Iran’s Ayatollahs Will Struggle to Survive the Oil Slump
At a time when Iran’s Islamic regime is already facing unprecedented pressure over its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, as well as
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NATO and outer space: Now what?
t the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) December 2019 Leader’s Summit in London, leaders acknowledged that technology is rapidly changing the international
China rattles sabres as world battles coronavirus pandemic
China is becoming increasingly assertive in the region as the coronavirus crisis eases on the mainland while raging elsewhere in the world,
COVID-19—a Biblical Plague?
(This article was originally published a month ago. Some of the data may therefore be out of date.) In just a few
Decoding the Latest U.S. Report on Arms Control: Are Russia and China Really Cheating?
On April 15, 2020, the State Department released the executive summary for the 2020 Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation,
These Are 2020s 5 Most Dangerous Hotspots
The prospect of global conflagration in 2020 is low. Everyone awaits the result of the U.S. election, and a better understanding of
Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and other celebrities who could take the post of the President
What happens when people who are far from politics, such as celebrities, get involved in it? As a rule, this is chaos,
How nuclear forces worldwide are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic
<The first paragraph was rhetoric and has been removed from this presentation – The DEFCON Warning System> The rhetoric notwithstanding, the US
Is It a Nuke?: Pre-Launch Ambiguity and Inadvertent Escalation
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish a nuclear weapon from a conventional one. The risk of misidentifying either—especially prior to its launch—is
Shahid Mahallati (Iran): “Temporary” Plant for Manufacturing Nuclear Weapon Cores
Based on documents in the Iran Nuclear Archive, seized by Israel in early 2018, Iran’s Amad Plan created the Shahid Mahallati Uranium
Whither Arms Control in Outer Space? Space Threats, Space Hypocrisy, and the Hope of Space Norms
Good afternoon, everyone. This is only my second Zoom teleconference, but hopefully I am getting the hang of this format now. I’m glad that we are able to find ways
New START Treaty Aggregate Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms
Fact Sheet March1, 2020 (The data in this Fact Sheet comes from the exchange of data required by the treaty. This data