Richard Weitz
Richard Weitz is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute.
Richard Weitz is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute.
South Korea's decision to deploy an advanced US missile-defense system has raised hackles in China and Russia, with some commentators warning of a "new Cold War." But without missile defense, there re… read more
Since Russia invaded Crimea last summer, the West has relied on a strategy of economic sanctions and isolation to compel the Kremlin to stop intervening in eastern Ukraine. But Russia's recent diplomati… read more
This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, is executing the Russian-US plan to destroy the Syrian government's stockpiles. But the OPCW has suffere… read more
Last month, Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to nuclear disarmament and proposed steps toward achieving it. But Russia will not consider further cuts until the US addresses several demands – man… read more
While US President Barack Obama delivered on his promise to negotiate a New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia in 2010, disarmament efforts have since stalled. To break the deadlock, the curr… read more
Since NATO’s summit in Chicago in May, its leaders have worked to make clear that the Alliance’s global security role extends beyond Afghanistan. Indeed, NATO’s extra-regional campaigns have highlight… read more
Recent violence in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, following civil strife in Kyrgyzstan in 2010, has intensified concern about Central Asia’s security. These countries urgently need structural reforms to g… read more
The 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 illu… read more
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 BM… read more
