Arms
Russia slams Transdniester president’s grip on power (VIDEO)
October 15, 2011Moldova’s breakaway republic of Transdniester is holding presidential elections in early December. With its current president in power for over 20 years and running for reelection, Russia says the status quo is stalling the republic’s development...
United States ratifies nuclear arms treaty with Russia
December 23, 2010The U.S. Senate ratified a nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia on Wednesday by a strong bipartisan vote of 71 to 26. The New START treaty was one of the last measures approved during a busy post-election, end-of-year session. Vice President Joe...
Obama presses for US-Russia nuclear pact
November 15, 2010Republican senators continue to express misgivings about a new nuclear-arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia. The comments follow President Barack Obama's assurances to his Russian counterpart that Senate ratification of the New...
New US-Russia START treaty marks a tactical gamble (part II)
April 07, 2010By Jacob W. Kipp Moscow’s perspective on the tactical gamble and strategic consequences of the new START treaty. New US-Russia START treaty reveals differences over strategic offensive and defensive weapons (Part Two) See part one here While...
Venezuela to buy from Russia weapons worth $5 billion
April 07, 2010By Carolyn Presutti Russia, Venezuela strengthen economic, political, military ties Russia and Venezuela are forging closer ties. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced earlier this week (Monday) in Caracas that his country could sell Venezuela...
New US-Russia START treaty marks a tactical gamble (part I)
April 06, 2010By Jacob Kipp Moscow’s perspective on the tactical gamble and strategic consequences of the new START treaty (Part One) After intense negotiations and the intervention of both President Barack Obama, and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev...
March 31, 2010By Frank Gaffney, Jr. President Obama announced last Thusday that he had concluded a follow-on to the 1989 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia. He characterized the cuts that it would make in the two nations’ nuclear arsenals as...
United States' pact with Russians to be signed in a few weeks
March 24, 2010By Heather Maher Russia, U.S. Reach Agreement On New Arms Pact Russia and the United States have reportedly resolved all remaining differences on a new arms control treaty and could sign a landmark nuclear arms reduction agreement in Prague in a few...
The gathering storm: Russia's expertise in arms dealing
February 25, 2010By Rick Santorum Last week I spoke at CPAC about Iran as the principal sponsor of terrorism around the world. As my recent op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer explains, once armed with atomic capabilities, the regime could turn the world order upside...
Moscow goes ballistic again over U.S. missile defense
February 24, 2010By Richard Weitz Just when it looked like Russia and the United States were about to finalize the terms of a bilateral nuclear arms reduction agreement to replace the START I Treaty that expired last December, their longstanding bilateral missile defense...