Report to Congress on Shift in International Security Environment
The following is the April 26, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, A Shift in the International Security Environment: Potential Implications…
Panel: U.S. Needs Non-Military Options to Handle ‘Gray Zone’ Warfare from Russia, China, Iran
The United States is nowhere close to deterring Russia from spreading fake news, disinformation, and propaganda through social media, or…
Report to Congress on U.S. Economic Sanctions on Iran
The following is the May 10, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Iran: U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Authority to Lift…
Pentagon Research Chief Nominee: China, Russia Racing to Develop Next Generation Weapon Technology
The nominee for the Pentagon’s first research and engineering chief warned a Senate panel that China and Russia risk outpacing…
Report to Congress on Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The following is the April 24, 2018 Congressional Researsh Service Report, Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF)…
Mattis Defends Trump Administration’s Call for Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons
Defense Secretary James Mattis called Moscow’s strategy of threatening to use low-yield nuclear weapons to get its way “bellicose and…
Zukunft Discusses Jones Act, Future Arctic Operations in Farewell Speech
Repealing the law that requires coastal cargo shipping to be done in American vessels with American crews “could have severe…
U.S., North Korea Watchers Say to Set Reasonable Expectations for Trump – Kim Jong Un Summit
A key U.S. senator and a top-level adviser to the Seoul government warned not to set high expectations on Pyongyang…
Reports: Russian Fighter Conducts ‘Unprofessional’ Intercept of U.S. Navy P-8A Over Baltic
A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker conducted a safe but unprofessional intercept of a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft…
Panel: China Investing in Infrastructure Near the Arctic
China sees the expanding global markets for natural gas and minerals as solid reasons to invest heavily in exploration, development…