Americas

North Korea and the United States

The Kim-Trump Summit Is Set. What Can We Expect?

An unprecedented summit requires unparalleled analysis.

US and Saudi Arabian currency (src: Shutterstock)

Washington’s Plan for a Nuclear Agreement with Saudi Arabia May Be in Jeopardy

Op/ed by Chen Kane and Ramya Ramjee in National Interest

US and Iran Flags (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

CNS Experts Respond to the US Withdrawal from the Iran Deal

An “ill-conceived” decision “of potentially historic proportion.”

A Patriot system of the German Air Force in August 2005. (src: Wikimedia Commons)

Patriot Missiles Are Made in America and Fail Everywhere

The evidence is in: the missile defense system that the United States and its allies rely on is a lemon.

Donald Trump

Trump is Walking into Kim Jong Un’s Trap

The North Koreans have sought a visit from a sitting president of the U.S. since the Clinton administration.

Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump [Src: Shutterstock]

The Trump-Kim Summit Won’t End Well

This is no way to run nuclear diplomacy.

Nikolai Sokov

New START Expires in 3 Years. And Nobody Knows What Comes Next.

It is almost inconceivable that the United States and Russia will conclude a new treaty in the remaining three years of New START’s life.

Minecraft Underground Bunkers

It’s Nuclear War. Do You Know Where Your Leaders Are?

Take a virtual reality tour of the government’s apocalypse digs. Really.

Ambassador Elayne Whyte

Ambassador Gómez Reflects on Negotiating the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

VIDEO: Seminar with Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gómez.

Joshua Pollack

From LeMay to McMaster: The Pentagon’s Difficult Relationship with Deterrence

In the nuclear era, there is more to national defense than just a good offense.