China is growing its nuclear forces more rapidly than American analysts anticipated, according to the outgoing commander of the Pentagon's Strategic Command, who warns that Beijing is now in the midst of a "breakout" buildup of forces.
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The New York Times thinks that Putin might use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, but there is a flaw in the Times' reasoning. Putin has nothing to gain from a nuclear blast and everything to lose. A nuclear weapon will not help Putin win the war in.
how quick the it looks like the french want to drag this one out, jake. i would just say more broadly, i think the challenge as susan noted is that this is coming right on the hurdle of the afghanistan decision. it was very clear that the u.s. did not conduct significant planning or even alert most of its nato allies. many of which had forces in afghanistan of the withdrawal. so it wasn t this consultation there. now there hasn t been a consultation with the french. i think the big question is, what is the biden administration going to do going forward in its it s got a national security strategy. a national posture review. a national nuclear posture review all out by the end of the year, and to what degree will we see movement down the road on dealing with allies. susan glasser, seth jones, thanks to both of you. you could call it political hubris. why justin trudeau s decision to