Lawrence J. Korb

Lawrence J. Korb, a retired Navy captain, has held national security positions at several think tanks and served in the Pentagon in the Reagan administration.

 


Articles by Lawrence J. Korb

Maj. Gen. William F. Burns at the United States Army War College. Photo provided by the family and used with permission.

William Burns, behind-the-scenes advisor in US-Soviet nuclear talks, dies at 88

By Lawrence J. Korb, Arnold S. Kohen | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion
The US military tests a missile in the ocean.

Pandemic spending will force US defense budget cuts—some of which should come from nuclear weapons programs

By Lawrence J. Korb | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons
USS Minnesota submarine

Trump’s 2021 budget: More nuclear spending, less of almost everything else

By Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion
US Open Skies aircraft approaches a refueling aircraft

The Open Skies Treaty may be the next victim in a spiraling arms control extinction

By Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Risk, Opinion
US ICBM Test

Talking away from Armageddon

By Lawrence J. Korb, Arnold S. Kohen | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Restarting negotiations with Iran

By Lawrence J. Korb | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons
Rocket models are stuck in a bucket during a February protest action in Berlin against the imminent withdrawal of the INF disarmament agreement between Russia and the USA. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa (Photo by Paul Zinken/picture alliance via Getty Images)

A path toward renewing arms control

By Lawrence J. Korb | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

The focus of US military efforts in outer space should be … arms control

By Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics
President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev signing the INF Treaty in the East Room of the White House on December 8, 1987.

Why it could (but shouldn’t) be the end of the arms control era

By Lawrence J. Korb | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control
satellite in space

Space Force: Lost in space?

By Lawrence J. Korb | Analysis, Nuclear Risk
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Trump should stop fantasizing about killing the Iran nuclear deal

By Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

The Vatican tries to reduce the revived global threat of nuclear war

By Lawrence J. Korb | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons