’d think that after the dismal failures of previous tests, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) would wait to run another public test until it was more confident that it could be more successful. Perhaps in tacit acknowledgment that day would never come, on July 5 the...
Emphasis Added: the Week in Pieces (7/1)
From Erdogan to Bradley Manning.