On the radar: Obama on Nunn-Lugar; Significance of the speech; DPRK rocket trajectory; CTR’s budget payoff; NNSA exceeds dismantlement goal; Iran snags a drone; and Seasons greetings from the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission. Read more »
Two of Ploughshares Fund’s longtime partners and grantees, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Brookings Institution won commendation this week in the British magazine The Prospect’s 2012 Think Tank of the Year Award. Read more »
The following is a guest post by Steven Pifer.
In a speech to the United Russia party on Saturday, President Dmitri Medvedev announced his intention to step aside so that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin can return to the presidency next spring. The Russians still have an election to hold in March, but one can predict the outcome with assurance. While his ratings have declined since his first two terms as president, Putin remains the most popular politician in Russia. The state’s bureaucratic and financial resources will mobilize to support his candidacy, and no serious opposition candidate has emerged. Read more »
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