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Nuclear Deterrence
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, it was the end of an era in international relations. Despite the hopes of many, the twenty years that followed did not produce a transition to a new international system. Rather the past two decades have been more of a pause, a time when the world dealt with
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Date:
9/13/2012
Is anyone surprised that the Obama Administration will seek even deeper reductions in U.S. strategic nuclear forces? According to reports circulating in Washington, the administration’s most recent Nuclear Posture Review will propose a strategic nuclear force of 1,000 warheads. This is a one-third
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Date:
6/19/2012
As the Republican candidates for president slug it out, one of the issues which divides them is whose philosophy represents the true legacy of Ronald Reagan. In addition to desiring to wear the mantle of most Reagan-like, I am sure that each of them wishes that he or she had the Great Communicator’s
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Date:
1/2/2012
The ink was barely dry on the New START Treaty before some in the Obama Administration were talking about the need for a follow-on agreement. The current agreement reduces the number of deployed Russian and U.S. strategic nuclear warheads (but not stockpiled weapons) by some 25 percent to 1,550
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Date:
6/3/2011

