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    This presentation provides a window into what it took to be a Cold War Missileer at all levels and in many capacities, from Second Lt. Parker reporting for duty at Ellsworth AFB to his rise to commanding the deployment of 1,000 missiles at six bases.  But the second phase of his career, as Director the On-Site Inspection Agency, while depending heavily on his experience as a missile commander, called for additional skills: as a diplomat and as an expert evaluator of technological situations with very important strategic consequences.   General Parker will take us through the highlight...

01/27/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/27/2021 10:29 NATO briefs on forward presence at OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation Organised by the United States FSC Chairpersonship, the meeting aimed to enhance participants' understanding of NATO's forward presence, and promote mutual trust and transparency. The Director for Operations in NATO's Operations Division, Burcu San, opened the discussion, addressing representatives from the OSCE's 57 participating states, including Russia. She stressed that NATO's forward presence - composed of four multinational battlegroups in Estonia...

Joe Biden’s Turn Lyrics of the week: Rescue me ‘Cause I’m lonely — Fontella Bass, “Rescue Me” Wash our struggles away Shine down on a brand new day Yeah, we’re gonna rise up singing Like a bird on the wing A million hearts beating — Warren Haynes, “River’s Gonna Rise” We have been robbed of a joyous inaugural, but that’s OK. We can gather, peacefully and en masse, on subsequent occasions. What matters to us now is cleaning up messes and changing direction. The biggest arms control messes — Iran and North Korea — will be handled by an experienced team led by Secreta...

An exceedingly challenging agenda of urgent, important, and diverse arms control issues awaits the incoming Biden administration. To address it, the administration should consider the creation of a new agency to focus on cooperative threat reduction.