Earlier this week, Russia and Norway resolved a 40-year dispute over their boundary in the Barents Sea. Canada should follow this positive Russian-Norwegian precedent, says …
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U.S. Nuclear Posture Review released
The new U.S. Nuclear Posture Review was released on Tuesday. Full text of the report (72 pages) NPR summary factsheet (2 pages) Obama statement on …
U.S. to ask Canada to keep troops in Afghanistan
The Globe and Mail reported on Thursday that the United States will ask Canada to keep as many as 500 to 600 soldiers in Afghanistan …
Stop-and-go on START treaty
U.S. and Russian efforts to finalize a new strategic nuclear arms control agreement to replace the 1991 START treaty, which expired in December 2009, continue …
Pentagon's strategy in Afghanistan explained
NBC News has the scoop on what the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan is intended to accomplish (see diagram above). Any resemblance to the work …
CIA to expand "secret" drone attacks in Pakistan
The New York Times reported last week that the CIA has been given the green light to expand its “secret” drone attacks against Al Qaeda …