The world is less safe today than a year ago from the threat of a nuclear accident or terrorism involving a nuclear weapon, according to the 2023 Nuclear Security Index. The annual report produced by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a nonpartisan organization focused on reducing nuclear and biological threats worldwide, was released on July…
ANALYSIS: Westerners Ponder Putin’s Power After Mutiny Attempt
July 8, 2023
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In the aftermath of the Wagner mutiny attempt in Russia, there is a prevalent belief in the West that Putin’s control over the country has significantly waned. Analysts have cautioned Western policymakers to brace themselves for the potential chaos and risks that could arise in a post-Putin Russia. The short-lived mutiny orchestrated in Russia over…
Nuclear Warfare: Assessing the Geopolitical Landscape
On this episode of International Reporters Roundtable, we put a spotlight on the threat of nuclear war. Those terrifying words have been appearing in the news with increasing frequency in statements made by presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. Those who’ve lived through the Cold War are familiar with mushroom clouds and fallout shelters. Nuclear…
US Holds Nuclear Weapons Dialogue With China, Russia, France, UK
The United States said Friday that it hosted a working-level experts’ meeting with counterparts from China, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom in “an ongoing exchange” amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. According to the State Department, experts from the foreign and defense ministries of the five nuclear-armed states met on June 13 and 14 in…
Biden Warns Threat of Putin Using Tactical Nuclear Weapons Is ‘Real’
June 21, 2023
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President Joe Biden warned this week that the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is “real,” days after Moscow announced that the first warheads have arrived in Belarus amid international condemnation of the move. “When I was out here about two years ago saying I worried about the Colorado River drying…
Putin’s Nuclear Threat Against the US Is Terrorism
Commentary In Vladimir Putin’s latest act of desperation, he has again threatened the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and by extension, the United States as its lead member, with nuclear weapons. The U.S. nuclear umbrella covers all NATO nations, so a nuclear threat against NATO is a nuclear threat against the United States. On June 16,…
Putin Confirms Russia Sent Nuclear Weapons to Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that Moscow has moved nuclear warheads to Belarus amid international condemnation of nuclear usage in the ongoing war against Ukraine. “As you know we were negotiating with our ally, Belarusian President [Alexander] Lukashenko, that we would move a part of these tactical nuclear weapons to the territory of Belarus—this has…
Putin Says Russia Will Place Nuclear Weapons in Belarus Next Month
June 9, 2023
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow will start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus when the necessary special storage facilities in the former Soviet republic are completed early next month. The announcement comes several months after Putin first described plans to move tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus in March, pointing to U.S….
Putin’s Desperation and Russia’s Disintegration
Commentary Vladimir Putin is desperate, which is good and bad. The bad—the really bad—is that cornered animals tend to lash out. In Putin’s case, that could include the use of tactical nuclear weapons or a “stray” artillery shell hitting Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Either act would escalate the war and might…
US, Israel Will Work to Prevent Iran From Getting Nuclear Weapons: Blinken
Ties between the United States and Israel remain “ironclad,” and the two nations will work to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, according to America’s top diplomat. The security and prosperity of the United States and Israel are fundamentally intertwined, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and providing robust economic and security assistance to…
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