On the radar: Military leaders oppose a military strike; Why bombing is a bad idea; Iran, U.S. work to stall an Israeli strike; Paying more at the pump; China’s modernization slower than predicted; and the Overblown Iranian missile threat.
On the radar: Rethinking deterrence needs; War, containment, and false choices; Gard: cut costly, unnecessary nukes; Report on Iran’s early nuclear work; “Serious and substantive” talks; 123 negotiations with Jordan; “A lot has changed since 1999”; and The option left off the table.
On the radar: ; Diplomacy continues; Sketching out a deal with Iran; Core issues for Seoul; Consequences of a military strike; Dialing back the Iran rhetoric; Talking to North Korea; Behind the scenes with Phil Taubman and Davy Crockett your hometown.
On the radar: JCS Chair on the military option; IAEA in Tehran for talks; Lugar for the gold standard; History lesson on preventive strikes; Flying lightsaber goes softly into the night; Khamenei’s calculations; Cartwright, Fallon and Sanger at CSIS; Roles and numbers of nuclear weapons; and That time we dropped an ICBM from a plane.
On the radar: George W. Bush, unilateral disarmer; An appropriate time to review; Anti-containment resolution; a Fundamental review; Strengthening deterrence at lower numbers; Resolving the U.S-Iran standoff; Seoul house gifts; and What nuclear modernization looks like.
On the radar: Jalili expresses cooperation to Ashton; Priority goals for talks; Panetta and Dempsey deflate press accounts of proposed nuke cuts; $55 billion for bombers just a “planning number”; Rusty nuclear facilities; Iran’s nuclear program in #context; and Springfield goes to war with Iran.
On the radar: Dennis Ross on the chance for engagement; Ashton gets the letter; Guidance process gets leaky; Iran touts small advancements; ISIS sees low breakout risk in 2012; and Warheads on 18 wheels.
On the radar: Nonproliferation cuts; Mox hiked; Bomber on track; Deferred cost from sub delay; Tough talk or stepping toward military option; the Bomber and its accessories; US-DPRK talks; North goes movable, not mobile; and The point of nuclear submarines.