The made-for-TV movie The Day After had an enormous impact on America’s national conversation about nuclear weapons in 1983. Resuming that conversation today is essential, and the movie holds some lessons about what that would take.
Paul Robinson: Arms Race
irrussianalityDecember 13, 2018
One should always be a little cautious about accepting claims that major policy decisions are driven by secret intelligence.
Ted Galen Carpenter: Don’t Let Ukraine Drag America into War
TNIDecember 12, 2018
The adage to not let a weak ally make major decisions still rings true.
Washington Times: Secretive State Dept. offensive targets propaganda, ‘deep fakes’
WashTimesDecember 12, 2018
“When it comes to the shared recognition that Russian propaganda and disinformation are a threat, we have found great receptivity,” Mr. Kimmage said. “We received over 150 applications to the Information Access Fund almost as soon as we opened.” “It’s now funded to a tune of $10 million,” he said. “We’ve awarded a million dollars already.”
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Sanders and Warren are challenging the post-Cold War foreign policy establishment
wapoDecember 12, 2018
Though neither questions directly the wrongheaded National Defense Strategy that elevates Beijing and Moscow to the status of primary threats facing the United States…
Nikolas Gvosdev: Is Russia a U.S. ‘Adversary’ or Just a ‘Competitor’?
TNIDecember 12, 2018
Dealing with Russia as a serious competitor—even given its economic size and population endowment—also requires facing up to the challenge of how to compete.
RFE/RL: Putin Hails Solzhenitsyn As ‘True Patriot’ On Centenary Of His Birth
RFE/RLDecember 11, 2018
President Vladimir Putin has praised late Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as a “true and real patriot” after unveiling a statue honoring the Nobel Prize-winning author in central Moscow.
Jon Wolfsthal: It’s Not Too Late to Save the INF Treaty
FPDecember 10, 2018
No one should dismiss lightly an agreement that has helped keep the United States and its allies safe for a generation.
Daniel Larison: Save the INF Treaty
TACDecember 10, 2018
The INF Treaty is very much worth saving, and quitting it over a Russian violation is as short-sighted and self-defeating as can be.
Haaretz: Netanyahu and Putin Discuss Improved Military Coordination
haaretzDecember 10, 2018
Relations have been tense since the downing of a Russian spyplane two months ago. Despite recent attempts, Netanyahu and Putin have yet to set an official diplomatic meeting.