Nuclear Posture Review
China’s Covert Test May Signal a Shift in Beijing’s Nuclear Posture
China is actively modernizing and expanding its nuclear arsenal to incorporate next-generation capabilities. Citing sources familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments, a February 21 CNN report noted...
Policy Briefs
Expiration of New START Offers Chance for U.S. To Revamp Nuclear Posture Towards Russia and China
The expiration of the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty offers the Trump administration an opportunity to reexamine and strengthen the U.S. nuclear posture to deter both Russia and...
Policy Briefs
Nuclear Cooperation Among the ‘Axis of Aggressors’: An Emerging Threat
Memos
FDD’s Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: The Year in Review
Memos
Losing an arms race with China is much worse than competing in one
The Pentagon’s annual China Military Power Report published last Tuesday makes clear that Beijing is sprinting to ensure the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) possesses the military means to conquer...
Op-eds
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: December
Policy Tracker
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November
Policy Tracker
Harden the cybersecurity of US nuclear complex now
Deterrence is only as good as it is credible
Op-eds
Understanding That Weakness Is Provocative Is Deterrence 101
Biden has canceled yet another test of our ICBM system so as not to cause more tension with China.
Op-eds
Russia’s Sarmat test underscores need to modernize US nuclear triad
Russia conducted its first flight test of the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile on April 20. The launch represents a notable milestone in Russia’s ongoing nuclear modernization designed...
Op-eds
Biden Must Continue the Bipartisan Nuclear Consensus
A nuclear arms race is underway, but so far, the only participants are Russia and China. The United States, for its part, is barely treading water.
Op-eds
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Why We Need a New ICBM
The arguments for keeping a nuclear triad.
Op-eds
The U.S. must deploy a sub-launched low-yield nuke
In its annual consideration of the defense policy bill this week, the House Armed Services Committee narrowly ...
Op-eds
Midterm Assessment: Arms Control & Nonproliferation
Too Much Mr. Nice Guy
WASHINGTON — There are three ways in which I believe recent decisions by the Obama administration are, unintentionally, actually fostering the proliferation of nuclear weapons rather than c...
Op-eds
Countering the Growing Airborne Threat
Co-Authored with Henry A. Obering III President Obama has made it clear that “resetting” relations with Russia and eliminating the planet’s nuclear weapons are...
Op-eds
Where’s Iran In Obama’s War on Nukes?
It’s been one week since President Obama’s two-day “nukes are bad” extravaganza came to a close. No less than 47 heads of state attended the summit in Washington to determ...
Op-eds
The Obama Doctrine
In recent days, the Obama administration has fired a salvo of national security initiatives: a new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), a new National...