Ira Straus

Essays

For the first time since Hiroshima, we have the objective conditions for halting and reversing WMD proliferation. All we need is for the great powers to cooperate.

Commentary

Are America and Russia adding up positive sums or punching it out along zero sum lines in Central Asia?An example: after some dramatic haggling, in which it seemed like Russian border guards were about to leave Tajikistan, it was decided on June 4 th

Russia's involvement in the Group of 8 (G-8) is promising in both for Russia and for the G-8.

It ought to be Russia's Atlantic moment.

Why were the non-proliferation standards set too low before the war in Iraq? Why had WMD-interested states been able to trick their way through the inspections game? Why can the standards be raised now? Why was a war needed to raise the standards?Low

It was obvious to everyone, except perhaps Howard Dean, that the capture of Saddam Hussein would have positive fall-out for American security.

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May 25, 2012