On the radar: Presidential budget priorities; Restore checks and balances to nuclear decisionmaking; Nukes on the highway; Trump’s trillion dollar triad; Low yield nukes poised for a comeback; Air Force quietly cuts missiles; WH talks tough on North Korea; and Super-fuzing nukes
On the radar: Democrats aim to prevent new cruise missile development; U.S. confirms Russia violated INF Treaty; Trump’s lags on dealing with Moscow’s missiles; U.S. nuke killing power has tripled; Assessing Pyongyang’s missile tests; U.S. & China disagree on North Korea; China against U.S.-South Korean missile defense; Post-Flynn Iran deal; EU mulls nuclear deterrent; Experts on nuclear ban treaty; and a Future for Russia-U.S. Nuclear Cooperation
March 9, 2017 - By Nataliya Gaydey and Katherine McMullen
On the radar: North Korea sets sights on U.S. in Japan; Lukewarm U.S. response; Obama gave Trump questionable cyber capabilities; DPRK still dodging UN sanctions; MOX makes no sense; Russia-U.S. nuke treaties (are a good thing); Trump’s military budget confuses experts; Sen. Feinstein says no such thing as limited nuclear war; Iran may get nuclear weapons if deal is scrapped; and How you’ve experienced nuclear fallout
March 7, 2017 - By Nataliya Gaydey and Katherine McMullen
On the radar: Act now on North Korea; Trump’s NSC mulls “all options” on North Korea; SecAF nominee double-charged gov.; Trump proposes massive defense spending increase; Russia still modernizing; Nuclear waste contractors are inept; IAEA head to meet with Trump officials; and Nuclear decision-making system needs help
March 2, 2017 - By Nataliya Gaydey and Katherine McMullen
On the radar: Russia covers nuclear deployments by making them dual-use; It's time to consider new policy options on North Korea; China puts the ball back in Trump’s court; and Trump surrogates pressure Iran while leaving the nuclear agreement intact
February 23, 2017 - By Nataliya Gaydey and Katherine McMullen
On the radar: Trump’s opportunity; No such thing as limited atomic war; Iran deal is a stabilizing force; China sanctions North Korea; Beijing hopes for six-party talks; Ex-CIA spy has growing nuclear concerns; and ICBMs are America’s nuclear sponge
February 21, 2017 - By Nataliya Gaydey and Katherine McMullen
On the radar: Russia violates Cold War treaty; Nukes are getting more expensive; Mattis meets with NATO (and it gets tense); A high-alert arsenal makes no sense; China sees Trump as a dealmaker for DPRK; Why we should ratify the test ban treaty; White House makes confusing Iran moves, but EU continues investment there; and Nuclear issues should be handled diplomatically
February 16, 2017 - By Nataliya Gaydey and Katherine McMullen
On the radar: Kim Jong-un test-fires missile; How the U.S. should respond; Trump needs a Starfleet simulator; New START maintains broad support; White House needs nuke schooling; Trump faces hurdles in changing U.S. nuclear policy; Iran is still complying with nuclear deal; Congress considers cutting CTBT funding; and No-first-use is not a partisan issue
February 14, 2017 - By Nataliya Gaydey and Katherine McMullen
