Steven Pifer

Nord Stream 2: Background, objections, and possible outcomes

April 2021

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile is test-launched from the Ohio-class U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California, U.S. March 26, 2018. Picture taken March 26, 2018. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ronald Gutridge/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Nuclear arms control in the 2020s

Thursday, April 8, 2021

A service member of the Ukrainian armed forces uses binoculars while observing the area at fighting positions on the line of separation near the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Serhiy Takhmazov

Kremlin saber-rattling in Ukraine: How the West should react

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver remarks after meeting with Asian-American leaders to discuss "the ongoing attacks and threats against the community," during a stop at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/

Joe Biden’s ‘killer’ comment: Undiplomatic, but the end of US-Russia relations?

Friday, April 2, 2021

Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) receives the then US Vice President Joe Biden in the Chancellor's Office. US President Joe Biden alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel will participate in a G7 video conference and the Munich Security Conference on Friday, in his first appearances at international summits since his inauguration last month.

Rebuilding US-German relations: Harder than it appears

Thursday, March 25, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A road sign directs traffic towards the Nord Stream 2 gas line landfall facility entrance in Lubmin, Germany, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo

How to solve the Nord Stream 2 dilemma

Friday, March 5, 2021

US President Joe Biden makes a foreign policy speech at the State Department in Washington, DC, USA, 04 February 2021.Biden announced that he is ending US support for the Saudis offensive operations in Yemen.No Use Germany.

Around the halls: Brookings experts analyze President Biden’s first foreign policy speech

Pavel K. Baev, Célia Belin, Sam Denney, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Sadie Frank, James Goldgeier, Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones, Kemal Kirişci, Daniel L. Magruder Jr., Giovanna De Maio, Steven Pifer, Douglas A. Rediker, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Angela Stent, Christopher A. Thomas, David G. Victor, and Constantino Xavier

Friday, February 5, 2021

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (2nd R) applauds as President-elect Joe Biden arrives for his Inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, at the US Capitol.

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — January 2021

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about administration plans to strengthen American manufacturing during a brief appearance in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Trying to box in Biden on arms control

Friday, January 29, 2021

UNDATED PHOTO - A Trident II, or D-5 missile, is launched from an Ohio-class submarine in this undated file photo. According to a congressional report to be released May 25, China stole U.S. nuclear weapons design secrets over 20 years through espionage at government laboratories and will use the information to upgrade its own arsenal. Among the information reported to have been stolen, was details of the W-88 nuclear warhead, which is carried on the Trident submarine and described in the report as "the most sophisticated nuclear weapon the United States has ever built.

Enhancing strategic stability: New START and beyond

January/February 2021