CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING -- China’s state television put a rare public focus on Beijing’s DF-5B intercontinental ballistic missile earlier this month, [...]
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This piece from Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joe DeTrani was first published in The Washington TimesOPINION — If corrective actions aren’t taken [...]
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This piece from Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joe DeTrani was first published in The Washington TimesOPINION — If corrective actions aren’t taken [...]
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Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joseph R. DeTrani was the former special envoy for negotiations with North Korea from 2003-2006 and was the former [...]
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Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joseph R. DeTrani was the former special envoy for negotiations with North Korea from 2003-2006 and was the former [...]
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OPINION – One way to remember Brent Scowcroft’s major contributions to U.S. national security and foreign policy is to read the oral history he [...]
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OPINION – One way to remember Brent Scowcroft’s major contributions to U.S. national security and foreign policy is to read the oral history he [...]
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OPINION — Last week, President Trump announced that the U.S. was giving six months’ notice that it would be pulling out of another international [...]
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Tuesday’s meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Sochi, Russia, was the result of a [...]
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This year, the Donald J. Trump administration will review the state of U.S. nuclear forces, the nation’s nuclear policy and posture, and how it fits [...]
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The pursuit of nuclear arms control agreements and other efforts to draw down nuclear forces to reduce nuclear dangers is a goal that is almost as [...]
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At 12:00PM on Friday, Jan. 20, the nuclear “football,” a briefcase containing the launch codes for the U.S. nuclear arsenal, was passed to a new [...]
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As President Barack Obama heads out of office, he leaves behind an unexpected legacy: as arms exporter-in-chief.“The Obama administration has made [...]
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In a Presidential race dominated by immigration, trade, and an almost unprecedented level of political mudslinging, one could be forgiven for missing [...]
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Since June 2016, there has been a spirited debate in Washington regarding the U.S. adoption of a No-First-Use (NFU) policy. A NFU policy would be a [...]
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Geopolitical tensions have risen in Europe since the Russia-Ukraine crisis in 2014; in South Asia with the flare-up in Kashmir; and in East Asia with [...]
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Hypersonic weapons will be capable of carrying nuclear warheads, yet so far there is little discussion on the role of arms control. The Cipher Brief [...]
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The conditions under which a U.S. president might use nuclear weapons has in recent weeks become a topic of national conversation.Toward the end of [...]
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With the conclusion of the final Nuclear Security Summit, Russia and the United States - the possesors of the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals – [...]
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