WASHINGTON High-ranking U.S. officials said the administration of President Joe Biden will re-examine and possibly save on the costs of upgrading nuclear weaponry, a departure from his predecessor.
“Certainly that’s the objective of the president, is to find ways to reduce the role of nuclear weapons, and so we look forward to examining those issues, as part of our Nuclear Posture Review,” said Leonor Tomero, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Tomero was explaining Biden’s intention to develop its NPR, or the government’s midterm atomic policy.
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Art Industry News: The Costume Institute Recruited Four of the Coolest Kids in Culture to Host This Year’s Met Ball + Other Stories
Plus, artist Titus Kaphar signs with United Talent Agency, and artist Adrian Piper plans a protest in Berlin.
May 4, 2021
From left: Timothee Chalamet, Amanda Gorman, Billie Eilish, and Naomi Osaka, the four co-hosts of the 2021 Met Gala.
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Adrian Piper Plans Protest in Berlin – The New York-born, Berlin-based artist is organizing a protest against overcrowding in German schools outside German parliament in Berlin on May 15. The demonstration is part of Piper’s ongoing campaign Wahlkampagne, which advocates for no more than 15 students per teacher. (
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United States-Japan Extended Deterrence Dialogue
The United States and Japan held a bilateral Extended Deterrence Dialogue by video teleconference on April 30, 2021. The Dialogue provided an opportunity for our two governments to hold in-depth discussions on regional security, Alliance defense posture, nuclear and missile defense policy, and arms control issues. Since 2010, it has provided a forum for U.S.-Japan Alliance officials to discuss how to maintain and strengthen deterrence as part of our security and defense cooperation. The dialogue’s longevity attests to the unwavering U.S. commitment to the defense of Japan through the full range of its capabilities, including nuclear weapons.
Continuing Education for Congress: Building Trust and Expertise To Get Things Done
Capitol Hill lawmakers and their staffers wrestle with busy schedules that simultaneously call for general knowledge and specialized expertise. And that doesn’t even get to the lack of time and bandwidth. Enter philanthropy-supported congressional education programsMenachem Wecker, April 29, 2021
From the Spring 2021
Within months of becoming a Brookings fellow, Scott Anderson was fielding congressional staffers’ regular calls about his self-admittedly “eclectic” foreign relations and national security law articles. The questions spanned the map some basic, others highly technical, recalls the Lawfare blog senior editor.
Anderson knew Capitol Hill work can overload staffers, who lack bandwidth to develop deep expertise or whose prowess comes enmeshed in particular viewpoints. So he created the Congressional Study Group on Foreign Relations and National Security as a “bridging mechani