NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With diplomacy moving apace to end North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, Northeast Asia is bracing for something few had thought likely just months ago: a reduction or withdrawal of American troops from South Korea. These forces have been the bedrock of the 65-year-old alliance between Seoul and Washington since the […]
Category: Nuclear
5/4/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [5-4-18] he has agreed to a time and place for his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but declined to announce the details…A White House spokeswoman didn’t immediately return a message seeking additional comment. Mr. Trump has said he wants meet Mr. […]
5/3/2018
IRAN/ISRAEL/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran’s foreign minister took to YouTube on Thursday [5-3-18] to criticize President Donald Trump’s threat to withdraw from the nuclear deal, saying Iran will not ‘renegotiate or add onto’ the atomic accord. Mohammad Javad Zarif’s video, which was also posted to Trump’s favorite social media platform, Twitter, appeared to be taking his […]
5/3/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani said the administration has reached an agreement with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un to release three detained U.S. citizens, including a 62-year-old Virginian who has been held for two years…The White House declined to provide any additional details. Mr. Trump signaled on Twitter […]
5/2/2018
FRANCE/IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump has all but decided to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord by May 12 but exactly how he will do so remains unclear, two White House officials and a source familiar with the administration’s internal debate said on Wednesday [5-2-18]. There is a chance Trump might […]
5/2/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/ROBERT MUELLER/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There was no Collusion (it is a Hoax) and there is no Obstruction of Justice (that is a setup & trap). What there is is Negotiations going on with North Korea over Nuclear War, Negotiations going on with China over Trade Deficits, Negotiations on NAFTA, and much more. Witch […]
5/1/2018
EU/IRAN/ISRAEL/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Tuesday [5-1-18] embraced Israel’s claims that Iran entered a nuclear deal with the world’s major powers under false pretenses, a stark divergence from its European allies, who said the disclosures broke little new ground and reinforced, rather than weakened, the case for the 2015 deal. The administration echoed […]
5/1/2018
IRAN/MIKE POMPEO/NUCLEAR/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Incoming U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised to restore the State Department’s ‘swagger’ in his first address to employees on Monday [4-30-18] after a whirlwind tour of Israel, Saudi Arabia and Jordan over the weekend. Mr. Pompeo was greeted in the State Department’s packed lobby with lengthy applause and cries of […]
4/30/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Monday [4-30-18] that he would like to meet North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, at the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea, declaring that if their rendezvous is a success, ‘there’s a great celebration to be had on the site.’ In a tone that mixed […]
4/30/2018
IRAN/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [4-30-18] that pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal would not have a negative impact on his upcoming nuclear talks with North Korea, and he said he would be open to negotiating a new nuclear accord with Tehran…Trump declined to say whether the United […]
4/27/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump claimed credit Friday [4-27-18] for a historic inter-Korean summit and insisted that the United States was ‘not going to be played’ by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump said the U.S. had narrowed down to two or three locations his planned meeting with Kim. The U.S. […]
4/27/2018
ANGELA MERKEL/FRANCE/GERMANY/NUCLEAR/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s backslapping diplomacy with France’s President Emmanuel Macron gave way to an altogether more businesslike encounter with another European ally, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, at the White House on Friday [4-27-18]. If Macron represented a friendly, if assertive, voice on matters of deep European concern, Merkel arrived […]
4/27/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “KOREAN WAR TO END! The United States, and all of its GREAT people, should be very proud of what is now taking place in Korea!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2018 5:55 am […]
4/27/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After a furious year of missile launches and Nuclear testing, a historic meeting between North and South Korea is now taking place. Good things are happening, but only time will tell!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2018 5:41 am […]
4/26/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said ‘three or four days’ and as many as five locations are being considered for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which is expected to occur by mid-June…Mr. Trump also disclosed new details about the trip Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo made to […]
4/26/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-26-18] said he is considering three or four dates as well as five locations for his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, adding that it remains unclear whether the meeting will occur. Trump, speaking in an interview on Fox News Channel, said […]
4/24/2018
FRANCE/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Iran would have ‘big problems’ if the country restarts its nuclear program, as he hosted French President Emmanuel Macron, who has pushed for the U.S. to remain in the nuclear pact and Tuesday [4-24-18] floated the idea of an expanded deal…At a later news conference, Mr. Trump again […]
4/23/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House said Monday [4-23-18] North Korea won’t get sanctions relief until it takes ‘concrete action’ toward denuclearization, the goal of President Donald Trump’s planned summit with Kim Jong Un. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ comments appeared to leave open the possibility of easing the U.S.-led ‘maximum pressure’ campaign before […]
4/23/2018
FRANCE/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Emmanuel Macron of France was scheduled to arrive at the White House on Monday [4-23-18] on a mission to persuade President Trump not to scrap the multinational nuclear agreement with Iran, even as Tehran’s foreign minister warned that there was no alternative to the deal and ‘it is either all or […]
4/23/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The vibes surrounding President Donald Trump’s planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are pretty good at the moment, and good vibes are better than bad ones. But here is the tougher underlying reality. Even a successful summit is likely to mark merely the start of prolonged and difficult […]
4/22/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will urge North Korea to act quickly to dismantle its nuclear arsenal when he meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and isn’t willing to grant Pyongyang substantial sanctions relief in return for a freeze of its nuclear and missile tests, administration officials said. Those two closely related […]
4/20/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran may resume its nuclear activities ‘at a much greater speed’ if President Donald Trump moves forward with plans to pull the U.S. out of a landmark nuclear agreement and reimpose sanctions against the nation, Iran’s foreign minister said Friday [4-20-18]. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told ‘Face the Nation’ host Margaret […]
4/20/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea has agreed to suspend all Nuclear Tests and close up a major test site. This is very good news for North Korea and the World – big progress! Look forward to our Summit.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 20, 2018 5:50 am […]
4/18/2018
ANGELA MERKEL/EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will host German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of two European leaders heading to Washington as he mulls the fate of the nuclear deal with Iran. Their April 27 meeting follows French President Emmanuel Macron’s stop in the U.S. capital. The agreement’s future may depend on the success of […]
4/18/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea last week. Meeting went very smoothly and a good relationship was formed. Details of Summit are being worked out now. Denuclearization will be a great thing for World, but also for North Korea!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 18, 2018 5:42 […]
4/18/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CIA Director Mike Pompeo visited North Korea more than two weeks ago for a secret meeting with leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, sources confirmed to CNN. Pompeo, who is US President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, didn’t take any officials from the White House or State Department […]
4/3/2018
IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Anticipating an unpredictable president’s next moves, U.S. officials have started actively planning for the likelihood that Donald Trump will announce next month that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. But no one knows exactly what would happen next or how Iran would respond. Still, with less than […]
3/29/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump heralded a new trade agreement with South Korea at his first public appearance in nearly a week on Thursday [3-29-18], but then immediately suggested that he might delay finalizing it while negotiating with North Korea over its nuclear program…It was unclear what leverage Mr. Trump believed he could […]
3/22/2018
EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A disagreement between Washington and Europe over a key Trump administration concern about the Iran nuclear agreement threatens to scuttle efforts to preserve the international accord, U.S. officials said, as talks continue on a supplemental agreement. The State Department has been leading discussions with Germany, the U.K. and France since January, with […]
3/10/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the first hours after hearing that North Korea’s leader wanted to meet with me to talk denuclearization and that missile launches will end, the press was startled & amazed.They couldn’t believe it. But by the following morning the news became FAKE.They said so what, who cares!” – Donald […]
3/10/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The planned meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May will make it more likely the administration will kill the Iranian nuclear agreement, some current and former western officials said. … Wendy Sherman, the lead U.S. negotiator on the Iran deal who also […]
3/6/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump called an offer by North Korea to discuss giving up its nuclear weapons sincere, but top administration officials Tuesday [3-6-18] stopped short of a commitment to open talks with Pyongyang. The White House’s wariness stems from three decades of frustrated diplomacy and fears that North Korea […]
3/6/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a visiting South Korean delegation that he was willing to hold talks with the U.S. about giving up nuclear weapons and normalizing relations with Washington, officials in Seoul said Tuesday [3-6-18]. During meetings in Pyongyang, Mr. Kim, who has conducted a series of […]
3/3/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the midst of a joke-filled monologue at a dinner with journalists, President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday [3-3-18] that the United States will be meeting with North Korea but has told Pyongyang it must first ‘denuke.’ ‘Now we are talking and they, by the way, called up a couple of […]
3/1/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA: “Russia has developed nuclear weapons capable of penetrating U.S. air-defense systems, the country’s president, Vladimir Putin, said Thursday [3-1-18], sharpening rhetoric against the West and raising the prospect of a new arms race with Washington. In language reminiscent of the Cold War, Mr. Putin used his annual state of the union address to […]
2/5/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. has met the limits on the number of deployed nuclear warheads it is allowed under a 2010 treaty with Russia, the State Department said Monday, and expects to find Moscow in compliance with its obligations as well. The State Department said the U.S. has fulfilled its commitments under […]
2/4/2018
MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon put potential adversaries on notice that the U.S. might respond with nuclear weapons if it is the target of a major nonnuclear attack. The warning, which is contained in a new plan called the Nuclear Posture Review, doesn’t specifically detail the circumstances that might lead the U.S. to retaliate […]
1/16/2018
CYBERWAR/FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “A newly drafted United States nuclear strategy that has been sent to President Trump for approval would permit the use of nuclear weapons to respond to a wide range of devastating but non-nuclear attacks on American infrastructure, including what current and former government officials described as the most crippling kind of cyberattacks. […]
1/16/2018
JAPAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “Japan’s public broadcaster on Tuesday [1-16-18] accidentally sent news alerts that North Korea had launched a missile and that citizens should take shelter — just days after the government of Hawaii had sent a similar warning to its citizens. The broadcaster, NHK, corrected itself five minutes later and apologized for the error […]
1/15/2018
CHINA/DEFENSE/FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA: “The Pentagon is planning to develop two new sea-based nuclear weapons to respond to Russia and China’s growing military capabilities, according to a sweeping Defense Department review of nuclear strategy. The planned move has ignited a broad debate over future U.S. nuclear strategy at a time when the nation also faces the […]
1/13/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration vowed Friday [1-12-18] to pull out of the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear accord without substantial changes to it, setting the clock ticking on tough negotiations with Washington’s European allies. It also imposed punitive new actions not directly related to Iran’s nuclear program meant to pressure Tehran over […]
1/12/2018
CDC/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has decided to postpone its session on nuclear attack preparedness next week. Much attention had been drawn to the timing of the agency’s session, which was publicized just days after President Trump touted the size of his nuclear button compared with North Korea’s. Late Friday afternoon, […]
1/11/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “President Trump has again stopped short of reimposing draconian sanctions on Iran that could break up its nuclear deal with world powers, two people briefed on his decision said on Thursday [1-11-18], but he is expected to give Congress and European allies a deadline to improve the deal or the United States […]
1/10/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA: “President Moon Jae-in of South Korea warned on Wednesday [1-9-18] that North Korea would face stiffer sanctions if it resumed weapons tests, while crediting President Trump with helping force the North to resume dialogue and strike a broader agreement to improve Korean ties… His comment reflected a tactful maneuver for Mr. […]
1/9/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA: “South Korea sought unsuccessfully to raise the North’s nuclear program during bilateral talks, but the two sides reached a deal for Pyongyang to participate in next month’s Winter Olympics and agreed to hold military talks, providing a small opening to the stalemate on the peninsula. The face-to-face discussions on Tuesday [1-9-18] […]
1/8/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/POPE FRANCIS/SOUTH KOREA: “Pope Francis Monday [1-8-18] called for stronger efforts for nuclear disarmament, particularly on the Korean Peninsula, the day before representatives of South and North Korea are due to meet in Seoul for their first official bilateral talks in two years. ‘It is of paramount importance to support every effort at […]
1/7/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement faces a potentially fateful week, with a series of deadlines awaiting President Donald Trump as Tehran reacts to recent antigovernment protests. Mr. Trump is expected to again notify Congress he doesn’t believe the Iran deal is in the best interest of the U.S., restating a […]
1/2/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump again raised the prospect of nuclear war with North Korea, boasting in strikingly playground terms on Tuesday [1-2-18] night that he commands a ‘much bigger’ and ‘more powerful’ arsenal of devastating weapons than the outlier government in Asia… The president’s tone also generated a mix of scorn and […]
1/2/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the ‘Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.’ Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my […]
12/12/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRADE DEALS: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ruled out pursuing a traditional Cold War-style containment and deterrence strategy against a nuclear-armed North Korea, citing concerns that Pyongyang will transform its arsenal into a commercial business and sell nuclear weapons to other actors… President Donald Trump has long said he won’t tolerate a […]
11/28/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “As tensions between the United States and North Korea continue to simmer, Hawaii will start a statewide test on Friday [11-24-17] of a Cold War-era early warning system designed to inform its residents of an impending nuclear attack. The Attack Warning Tone, described as a ‘wailing tone,’ will be heard for about […]
11/28/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA: “North Korea has been conducting missile engine and fuel tests in recent weeks, with the goal of achieving nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities as early as next year, a senior South Korean official said on Tuesday [11-28-17]. Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, South Korea’s lead official on North Korea, also said his […]
11/28/2017
MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “After North Korea missile launch, it’s more important than ever to fund our gov’t & military! Dems shouldn’t hold troop funding hostage for amnesty & illegal immigration. I ran on stopping illegal immigration and won big. They can’t now threaten a shutdown to get their demands.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 28, 2017 […]
11/28/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA: “North Korea test-fired a missile towards the east in the early hours of Wednesday [11-29-17] morning, South Korean authorities said, ending a more than two-month hiatus from Pyongyang and threatening to increase tensions with the U.S. and in the region. The missile, which South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said was […]
11/18/2017
MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The top U.S. nuclear commander said on Saturday [11-19-17] that he would resist President Donald Trump if he ordered an ‘illegal’ launch of nuclear weapons. Air Force General John Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), told an audience at the Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada that […]
11/16/2017
MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. is laying the groundwork to build a type of missile banned by a Cold War-era pact unless Russia abandons its own pursuit of the weapons, U.S. officials said. The U.S. military’s preliminary research and development, previously undisclosed, is aimed at potentially reviving an arsenal of prohibited ground-based, intermediate-range missiles […]
11/15/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “A trip to Pyongyang by a special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping offers a chance for Beijing to manage relations with its troublesome neighbor after months of frayed ties and stepped-up U.S. pressure to rein in North Korea’s nuclear program. The two sides will ‘exchange opinions on matters of mutual […]
11/14/2017
DEFENSE/MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. senators on Tuesday [11-14-17] took a rare look at the decades-old presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike, posing questions at a hearing about the process President Donald Trump would follow if he were to order such an attack… Three former government and military officials who were questioned by the […]
11/14/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. senators on Tuesday [11-14-17] took a rare look at the decades-old presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike, posing questions at a hearing about the process President Donald Trump would follow if he were to order such an attack. Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.), the Senate Foreign Relations Committee committee […]
11/7/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The North Korean regime has pursued its nuclear & ballistic missile programs in defiance of every assurance, agreement, & commmitment it has made to the U.S. and its allies. It’s broken all of those commitments… https://t.co/xJ4jUpA8d8” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 7, 2017 10:12pm […]
11/7/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “President Donald Trump left open the door for North Korea to return to negotiations and said there were signs of progress in the nuclear standoff, his conciliatory tone marking a departure from recent hostile rhetoric toward Pyongyang… On Tuesday, standing 35 miles from the North Korean border, […]
11/6/2017
BUDGET/MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump asked Congress on Monday for $4 billion to support missile defense to counter the threat from North Korea, just ahead of his first visit to South Korea since taking office in January… He made his request during his maiden trip to Asia as president, featuring repeated […]
10/30/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than 90 top American experts in atomic sciences, including a designer of the hydrogen bomb, publicly threw their weight behind the Iran nuclear agreement on Monday, exhorting Congress to preserve the accord in the face of President Trump’s disavowal of it. In a letter to Senate and House leaders […]
10/28/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “As North Korea races to build a weapon that for the first time could threaten American cities, its neighbors are debating whether they need their own nuclear arsenals. The North’s rapidly advancing capabilities have scrambled military calculations across the region, and doubts are growing the United States will be able to keep […]
10/22/2017
CYBERWAR/DHS/ENERGY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/POLICE: “The Department of Homeland Security plans to close a New York-based laboratory that has helped the city’s Police and Fire Departments develop systems to detect nuclear and biological threats, a move that some local officials fear could hamper efforts to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks. The radiological program that the laboratory, the […]
10/13/2017
IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, I announced our strategy to confront the Iranian regime’s hostile actions and to ensure that they never acquire a nuclear weapon. https://t.co/N4ISdjuEdC” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2017 01:09pm […]
10/13/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will announce on Friday [10-13-17] that he won’t certify that Iran is complying with the 2015 nuclear agreement and will ask Congress to set trigger points that would reinstate sanctions on Tehran, according to senior officials. The Trump administration also wants to initiate talks with European partners to […]
10/12/2017
DEFENSE/MILITARY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon has no current plans to increase the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. In fact, it can barely sustain the existing force, which is decades old and is in some respects almost decrepit. The arsenal is far from being in the ‘perfect shape’ that President Donald Trump said Wednesday [10-11-17] […]
10/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is coming under mounting pressure from European allies and fellow Republicans to preserve the Iran nuclear deal. With the president widely expected to disavow the agreement when he outlines his Iran strategy on Friday [10-13-17], defenders and even erstwhile opponents of the deal are urging him not to unravel […]
10/5/2017
IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has approved a broad strategy to crack down on Iran for its ballistic missile program and support for militant groups throughout the Middle East, according to a senior administration official, although he has yet to formally sign off on ‘decertifying’ the nuclear accord negotiated by the Obama administration. Mr. […]
10/3/2017
DEFENSE/FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/JAMES MATTIS/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis told lawmakers Tuesday [10-3-17] that he supports the 2015 international nuclear deal with Iran, even though President Donald Trump has called it ‘one of the worst and most one-sided’ agreements ever made by the U.S… Mr. Trump must certify to Congress whether Iran remains in compliance […]
9/25/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “North Korea’s foreign minister escalated tensions with the United States on Monday [9-25-17], saying that President Trump’s threatening comments about the country and its leadership were ‘a declaration of war’ and that North Korea had the right to shoot down American warplanes, even if they are not in North Korean air […]
9/23/2017
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “A small earthquake was detected on Saturday [9-24-17] afternoon near North Korea’s underground nuclear test site, reviving fears that the country had set off another bomb. Chinese seismologists said the activity was most likely caused by an explosion, but the United States Geological Survey said it was too early to say whether the […]
9/17/2017
INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When North Korea launched long-range missiles this summer, and again on Friday [9-15-17], demonstrating its ability to strike Guam and perhaps the United States mainland, it powered the weapons with a rare, potent rocket fuel that American intelligence agencies believe initially came from China and Russia. The United States government […]
9/17/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Sunday [9-17-17] reiterated its position that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un must give up his nuclear weapons, days after President Donald Trump hinted again at a military strike on the North. White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said Sunday the U.S. policy remains […]
9/14/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “North Korea fired a missile over Japan early Friday [9-15-17] local time for the second time in a month, defying rising international efforts to force it to abandon course. In a rare move, South Korea responded to the launch by immediately conducting a simulated strike of the North Korean launch site, an […]
9/13/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “North Korea has resumed work at its underground nuclear testing site, defense analysts said, as the country vowed to keep expanding its nuclear arsenal despite the latest United Nations sanctions. The defense analysts also said that the North’s Sept. 3 nuclear test, which Pyongyang said was of a hydrogen bomb, may have […]
9/10/2017
ECONOMY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/UN: “The Trump administration is turning to economic warfare—an intensified sanctions program—to deal with an increasingly belligerent North Korean regime. But economic tools have a mixed record of success addressing geopolitical problems. Sanctions helped end apartheid in South Africa. They pushed Iran to an agreement to curtail its nuclear program, though many critics […]
9/5/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “A top U.S. naval commander said Tuesday [9-5-17] that Pyongyang’s recent string of missile and nuclear tests has brought the U.S. closer to its allies in Tokyo and Seoul—rather than dividing them, as he says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had hoped. The remarks from Adm. Scott Swift, commander of the […]
9/3/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States… North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September […]
8/31/2017
IRAN/NIKKI HALEY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The world’s nuclear inspectors complicated President Trump’s effort to find Iran in violation of the two-year-old nuclear accord with the United States and five other world powers, declaring on Thursday [8-31-17] that the latest inspections found no evidence that the country is breaching the agreement. Mr. Trump has made no secret […]
8/15/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday [8-15-17] threatened to revive his country’s nuclear program if the U.S. continues to pile on sanctions, in a direct warning he is prepared to tear up a deal that set the stage for Iran’s opening to the West. Mr. Rouhani didn’t specify a threshold that would […]
8/14/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States’ top general and South Korea’s president both said on Monday [8-14-17] that they hoped to avoid war with North Korea over its nuclear weapons, with the American commander stressing that the Pentagon was preparing military options only as a last resort. In a meeting with President […]
8/9/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senior American officials sent mixed signals on North Korea on Wednesday [8-9-17] as President Trump’s ‘fire and fury’ warning rattled allies and adversaries alike, a sign of his administration’s deep divisions as the outcast state once again threatened to wage nuclear war on the United States. The president’s advisers […]
8/9/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [8-9-17] boasted of the strength of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, vowing ‘there will never be a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world.’ ‘My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger […]
8/9/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/REX TILLERSON/STATE: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday [8-9-17] that ‘Americans should sleep well at night,’ free from worry that North Korea’s ever-progressing nuclear program presents an ‘imminent threat’ to the United States. En route to Guam, the U.S. territory in the Pacific that North Korea has threatened to destroy with an […]
8/9/2017
MILITARY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before… Hopefully we will never have to use this power, but there will never be a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world!” -Donald […]
8/9/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea is reviewing plans to strike U.S. military targets in Guam with its medium-range ballistic missiles to create ‘enveloping fire,’ according to state media. The message came hours after President Trump warned North Korea that it will be ‘met with fire and fury and, frankly, power, the likes of […]
8/8/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump threatened on Tuesday [8-8-17] to unleash ‘fire and fury’ against North Korea if it endangers the United States as tensions with the isolated nuclear-armed state grow into perhaps the most serious foreign policy challenge yet in his young administration. ‘North Korea best not make any more threats to […]
8/8/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/UN: “North Korea escalated its criticism of the United States, as well as its neighboring allies, on Tuesday [8-8-17] by warning that it will mobilize all its resources to take ‘physical action’ in retaliation against the latest round of United Nations sanctions. The statement, carried by the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency, […]
8/7/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/UN: “The Trump administration has hailed the latest United Nations sanctions against nuclear-armed North Korea as the most severe yet, and the North’s fury over the penalties suggested they carried some sting. In a staccato of outraged reactions on Monday to the sanctions imposed over the weekend, North Korea threatened retaliation against the […]
8/7/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/UN: “North Korea on Monday [8-7-17] threatened to use nuclear weapons against the U.S. if provoked militarily and said it would ‘under no circumstances’ negotiate on its nuclear and missile weapons programs. In a written statement handed to reporters on the sidelines of a regional security forum in Manila, North Korean Foreign […]
7/21/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “In the wake of North Korea’s ongoing nuclear tests, Hawaii will begin rolling out an educational campaign on Friday [7-21-17] hoping to teach residents and visitors what to do should a missile launch from the reclusive country reaches the island’s shores. The Hawaii Emergency Management System began working on the campaign in […]
7/21/2017
CIA/MIKE POMPEO/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Thursday [7-21-17] evening offered some of the most aggressive comments yet from the Trump administration with regard to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Although Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has in the past said the US was against forcing Kim out of power or the […]
7/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “The Trump administration on Tuesday [7-18-17] levied additional sanctions on Iran targeting its elite military unit and ballistic missile program. The move follows a late-night notification to Congress that Iran was complying with the 2015 nuclear deal between six world powers and Iran, after some officials in the Trump administration made a […]
7/17/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump agreed on Monday [7-17-17] to certify again that Iran is complying with an international nuclear agreement that he has strongly criticized, but only after hours of arguing with his top national security advisers, briefly upending a planned announcement as a legal deadline loomed. Mr. Trump has repeatedly condemned […]
7/17/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “North Korea’s rapid march to develop a nuclear-armed ballistic missile capable of striking the United States has spurred the U.S. military and Congress to ramp up efforts to counter the threat. The U.S. technological race is happening on the ground, at sea, in the air and in space. But military planners […]
7/13/2017
IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is expected to re-certify that Iran is complying with guidelines set by former President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal, multiple Trump administration officials tell CNN, meaning President Donald Trump — at least for the time being — will go along with a deal he once promised to ‘tear up.’ […]
7/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “European diplomats say they are increasingly concerned the Trump administration will stretch out its review of the Iranian nuclear deal, undermining the agreement by curbing the economic benefits designed to ensure Iran’s compliance. President Donald Trump has attacked the agreement, reached in 2015, as a ‘terrible deal’ for the U.S. European officials […]
7/7/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/UN: “For the first time in the seven-decade effort to avert a nuclear war, a global treaty has been negotiated that proponents say would, if successful, lead to the destruction of all nuclear weapons and forever prohibit their use. Negotiators representing two-thirds of the 192-member United Nations finalized the 10-page treaty this week after […]