Putin taunts Trump: 400 Russian military contractors sent to Venezuela in support of Maduro
Russia is playing a high-stakes game in the mounting crisis in Venezuela, where socialist President Nicolas Maduro has been mortgaging part of
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Russia’s Arabic Propaganda: What it is, why it matters
INFORMATION MANIPULATION is a key foreign policy tool that Russia utilizes to pursue its anti-Western agenda. Dmitry Kiselyov, one of the Kremlin’s
After the INF Treaty, What Is Next?
If the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty collapses in 2019, the United States, key U.S. allies, and Russia will face critical
Russia to Deploy Precision Strike Missiles in Western Atlantic
Russia is deploying long-range, precision cruise missiles to the western Atlantic that American defense officials say will allow Moscow to target Washington
Putin issues ominous warning on rising nuclear war threat
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a chilling warning Thursday about the rising threat of a nuclear war, putting the blame squarely on
China and Russia: A Strategic Alliance in the Making
HE YEAR before he died in 2017, one of America’s leading twentieth-century strategic thinkers, Zbigniew Brzezinski, sounded an alarm. In analyzing threats
Is nuclear disarmament set to self-destruct?
Never has the future of nuclear arms control seemed so uncertain. At risk is not just the collapse of existing treaties, but
Standoff Over INF Treaty Enters New Phase As U.S. Reveals Details Of Russian Missile
The United States’ top intelligence official has quietly revealed key new details about Russia’s alleged violations of a bedrock Cold War nuclear
US makes case for withdrawal from missile treaty with Russia
ussia has for years been developing, testing and deploying a missile that violates a landmark nuclear weapons treaty, a senior White House
The Coming War over Ukraine?
n November 25, Russian warships attacked and seized three Ukrainian navy boats that tried to cross the Kerch Strait. The Ukrainian navy
The Pentagon has prepared a cyberattack against Russia
The U.S. intelligence community and the Pentagon have quietly agreed on the outlines of an offensive cyberattack that the United States would
RIP INF: The End of a Landmark Treaty
President Donald Trump announced at a campaign rally on October 20 that the United States would withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces