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A Cold War crouch is inimical to a free, open, and flourishing society.

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As the United States works to develop a coherent strategy toward Russia, the lessons of the Kissinger and Reagan period suggest a good place to start in our current negotiations is with serious engagement with Russia on specific nuclear risk-reduction measures.

Did a NATO exercise in 1983 bring the superpowers close to blows?

United States Strategic Command, the Pentagon arm responsible for military operations involving nuclear weapons, kicked off annual command and control drills this week. What message do the drills send Washington’s adversaries? And what are the dangers of conducting these kinds of exercises amid heightened global tensions? Sputnik investigates.

There is a significant probability a war between China and the United States could escalate to nuclear threats. It is urgent that the two countries launch talks on nuclear arms control, both to prevent a nuclear arms race and to reassure each other that both want to avoid a nuclear conflict.

The collision between a Russian aircraft and American Reaper drone over the Black Sea is just the latest in a litany of military encounters between the two countries.

From the blog of Mariano Caucino at The Times of Israel

"I once was corrupted by the hatred that comes from fear generated by  ignorance." The author offers a text of a speech he wrote, but will not be giving at the Feb. 19 antiwar rally in Washington. By Scott Ritter Scott Ritter Extra Note: I was going to speak at the Rage against the War M

"Paths must be found that avert the specter of the worst possible outcome for Ukraine, Russia and the rest of the world."