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What does Russia hope to achieve with its escalation in Ukraine?

While some are debating possible war scenarios, others think that Russia just wants to reach an agreement with the West on a new security architecture across its European borders.

US declassifies its strategy to use India against China

It paints a cold picture of how the US seeks to use its South-East Asian allies to contend with China and North Korea.

Why is the Open Skies Treaty, the US just left, so important?

America’s departure from another arms-control treaty deals a heavy blow to its allies, and turns back the clock on multiple cold war achievements.

The world's only remaining nuclear treaty is about to expire

After the fallout of nearly every major nuclear agreement, New START is the last accord keeping the world from slipping back into a Cold War.

Russia deploys first hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles

Moscow deploys its first regiment of Avangard, capable of carrying nukes at 27 times the speed of sound, a decision that President Vladimir Putin has boasted puts his country in a class of its own.

Russia and US blame each other for abandoning missile treaty

Russia warned of a potential arms race with the United States during a Security Council meeting about US plans to develop and deploy medium-range missiles.

NATO-Russia talks on Cold War arms treaty fail

Both sides failed to make significant progress on saving the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty or INF in talks at the military alliance's headquarters in Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says.