A Genuine New Start? Obama Is No Reagan on Nuclear Disarmament -- Amanda Kempa, Spiegel Online
President Obama's arms control policy is rooted in the outdated doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction, as can be seen in the logic underpinning the New START treaty. Until he articulates a new vision of arms control for a multipolar world, Obama's goal of nuclear abolition will not be realized.
A recent appeal in the Washington Post by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to the US Senate to ratify the New START treaty began by quoting former President Ronald Reagan's well-known aphorism "trust but verify."
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The Cross is Banned in Bethlehem, and Christians in the Middle East are Under Seige -- Peter Schweizer, The Big Peace
China has a lot of peacemaking to do -- Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times
U.S., China end year on positive note as they prepare for presidential summit -- John Pomfret, Washington Post
The US-China dialogue of the deaf -- George Soros, Todays-Zaman
The Second Afghan Front -- Mathew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal
Another Christmas in Kabul -- Carol Giacomo, New York Times
Russian lawmakers say 'not so fast' on START treaty ratification -- Bridget Johnson, The Hill
Off to a New START -- Daryl G. Kimball, Moscow Times
North Korea and Iran: How the two states test US diplomacy -- Howard LaFranchi, Scott Peterson, Donald Kirk/Christina Science Monitor
Three paths to war on the Korean Peninsula -- Patrick M. Cronin, CNN
Control of Sudan's oil a big issue in January vote -- Maggie Fick, Real Clear World
Let the U.S. states go bankrupt -- Grover G. Norquist and Patrick Gleason, Politico
What's radicalizing Muslim Americans? -- Peter King, Newsday
With the end of 'don't ask,' it's time for the Ivies to reconsider ROTC -- Washington Post editorial
Christmas 'star': Some theories on what the Magi were following -- Pete Spotts, Christian Science Monitor