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The unfulfilled goals and objectives from last year's meeting in Madrid loom over the Atlantic military alliance. When the membership meets in Vilnius this week, normalizing failure might best describe the most that can be accomplished.  By Scott Ritter Special to Consortium News The le

The fallout from Washington's policy of seeking Russia's strategic defeat has seen Moscow radically alter its arms control position. That raises important questions about the winner of the next U.S. presidential election. By Scott Ritter Special to Consortium News The United States finds i

Russia seeks arms control agreements to prevent dangerous escalation. But the U.S. seeks only unilateral advantage. This risks all out conflict unless this changes.  By Scott Ritter Special to Consortium News Dec. 8 marked the 35th anniversary of the signing of the intermediate nuclear fo

War, it seems, was the only option Russia’s opponents had ever considered. By Scott Ritter Special to Consortium News Recent comments by former German Chancellor Angela Merkel shed light on the duplicitous game played by Germany, France, Ukraine and the United States in the lead-up to t

Putin’s order to begin partial mobilization of Russian military forces continues a confrontation between Russia and a U.S.-led coalition of Western nations that began at the end of the Cold War. By Scott Ritter Special to Consortium News War is never a solution; there are always alternativ

Disarmament in the time of Perestroika spotlights the pivotal contributions of U.S.-Soviet inspectors in helping to complete the 1988 INF treaty, which took effect after a period of bilateral tensions that could be considered more severe than those of today.        By Scott Ritter Special t

Despite what some "defense analysts" may be telling Western media, the longer the war continues, the more Ukrainians will die and the weaker NATO will become. By Scott Ritter Special to Consortium News For a moment in time, it looked as if reality had managed to finally carve its way thro