With important national elections scheduled this year in the Netherlands, France and Germany, European officials on edge about possible Russian interference are pursuing various measures to counter it. But with a daily onslaught of fake and misleading news , repeated attempts to hack computer systems of “anti-Moscow” politicians and political parties, their task is immense.
Category: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Nuclear Weapons: Trust But Modernize
The United States is planning to modernize its nuclear deterrent over the next 25 years, an effort already two decades late in implementation. That delay, a procurement holiday, resulted in all elements of our nuclear enterprise-the warheads, the communications, the submarines, the land based missiles and the bombers and their associated cruise missiles-reaching the end of their service life nearly simultaneously.
Nuclear Weapons: Trust But Modernize
The United States is planning to modernize its nuclear deterrent over the next 25 years, an effort already two decades late in implementation. That delay, a procurement holiday, resulted in all elements of our nuclear enterprise-the warheads, the communications, the submarines, the land based missiles and the bombers and their associated cruise missiles-reaching the end of their service life nearly simultaneously.
The balance sheet on – America First’
President Donald Trump believes an “America First” foreign policy would save Americans income and jobs and would help rebuild the country. Putting aside the moral and diplomatic dangers in Trump’s brazen assertion of American self-interest above global well-being, there is one economic truth in Trump’s ideas but several dangerous myths.
Russia-US ties hard to mend, interests differ sharply
U.S. Army soldiers hold an American flag as they attend the official welcoming ceremony of the U.S. troops in Zagan, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. The ceremony comes 23 years after the last Soviet troops left Poland and also marks a new historic moment – the first time any Western forces are being deployed on a continuous basis to NATO’s eastern flank.
Fears of Russia and Trump drive EU leaders to boost defense budgets
Meeting for the first time since the U.S. presidential election, European Union members agreed Thursday to increase their spending on defense. President-elect Donald Trump ‘s friendly overtures to an expansionist Russia and his statements casting doubt on his commitment to the NATO alliance have sent shudders through Europe.