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Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (6/13)
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Nuclear Missile Wing’s “Sagging Morale” Has an Upside
Missileers just want to be loved.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (5/24)
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The Hashimoto Controversy and Japan’s Failure to Come to Terms with its Past
The words were so brazen that they have created a firestorm globally. Characterized as “outspoken” and “brash” in the international media, Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto has claimed that “comfort women”—the thousands of Asian women who were forced to serve as prostitutes during the Second World War—were “necessary” for the morale of Japanese troops.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (5/17)
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In Tehran, All Eyes on North Korea
North Korea’s nuclear weapons and Iran’s purported nuclear ambitions are the subject of constant speculation by Western pundits. However, the connection between the two is often overlooked. Although Northeast Asia and the Middle East are home to different geopolitical realities, the resolution of tensions on the Korean peninsula will almost certainly influence calculations made in Washington and Tehran regarding the Iranian nuclear program.
Expand Nuclear Weapons Programs to Protect Missileers’ Tender Psyches
The missile-launch command can be a career dead end for an Air Force officer.
Spirit of Boondoggle Departs Quashed Los Alamos Project, Finds New One to Possess
Nuclear-weapons projects are notoriously difficult to kill.
Would Pakistan Respond to India’s Use of Conventional Weapons With Tactical Nukes?
Nuclear weapons have always had the power to cloud men’s minds.
Minot’s Launch Control Fail: Reason #532 Why Nuclear Deterrence Is a Fragile Foundation for Peace
Seventeen nuclear launch officers at the Minot Air Force Base were given poor reviews and stripped of their duties.