The Justice Department’s independent inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, and his team uncovered a staggeringly dysfunctional and error-ridden process in how the F.B.I. went about obtaining and renewing court permission under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, to wiretap Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser.
Daryl Kimball: Trump Should Extend New START
just securityDecember 11, 2019
One the most important responsibilities of any American president is to reduce nuclear dangers and to avoid nuclear catastrophe.
DW: Germans in favor of ‘reducing reliance’ on US
DWDecember 11, 2019
A new YouGov poll has found that a majority of Germans are in favor of reducing reliance on the US and increasing ties with Russia.
The Washington Post Opinion page…
nathan brandDecember 11, 2019
If you don’t agree with us, you must be a Russian asset…
Open Letter from the Dartmouth Conference: Don’t Let START Stop
Jim Collins et al December 9, 2019
Drawing upon six decades of constructive contacts between American and Russian citizens, we the participants in the latest Dartmouth Conference have decided to issue this urgent appeal to our governments, warning of the dangers of a new nuclear arms race and strongly urging both governments to act immediately to extend the New START Treaty beyond its February 2021 expiration.
Daniel Larison: A Last Chance To Save New START
TACDecember 9, 2019
ussia has offered to agree to a five-year extension immediately before the end of the year.
Dimitri Alexander Simes: What Does Russia Expect from the Putin-Zelensky Meeting?
TNIDecember 9, 2019
At first glance, the upcoming Putin-Zelensky summit appears to have all the necessary ingredients for a potential breakthrough meeting. But can the Putin-Zelensky summit live up to these high expectations?
Fred Weir Responds to The Atlantic’s “The Russification of the Republican Party”
facebookDecember 9, 2019
There is something to the idea that American political culture is becoming increasingly Sovietized, writes Weir….
Carl J. Schramm: ‘The Interagency’ Isn’t Supposed to Rule
WSJDecember 9, 2019
The Constitution gives the president, not a club of unelected officials, the power to set foreign policy.
Paul Robinson: NAPOLEON, KUTUZOV, AND THE CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ORDER
irrussianalityDecember 9, 2019
Do we want to be Napoleon or do we want to be Kutuzov? Our future depends on our response.