One Year After Singapore: Losing Ground on North Korean Denuclearization
While the Singapore summit was historic as the first meeting ever between U.S. and North Korean leaders, it failed to produce any
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Activity Continues at Uranium-Enrichment Plant at North Korea’s Yongbyon Facility
ctivity continues in the uranium-enrichment plant at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, according to one think tank. “River-dredging continues,” 38
Will the US and Iranian Confrontation Lead to War?
The current crisis between the US and Iran is the most severe since the Iranian 1979 revolution and the attendant establishment of
China’s Rare Earth Dominance: How Usable a Weapon?
As Washington and Beijing brace for a protracted trade war, Chinese sources increasingly discuss the potential for weaponizing the Middle Kingdom’s major
Questionable Alliances: Why America Needs to Reexamine Its International Relationships
Modern circumstances continue to bear out the prescience of America’s founders. Especially George Washington’s warning against “entangling alliances.” In contrast, U.S. policymakers
United States’ reliance on pressure tactics is showing diminishing returns
President Donald Trump’s brinkmanship with Mexico over immigration has opened a new and risky front in his global campaign to pressure other
DEFCON Warning System – Update 6/2/19
This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 2 P.M., Sunday, June 2nd, 2019. Condition code is Green. DEFCON 5. There
U.N. Atomic Watchdog Reports Iran’s Stockpiles of Low-Enriched Uranium are Growing
The U.N. atomic watchdog said Friday that Iran continues to stay within the limitations set by the 2015 nuclear deal with major
Is the U.S.-Iran nuclear standoff cooling down or heating up? – analysis
On May 5, the US announced that it was moving a naval flotilla into the Persian Gulf which included significant additional aerial
Nuclear war risk highest since WWII, UN arms research chief warns
A top security expert at the United Nations has warned that the risk that nuclear weapons could be used is at its highest
Nuclear Weapons Are Getting Less Predictable, and More Dangerous
On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met his counterpart, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, to discuss, among many things, the
Experts see Russia fingerprints on North Korea’s new missile
The three new missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has tested over the past week are eerily familiar to military experts: