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USA on verge of abandoning another key arms control agreement
February 4, 2019
On Friday, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, formally gave notice of America’s intention to withdraw from one of the last major nuclear arms control treaties, citing Russian cheating as the reason. Under the terms of the Treaty, it will take effect in 6 months. Coming a day after important new developments in EU efforts to counter […]
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Chaos in Venezuela, shock and awe in the Huawei case, and more
January 29, 2019
Today’s blog post is a round-up of some of the most important developments this week at home and abroad. Venezuela and the international rule of law While there is no doubt that Venezuela is in disarray, it is hard to see how Canada’s astonishingly ill-advised support for the self-proclaimed presidency of opposition leader Juan Guaido can do […]
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January Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Highlights Nuclear Weapons Modernization
January 14, 2019
The Russian [nuclear] modernization program was spurred by the US withdrawal, under President George W. Bush in 2002, from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which Moscow had for four decades regarded as a central pillar of strategic stability. Moscow’s subsequent failure to reach a new agreement with the United States on missile defenses, and the collapse […]
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Trends and trouble spots in 2019
January 8, 2019
Robert Malley, President of the International Crisis Group, outlines key global trends and 10 ongoing or incipient conflicts to watch in 2019. See: 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2019 (Crisisgroup.org, 28 December 2018). The international order as we know it is unravelling, with no clear sense of what will come in its wake. The danger may […]
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