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Jan 21, 2025 | 
energycentral.com | Stephen J Cimbala |Lawrence J. Korb
Amidst the biting chill that enveloped the District of Columbia today, the inauguration of the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump, was generously hosted within the magnificent central rotunda of the Capitol building. This majestic space, nestled beneath the towering and historic dome—an architectural masterpiece completed between 1818 and 1824—radiates grandeur and significance.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
thebulletin.org | Stephen J Cimbala |Lawrence J. Korb |François Diaz-Maurin
The incoming Trump administration will have to deal with many challenges in domestic and foreign policy, including threats and dangers related to nuclear weapons, deterrence, and arms control.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
nationalinterest.org | Lawrence J. Korb |Stephen J Cimbala
Does the rise of China as a nuclear strategic superpower present a fundamental threat to deterrence, arms control, and arms race stability? Experts contend that China has set in motion an ambitious nuclear modernization program that could result in a world with three significant nuclear peer great powers by the mid-2030s. A potential Chinese nuclear superpower also contributes to arguments in favor of the widespread modernization of the entire U.S. nuclear enterprise.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Stephen J Cimbala |Lawrence J. Korb
The opinions expressed in this op-ed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Military.com. If you would like to submit your own commentary, please send your article to [email protected] for consideration. As the U.S. presidential election looms, many questions still remain about how either Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris or Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump will handle issues related to national security or foreign policy.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
thebulletin.org | Stephen J Cimbala |Lawrence J. Korb |François Diaz-Maurin
Discussions of escalation in the war between Ukraine and Russia have become more frequent in recent months. One such discussion occurred in September during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s latest visit to Washington, when some government officials and analysts emphasized the risk of nuclear war between NATO and Russia. The possibility of nuclear war growing out of this conflict is a serious concern.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
nationalinterest.org | Lawrence J. Korb |Stephen J Cimbala
According to recent press reports, the Biden administration has approved a secret nuclear strategy designed to adapt U.S. defense planning to the anticipated rise of China as a third nuclear superpower, continuing competition from Russia, and possible challenges from North Korea. The highly classified document approved in March 2024 seeks to adjust what is called “Nuclear Employment Guidance” to a new international environment of competing and colluding, hostile nuclear powers.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
thebulletin.org | Stephen J Cimbala |Lawrence J. Korb |François Diaz-Maurin
As the Biden administration prepares to depart office, an assessment of its policies with respect to nuclear issues and future challenges become increasingly important. President Joe Biden will be succeeded by either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump. Either future president will have to pick up the ball where Biden left it. But in many ways, the ball isn’t rolling as smoothly as it should.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
nationalinterest.org | Lawrence J. Korb
Since the visit of then-speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to Taiwan in August 2022, tensions between the United States and China over the island have continued to rise. In a recent letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Representative Michelle Steel (R-CA,) a member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, argued that recent incidents involving China’s aggression toward Taiwan, as well as the Philippines, are unacceptable and must be stopped.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
thebulletin.org | Stephen J Cimbala |Lawrence J. Korb |John Mecklin
Enormous cost overruns in the Sentinel program have engendered a debate about how or if to go forward with a US intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernization program. We see five potential paths forward that might reduce costs and maintain or even improve the United States’ strategic posture.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
nationalinterest.org | Lawrence J. Korb |Stephen J Cimbala
The first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump resulted in a media blitzkrieg of hysteria about Biden’s performance, which continued through the Republican convention and led to Biden’s eventual withdrawal from the race. The New York Times editorial board and other prestige media sites, supported by some leading Democratic fundraisers and politicians, including from the Democratic Senate and House leaders, called for Biden to withdraw from the race for the White House.
