Emphasis Added: the Week in Pieces (7/1)
Which is more useless? Missile defense or total surveillance?
Republicans Perpetuate Myths About Missile Defense to Keep Cold War Alive
Republicans oppose U.S. cooperation with Russia on NATO missile defense.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/1)
Emphasis, as always, added.
How Our Obsession With Iran Increases Chances of Nuclear War With Russia
Missile defense cuts off the nose to spite the face.
Iron Dome’s Effectiveness Is Not an Argument for Missile Defense
It’s one thing to intercept a Hamas rocket, another to shoot down an inter-continental ballistic missile.
Missile Defense: Ever the Fly in the Ointment of U.S.-Russia Relations
Missile defense is a bottomless fund of misinformation between the United States and Russia.
Republicans Never Let a Chance to Call Obama an Appeaser Pass Them By
Conservatives jumped all over President Obama’s open-mic remarks to Russian President Medvedev at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.
START Stopper
One of the albatrosses around the New START treaty’s neck is missile defense.
Americans Too Creeped Out by Nuclear Attack to Prepare for It
When it comes to a nuclear strike, the American public is considerably less impressed with preparedness measures than with prevention.
Naval Base Tears Apart Korean Village
The struggle over Jeju Island in South Korea is heating up, with civil society activists standing up against a powerful military.
The Politics of Iran’s Space Program
Understanding the politics of Iran’s technological development should serve as a check on the unwarranted paranoia that Iran’s scientific achievements have generated in the West.
Libya and the Limits to the R2P
Some cheer the “Responsibility to Protect” as a breakthrough in international relations, but the dangers of another western intervention in a Muslim Arab country show the near impossibility of peace keeping in times of war.
Other Obstacles to Disarmament Exist Besides States Holding on to Nukes
Withholding their nuclear weapons isn’t the only way states retard the progress of disarmament.
Should the Arms Control Community Back Off Missile Defense?
Targeting missile defense for elimination can come back to haunt disarmament advocates.
Where Does the Administration Get Off Calling Missile Defense “Proven”?
The Obama administration’s approach to missile defense may be a threat to national security.