Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Peace Power and Arms Control

For more than half a century, arms control has been one of civilization’s principal safeguards against catastrophic war. Yet today that framework is visibly weakening. Major treaties have expired or been abandoned. Verification disputes have become increasingly contentious. New military technologies routinely outpace existing agreements, while strategic rivalry is extending into emerging domains such as…

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Peace Power and Arms Control

NATO announces billions in arms deals to prove its firepower as Trump arrives in Ankara for summit

NATO said Tuesday it will buy new surveillance planes and announce defense deals worth “tens of billions” of dollars as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greeted President Trump on the tarmac for the alliance’s two-day summit in Ankara, Turkey. Mr. Trump smiled broadly and exchanged pleasantries with his host at Etimesgut Air Base before heading…

NATO announces billions in arms deals to prove its firepower as Trump arrives in Ankara for summit