Professor of Modern North American History at the University of Oslo, Norway. Nuclear strategy and arms control.
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If the deterrent is an insurance against US abandonment, then you need to have a doctrine of nuclear first use or have conventional forces strong enough to defeat Russia & force it to escalate first.
Now the project is on the verge of collapse, four European officials told POLITICO.
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Now the project is on the verge of collapse, four European officials told POLITICO.
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If a successor were to be in place by 13th July, we'd have had 7 PMs in a decade, which, by my reckoning, is the most since the 8 of 1827-37.
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If a successor were to be in place by 13th July, we'd have had 7 PMs in a decade, which, by my reckoning, is the most since the 8 of 1827-37.
1. Can't Trident II take 12 warheads if they are W76s rather than W88s?
2. The UK Holbrook warhead is an anglicised W76, so surely UK Trident IIs can also take 12 warheads?
A lot of sources cite maximum of 8 for some reason.
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Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
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Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
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1. Expiry deadline passed with nothing from the White House, everyone assumed it was over.
2. Anonymous sources claiming that Kushner and Witkoff were cooking up a stopgap "handshake" deal in Abu Dhabi.
3. Trump Truth Social post confirming(?) it's over.
1. Expiry deadline passed with nothing from the White House, everyone assumed it was over.
2. Anonymous sources claiming that Kushner and Witkoff were cooking up a stopgap "handshake" deal in Abu Dhabi.
3. Trump Truth Social post confirming(?) it's over.
Instead of a Nuclear Posture Review, we have a series of Truth Social posts.
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For some reason, I doubt the same amount of consideration has gone into the Trump admin's prospective decision to continue to comply with New START's central limits.
Reagan on the unratified SALT II, May '82:
"As for existing strategic arms agreements, we will refrain from actions which undercut them so long as the Soviet Union shows equal restraint." share.google/wIgYPIgnLatb...
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One "source said... both sides would agree to observe the [New START's] terms for at least six months, during which time negotiations on a potential new deal would take place."
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