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Technical concerns: Why Russia worries about missile defense
Ahead of NATO's summit in Chicago, Russian military experts say fast interceptor missiles in northern Europe and flexibility of design make the West's missile defense plans potentially destabilizing.
Flight from disarmament
India's successful launch of the Agni-5 missile is just the latest display of the country's expanding defense establishment. India's intensive modernization of its nuclear weapons program is worth a closer look -- especially in light of the nation's call for disarmament.
Does India need ICBMs?
India's latest technological success puts it on the edge of intercontinental ballistic missile capability and gives it the ability to hit Beijing. But high-tech enthusiasms might be blinding India to strategic realities.
Negotiating with Iran: Expectations for Baghdad
Why sanctions can't be lifted until Iran has taken concrete, meaningful steps in the nuclear realm.
Iran, Istanbul and the future
The Iranian nuclear talks are off to a promising but indefinite start. If both sides are ready to look at win-win possibilities and move by steps and stages, there is room for progress. But it's far too soon for victory laps.
How to succeed in Baghdad
Many factors now seem to favor progress in negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. But a successful conclusion won't be reached until each side acknowledges the other's legitimate concerns.
Climate change and the military in China, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States
National security agencies see their militaries taking on additional roles in domestic disaster relief because of the effects of global climate change. Yet they are not expressing much urgency. Why?
Preview: The North Korean launch
What the rest of the world knows and doesn't know about the impending launch of a missile that Pyongyang says is carrying a satellite.
Diplomacy, Iran, and the bomb
David Shorr reviews Trita Parsi's new book, A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran.
Civil society rising
Following the 3/11 disaster at Fukushima, Japanese citizens did something novel: They rose up. A surge of popular power has changed Japanese civil society, from how citizens unite against nuclear power to how they communicate with the government.
Strategic revelation
When the classic Washington leak exposes possible cuts to nuclear weapons, Republicans go apoplectic. But then, maybe that's the point.
Projecting power: The security implications of space-based solar power
While the system of space-based solar power offers the promise of unlimited, "green" electrical power, it also has immense potential as a geopolitical tool.
America's nuclear future: Does the public have a fair say in it?
Did the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future provide sufficient opportunities for public engagement? Three experts on participatory processes say the commission fell short.
A hinge moment for the BWC?
The future of biological weapons control may depend on six countries -- China, Cuba, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Russia -- that have chosen to block progress on promising ways to counter biothreats internationally.
The defensive nature of China's "underground great wall"
Much evidence shows that China bases a portion of its small nuclear arsenal in a vast tunnel network to shield it from a first strike. A recent study contending the tunnels hide thousands of nuclear weapons is based on simplistic reasoning and rumor.
Nuclear scientists as assassination targets
It is unclear who is responsible for the targeted killings of Iranian nuclear scientists and engineers, but the attacks raise unique policy questions about motives, effectiveness, repercussions, and legal and moral standards.
Nuclear nomads: A look at the subcontracted heroes
The Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan is a perfect example of how complex social and physiological realities are hidden from the world.
North Korea from 30,000 feet
Looking at leadership change and possible future trajectories of North Korea's nuclear program.