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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 20, 2025 | 
globalsecurityreview.com | Stephen J Cimbala |Joshua Stowell
A strong nuclear deterrent reduces risks to the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Such is the view of many within the nuclear enterprise. Arms control and disarmament advocates differ with this view, seeing the deterrent as a risk that must be reduced in size and function via various forms of diplomacy that range from one-party declarations and codes of conduct to formal arms control agreements.
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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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Dec 3, 2024 | 
globalsecurityreview.com | Stephen J Cimbala |Joshua Stowell
In the aftermath of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s election, it is time for the national political dialogue to calm down and move away from dysfunctional hyperbole. During the presidential campaign, political activists and media commentators trafficked in exaggerations and misrepresentations of facts that distracted from responsible debates on public policy. Admittedly, some of this political blather is simply risible on its face and can easily be dismissed by attentive voters.
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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 30, 2024 | 
realcleardefense.com | Stephen J Cimbala
The presidential campaign is heading into its climactic final months. Pundits and politicians are inevitably drawing analogies between present and past events in domestic politics and foreign policy. Read Full Article »
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
globalsecurityreview.com | Stephen J Cimbala |Joshua Stowell
The presidential campaign is heading into its climactic final months. Pundits and politicians are inevitably drawing analogies between present and past events in domestic politics and foreign policy. This year, outbreaks of antisemitism across American college campuses, including at the most elite private colleges and universities, remind commentators of the turbulent year 1968. That year was marked by the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F.
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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.
