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Killing the ABM Treaty: A Retrospective Quote of the week: “Most of what we call civilization depends on reciprocal vulnerability.” — Thomas Schelling Note to readers: Here’s a taste of my forthcoming book, ‘Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: The Rise, Demise, and Revival of Arms Control.’ George W. Bush is an admirable human being in many ways. He is deeply centered, a man of honor, faith, and constancy. As President, he tried to do his best in extremely trying circumstances, but he will be remembered most for a calamity that occurred on his watch followed by a succession of ...

 E-Mail New research from the University of Kent reveals social cohesion with immigration is best ensured through childhood exposure to diversity in local neighbourhoods, leading to acceptance of other groups. The research, which is published in Oxford Economic Papers, builds on the Nobel Laureate economist Thomas Schelling's Model of Segregation, which showed that a slight preference by individuals and families towards their own groups can eventually result in complete segregation of communities. Shedding new light on this issue, researchers from Kent's School of Economics have introduce...

Celebrate Women's History Month with the best movies directed by women from the past 20 years: The films that entertained, transported us, and broke new ground.

"The understanding of what deterrence is has been misinterpreted, reinterpreted, run through a ringer, chopped up and turned into a hamburger. I mean, it's just that nobody there [at DoD] seems to understand what it means exactly," one former government official said. By   Theresa Hitchens on February 02, 2021 at 3:33 PM

The US must invest and prepare for the threat of what is yet to come Scott Cooper January 22 Aircraft assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing and 168th Wing park in formation on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on Dec. 18, 2020. (Senior Airman Keith Holcomb/U.S. Air Force) Correction: A previous version of this commentary miscalculated the number of operational F-35C squadrons with the U.S. Navy. The service has one. On Jan. 1, Congress overrode then-President Donald Trump’s veto of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. Much of the news was about the vote itself, but anothe...