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NATO's Summit Has to Figure Out Exactly What NATO Is Good For
NATO has a number of headaches, above all, the hungry Russian bear to its east. At its summit, starting today, it's high time to start working these out.
NATO Isn't Arming Ukraine, Just Like Russia Isn't Fighting There
Recent developments show that NATO countries are a lot more willing to back Ukraine, with tanks and helicopters, than admit to backing Ukraine.
Cold War Missile Treaties, Part II: Nuclear Boogaloo
If you ask Russians most anything related to strategic forces, odds are pretty good that they’ll gripe about US missile defense.
Cold War Nuclear Treaties: Old and Busted or Cool Vintage?
Russia may be cheating on a treaty banning an entire class of nuclear weapons considered too destabilizing and creating too great a danger.
Korean Thunderdome: A Four-Part Look at the Future of Korea
North Korea and South Korea have been staring each other down for nearly 70 years. What happens when one of them finally blinks?
Putin’s Actions in Ukraine Give NATO a New Purpose
Russia’s seizure of Crimea and the possibility that it will also invade Eastern Ukraine has breathed new life into NATO.
North Korean Drones May Be Toys, But They're Not Silly
This season's back and forth between North and South Korea has been marked by something rather unusual — useful military activity.
North Korea Cooks Up a Nuclear Surprise
North Korea has threatened to do a "new type" of nuclear test. So what is it waiting for? The most annoying possible moment to do it.
North Korea Speaks Softly and Launches a Big Missile
Sometimes there's only one way for North Korea to remind the world that it matters — by launching ballistic missiles toward its rivals.
The Airmen In Charge of US Nuclear Missiles Hate Their Jobs
Morale is terrible amongst the men and women in charge of US ground-based nuclear missiles, and it's resulting in misconduct and mistakes.
Edward Teller, the Real Dr. Strangelove
He would be more vilified than any other American scientist in the 20th century, but he always dismissed his critics as naive or unpatriotic or unaware of what science actually is.