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President Obama scored a major victory in his push to reform the Pentagon when the Senate voted to halt production of the Air Force’s top fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor - a rare setback for the nation’s powerful defense industry. Danielle Brian of the Ploughshares-funded
Analysts say that a growing amount of circumstantial evidence suggests that the military government of Myanmar is laying the groundwork for a nuclear program.
Cato Institute experts said that China must be encouraged to use its leverage in North Korea to contain Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. Ted Galen Carpenter called for a strategic shift by Wa
The leaders of India and Pakistan issued a joint statement following their meeting last week at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and issued a statement that was hailed by many observers as a key step forward in bilateral relations.
What a difference a president makes. Under President George Bush, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates resolutely defended every dime of last year's $11 billion budget for anti-missile weapons programs.
The U.N. Security Council banned travel and froze assets of 10 North Korean individuals and businesses linked to the country's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, marking the first time the United Nations has directly penalized members of the nation's military and business elite.
In light of Iran’s recent political upheaval and violence, some advocates for engaging Iran question whether to wait. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a major foreign policy speech the U.S. remained committed to engagement, but Carnegie Endowment for International Peace fellow Karim Sadjadpour, a Ploughshares grantee who has also advocated engagement, said he was reconsidering past positions. However, Trita Parsi of the Ploughshares-funded National Iranian American Council said, "I still think that engagement is the policy to pursue, but I don't think we have to rush into it.”
Iran's recent election shocked the world. But Iran didn't begin with the invention of Twitter. From women's rights, to politics, to culture, get a 360-degree view into one of the least understood countries in the world.