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© Getty Images In April 2009, just a few months after taking office, then-President Obama gave a speech in Prague, where he said the following: “[A]s a nuclear power, as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act. We cannot succeed in this endeavor alone, but we can lead it, we can start it. So today, I state clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.”  The speech was widely praised and was the principal reason Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize la...

Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET. email The New ICBM Is a Legacy System, And Should Be Cancelled Antiquated strategic thinking must not be allowed to drain funding that could be put toward more pressing threats. March 12, 2021 Press reports indicate that the Biden administration’s Pentagon budget proposal may come in at close to last year’s levels, well over $700 billion. But the Biden administration has suggested that the composition of the budget could change considerably, most notably by cutting spending on “legacy systems.” The ad...

America’s Dangerous Nuclear Weapons Game Critics of the U.S. modernization effort—begun in earnest under the Obama administration and robustly continued under the Trump administration—are trying to unilaterally eliminate whole sections of U.S. nuclear forces. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. John Hyten is urging the United States to expand how it looks at strategic threats to the United States especially cyber, biological, as well as the traditional concern with nuclear weapons. To do so, he underscores the need to fully modernize the U.S. nuclear enterprise inc...

"Having the president have sole authority to order a nuclear strike is just outrageous," an expert told Insider.

SHARE US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has hailed the confirmation of Iran Special Envoy Robert Malley, who stepped into the role on January 28. In a tweet Sunday, Mr Blinken said Mr Malley was "off to a great start," despite a looming escalation in the nuclear crisis. Pleased to see Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley off to a great start at the @StateDept. Principled diplomacy is the best path to ensuring that Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon. — Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) February 13, 2021 Mr Malley, who is known as one of the architects of the original nuclear dea...