by Russ Wellen | Apr 24, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
Graham Allison, whose voice was heard often after 9/11 warning about nuclear terrorism, is the director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Dimitri K. Simes is the publisher of the National Interest. Hardly progressive,...
by Russ Wellen | Apr 22, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
Marine Gen. James Cartwright, whose last job was Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, served as the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command (nukes, et al) from 2004 to 2007. In recent years, he’s served in capacities as, uh, as diverse board member of...
by Kristen Ghodsee | Mar 10, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
The crisis in Ukraine continues. Russian soldiers are in Crimea, and there are suggestions from Moscow that Eastern Ukraine might be next. Russian lawmakers are rushing to draft legislation that will legalize the expropriation of assets from American and European...
by Kavita Krishnan | Sep 5, 2023 | War & Peace
In the 18 months since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, India’s Narendra Modi has been one of Vladimir Putin’s most valuable tacit supporters. The two have much in common: authoritarian, reactionary, and ruthless in pursuit of their interests,...
by Samuel Farber | Aug 14, 2023 | War & Peace
Last October, in an interview for a Russian state television documentary about the missile crisis of 1962, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointed out that there were similarities between the October 1962 missile crisis in Cuba and the situation...