weapons of mass destruction

Commentary

The Future of the U.S. Military

EWI Perot Distinguished Fellow and former Air Force Chief of Staff General (ret.) T. Michael “Buzz” Moseley discusses the controversy about the proposed cuts in the Pentagon’s budget.

Commentary

The Reset: Down - but not Out

EWI Senior Associate Jacqueline McLaren Miller argues that leaders in both Moscow and Washington need to prevent angry rhetoric from dooming U.S.-Russia relations.

Program

In 2009, EWI formally launched its U.S. Global Engagement program. Although EWI has long focused on U.S. policies and engagement, this is the institute’s first program uniquely dedicated to better understanding U.S. priorities, foreign policy debates, and engaging policymakers. In 2010, EWI opened an office in Washington DC to help manage outreach to the administration and on the Hill. As a result, EWI is carving out a new niche of policy analysis that informs much of our broader work.

Commentary

Missile "Umbrellas" for Russia and Europe

For his column in New Europe, Greg Austin writes that a new treaty on European ballistic missile defense could benefit Russia, the U.S. and NATO.

Event Report

Nuclear Deterrence Failure: The Economic, Environmental, and Health Consequences

Comander Robert D. Green spoke at an EWI off-the-record round-table discussion on “Nuclear Deterrence Failure: The Economic, Environmental, and Health Consequences."

Commentary

What Will Turn Iran away from the Nuclear Threshold?

EWI Vice President Greg Austin warns of the risks of the enforcement path now being pursued by the international community toward Iran.

President's Report

Needed: Technical Expertise in Policy Communities

John Edwin Mroz urges technical and communications specialists to join EWI's initiatives and help keep the world safe from threats in cyberspace and from weapons of mass destruction.

Event Report

Reframing Strategic Stability in the 21st Century

EWI brought together representatives from the original five nuclear powers to determine new ways to ensure stability between all nuclear-weapon states.

Commentary

China, the U.S. and Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia

Writing in the India daily The Telegraph, Kanwal Sibal, a former foreign secretary of India and a member of EWI's Board of Directors, urges the U.S. to oppose China-Pakistan nuclear cooperation.

Commentary

Did Iran Just Blink?

Writing for New Europe, Greg Austin suggests that statements by Ayatollah Khamenei and the cancellation of an Iranian aid dispatch to Gaza may signal Iran's intention to pull back from confrontation.

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Jan Krzystof Bielecki

Former Prime Minister of Poland and Former EWI Director

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