How long can Putin stay in power? Above photo: U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin in better times. THE RUSSIAN INVASION of Ukraine is now on its second stage: the bombardment of Ukraine. Without a no-fly zone over… Read More
Thirty seconds to midnight SINCE 1947, WHEN THE Science and Security Board (SSB) of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists met for the first time to perform its annual ritual of setting the time on the “Doomsday Clock,” the scientists… Read More
Putin resorts to nuclear blackmail IN APRIL 2013, I wrote a column titled “Nuclear Blackmail,” where I talked about North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un’s saber rattling, threatening to send nuclear ballistic missiles to the United States and Guam…. Read More
Putin should abide by the Budapest Memorandum WHAT’S GOING ON in President Joe Biden’s mind on the Ukraine crisis? First, he announced that the U.S. would not send soldiers to Ukraine to fight the Russians. Secondly, he just announced that… Read More
