Zhao Tong is a senior fellow with the Nuclear Policy Programme at Washington-based think tank the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on strategic security issues, including nuclear weapons policy, deterrence, arms control, non-proliferation, missile defence and regional security in the Asia-Pacific.
Israel and the U.S. are trying to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Iran has rejected the security architecture that has defined the Middle East since the late 20th century. Iran is one of the few surviving civilizations whose political identity predates the modern international system by millennia.
Norway will not host nuclear weapons on its territory, as it bases its security on NATO's strategic deterrence. Sweden's and Denmark's top defense officials have said their nations would be open to such a deployment. Oslo is open to potential strategic cooperation talks with Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron has offered to deploy nuclear weapons to other NATO nations' territory. …
Donald Trump is losing the illegal war with Iran he started but can't stop. His violence-addicted Israeli sidekick, Benjamin Netanyahu, is terrorising Lebanon. People everywhere face a huge economic bill for his reckless folly. Rising oil and gas prices are driving a global energy shock that harms international trade, fuels inflation and creates food and medicine shortages. The war’s financial …
The Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict is destabilizing the region's security balance and threatening Central Asia's long-term trade and logistics strategies. Central Asian states are re-examining their security strategies. Border security has become a priority strategic issue for Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, which share a direct border with Afghanistan.