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Richard Weitz
Richard Weitz is Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute.
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Where are Latin America’s Terrorists?
Richard Weitz Series: Latin America 2011-11-09The Colombian army’s killing of Alfonso Cano, head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), will not eliminate that country’s largest guerrilla group anytime soon. But it does partly illustrate why international terrorism has not established a major presence in Latin America.... read Comments: 3 Recommended: 0 Read: 5759
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Getting to “Yes” on Missile Defense
Richard Weitz Series: A Window on Russia 2011-08-17
Russian officials need to retreat from their politically impossible demand for legally binding limitations on US ballistic missile defense (BMD), and should instead consider cooperating on concrete BMD projects. Some of Russia’s BMD-related concerns can be addressed through mutually agreed transparency and confidence-building initiatives.... read Comments: 4 Recommended: 0 Read: 9185
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Talking to the Taliban
Richard Weitz Series: The World in Words 2010-10-22The Obama administration has affirmed that, while it will not participate directly, it supports the idea of peace negotiations between the Afghan Taliban and the Afghan government. But the success of talks with the Taliban cannot be separated from the situation on the battlefield.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 0 Read: 8019
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Obama’s Policy of Nuclear Balance
Richard Weitz Series: The World in Words 2010-04-08
Barack Obama has become one of the most prominent global advocates of abolishing nuclear weapons, but his actions have been considerably more restrained than is often assumed. In general, Obama has pursued a policy of nuclear balance in which steps towards disarmament are accompanied by measures to retain America’s nuclear primacy. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 1 Read: 13556
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The Politics of Cosmic Catastrophe
Richard Weitz Series: Science and Society 2010-02-05One weighty decision that the world will need to make in 2010 is whether to support an idea raised by Anatoly Perminov, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, to launch an unmanned mission to redirect a large asteroid that might collide with the earth after 2030. But who decides, and how?... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 1 Read: 14021
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Success in Afghanistan Needs China and Russia
Richard Weitz Series: The World in Words 2009-09-16
Much recent attention has focused on how NATO, Afghan, and Pakistani security forces can collaborate to defeat the Taliban insurgency and prevent Afghanistan from becoming a terrorist haven again. But NATO is unable to achieve sustained political, economic, and security improvements without more effective international collaboration, particularly with China and Russia.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 14300
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Business as Usual with Russia?
Richard Weitz Series: A Window on Russia 2008-11-28Despite lingering mistrust over the war in Georgia, both the EU and NATO are now seeking to renew their engagement with Russia. But the two sides differences - over Georgia and America's plans to establish a missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland – remain profound, while the long-term sustainability of Russia’s military revival is uncertain. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 17022
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Re-Launching the Missile Debate
Richard Weitz Series: The World in Words 2008-07-09The debate between the United States and Russia over US plans to deploy defensive missile interceptors in Europe looks likely to heat up again. Because Poland has continued to pose problems for the US over its conditions for accepting the missiles, the US has hinted that it might consider Lithuania as an alternative site - a scenario that is sure to re-ignite the Kremlin's ire. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 13835
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The Flawed Options in Darfur
Richard Weitz Series: Into Africa 2007-08-21The long-sought African Union-United Nations joint peacekeeping force for Darfur has now been approved. But several roadblocks still stand in the way, making it very difficult for the joint AU-UN mission to bring about a peaceful settlement to the Darfur conflict.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 10545
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