Determining whether trade-offs in some areas of military capability are worth both the stability they may create, the costs savings they may produce, and the benefits to alliance management that come with effectively negotiated agreements is a complicated task that mixes military and strategic considerations and, of course, domestic politics.
Geoffrey Roberts: The case for non-intervention in Belarus
RSJune 7, 2021
The forced landing in Minsk of a Ryanair flight to Vilnius last month has prompted a predictable chorus of demands for yet more sanctions against the authoritarian regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Responsible Statecraft: Meet the Senate nuke caucus
RSJune 7, 2021
These lawmakers represent states with a direct interest in pouring billions into modernizing and building new weapons.
From the Archive: May 2003: Anatol Lieven and Stephen F. Cohen
Charlie RoseJune 4, 2021
Stephen F. Cohen and Anatol Lieven examined Vladimir Putin’s goals in a post-Iraq world and the status of bilateral relations with the U.S.
The People’s Summit: Open Appeal addressed to Presidents Biden and Putin on No First Use
People's SummitJune 2, 2021
As people of good will and staunch supporters of genuine nuclear arms control, we welcome your desire to meet together during your scheduled Summit in Geneva, Switzerland on June 16, 2021 to tackle some very important international and bilateral issues.
Douglas Macgregor: Putin’s Turkish Nightmare
TACMay 31, 2021
Putin’s intervention in the Syrian civil war to protect Christians and other religious minorities, including Shiites and Druze, crushed Erdogan’s hopes of transforming Syria into a Sunni Islamist state under Turkish protection.
Flashback: Recalling the 1988 Moscow Summit
AHMay 31, 2021
In May-June 1988 United States president Ronald Reagan visited the USSR and participated in a five day Moscow summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The following is an abridged version of their joint statement…
Anatol Lieven: What’s in a name? NATO’s ‘Steadfast Defender’ is exercise in doublespeak
RSMay 31, 2021
Bombastic ideological phrases have always seemed to me to mask a deep underlying lack of confidence – something all too often fully justified by the results.
National Security Archive: The Chernyaev Centennial
NSA GWUMay 28, 2021
The National Security Archive marks the 100thanniversary of Anatoly Sergeyevich Chernyaev’s birth with the publication of the first English-language translation of the Chernyaev diary (described as “irreplaceable” by Pulitzer-Prize-winning author David Hoffman) for the year 1981.
Stephen M. Walt: Exactly How Helpless Is Europe?
FPMay 28, 2021
If the United States stops protecting its closest allies, it won’t be a catastrophe. It’ll be exactly what they needed.