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
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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:
Radioactive remnants of nuclear bomb tests found at deepest point in world’s oceans
Radioactive carbon released into the atmosphere from nuclear bomb tests has reached the deepest parts of the ocean, a study has revealed.
A Stealth F-35 with Laser Weapons: The Ultimate Nuclear Missile Killer?
The Pentagon is working with industry to explore the possibility that bomb, missile or laser-armed F-35s could destroy an attacking nuclear-armed Intercontinental
Trump, frustrated by advisers, is not convinced the time is right to attack Iran
The Trump administration has been on high alert in response to what military and intelligence officials have deemed specific and credible threats