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The new Woodward and Costa book shows why no president should have “sole authority” to start a nuclear war
As Gen. Milley's actions at the end of the Trump administration show, President Biden and Congress need to end presidential sole authority over the use of nuclear weapons. Refusing to change the current nuclear launch system sustains an unacceptably high risk of nuclear war.
In other news: climate crisis, chemical weapons, nuclear brinksmanship, etc.
The announcement of a possible impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump took center stage this week. But other important news from the opening of the 74th UN General Assembly session might be making bigger headlines if they weren't competing with the possible upending of the American presidency. Here are some highlights.
Three steps toward resolving Iran’s nuclear crisis
It been more than two and half years since Trump’s election, but none of the objectives of the ill-advised “maximum pressure” policy has been achieved.
Say WHAT? Ryan Zinke’s rough Interior
Secretary Ryan Zinke is at the forefront of the Trump administration's mission to extract resources from public lands. In the first episode of a new Bulletin series on the devaluation of expertise in government policy, UCLA environmental law professor Sean Hecht reacts to the unscientific statements and decisions coming out of the Department of the Interior.
The future of the Iran nuclear deal
Ideally, Congress will do nothing in response to President Trump’s announcement on the Iran nuclear deal.
Do Flynn’s nuclear dealings top Manafort’s Kurdish referendum?
In what seems to be a competition among former Trump officials to see who can best undermine long-term American interests in the Middle East, the past few weeks have been a doozy to watch.
Space Force: Fact or fiction?
While Space Force is often associated with former President Donald Trump and is the butt of many jokes, the idea of a space force spawns from a decades-old bipartisan vision. From mundane concerns like managing acquisitions to broader questions such as figuring out acceptable forms of combat in space, Space Force faces many challenges ahead.
8 of the 9 top jobs at the State Department will sit empty
In ironic twist, the best way to keep up with Trump is via Twitter
Reconsidering the nuclear demigod called Mr. President
The simmer of unease prompted by the prospect of Donald Trump in command of nuclear weapons—initially highlighted during last year’s presidential campaign—reached full boil last week. A Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on nuclear use authority included clear expressions of concern, most pointedly from Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat who said he and others were concerned “that the president of the United States is so unstable, is so volatile, has a decision-making process that is so quixotic, that he might order a nuclear weapons strike that is wildly out of step with US national security interests.” But the Senate hearing resulted in no immediate consensus on the ways in which a president’s relatively unfettered authority to launch nuclear weapons might be modified without raising significant constitutional questions.
“Rabbis should grow a spine” — Orthodox Jewish leaders call for response to climate change
Bucking the status quo, Orthodox community rabbis speak out against Trump’s policies
Why what happened to Oppenheimer then is relevant now
A renewable energy scientist who resigned from his position during the Trump Administration contemplates the similarities—and differences—between his situation and what happened to Oppenheimer in the 1950s during the McCarthy era.
Biden should guide missile defense his own way
Biden faces a choice on missile defense policy: Does he embrace Trump’s “simple goal” to defend against “every type of missile attack against any American target”? Or does he revert to Obama and George W. Bush administration policies to build defenses only against limited nuclear strikes from North Korea and Iran and otherwise rely on deterrence and diplomacy?
What you need to know about the Nuclear Posture Review
On February 2, the Pentagon rolled out the unclassified version of the Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review. The 2018 document contains significant changes over the last NPR, which was completed in 2010. The Bulletin will be publishing analyses of the NPR document itself and how it might be implemented.
Get this existential threat debate scorecard and ask the questions Fox News likely won’t
The topics announced for the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump leave outs a few things voters should be concerned about—like the end of the world as we know it.
Restarting negotiations with Iran
Because it has done so much to create the impasse with Iran, the Trump administration should lead the process toward actual negotiations, relaxing some of the sanctions now in place, reinstating the waivers that allowed European allies to buy Iranian oil, and withdrawing some of its military forces.
Never waste a good crisis
Coercive diplomacy is a legitimate part of national security decision-making, and even Trump critics must acknowledge that the policy of “maximal pressure” has placed Iran under extreme duress. If managed correctly, Trump’s approach may have opened new possibilities to address the shortcomings of the Iran nuclear deal.
Poll: The public and Washington don’t share the same space priorities
Most Americans feel that the country should take a different direction from the Trump Administration when it comes to NASA, space, and the future.
Germany debates nuclear weapons, again. But now it’s different.
Germany relies on extended US nuclear deterrence for its security. Now, the prospect of Trump's re-election could change this strategy.
We need a new international accord to control drone proliferation
The Missile Technology Control Regime has not prevented the proliferation of armed drones. The Trump administration’s interpretation of it made things even worse. Will Biden change course?