Steven Pifer

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during an open-air news conference, one year after his inauguration, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kiev, Ukraine May 20, 2020. Sergey Dolzhenko/Pool via REUTERS

Zelenskiy’s first year: New beginning or false dawn?

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

The F-22 Raptor takes off for its maiden flight at the Lockheed Martin facility at Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta, Georgia September 7. The $100 million dollar stealth fighter/bomber, built by the team of Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Pratt & Whittney, will run 8,690 tests during its first flight.

How COVID-19 might affect US nuclear weapons and planning

Monday, May 18, 2020

Two German Air Force Panavia Tornado's trail a U.S. Air Forces Europe KC-135R Stratotanker April 28 after refueling in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. JbG-32 or Fighter-Bomber Wing Thirty-Two is one of the German Air Forces premier combat aircraft wings.

US nukes in Poland are a truly bad idea

Monday, May 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin wearing protective gear walks at a hospital for patients infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia March 24, 2020. Sputnik/Alexey Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Putin’s not-so-excellent spring

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, wearing a protective mask used as a preventive measure against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), attends an emergency session of parliament in Kiev, Ukraine March 30, 2020. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

March was a roller coaster month for Ukraine

Monday, April 6, 2020

Russian servicemen drive Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile systems during the Victory Day parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

As US-Russian arms control faces expiration, sides face tough choices

Monday, March 23, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches a navy exercise and the test launches of nuclear-capable Kinzhal and Kalibr missiles, on board of the Russian Northern fleet's Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser, in the Black Sea off Crimea's coast.

Crimea: Six years after illegal annexation

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington shortly after the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment against him on December 13, 2019. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use France Digital. No Use France Print.

Is this the end of the Open Skies Treaty?

Monday, March 9, 2020

Image of a nuclear warhead

Experts assess the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 50 years after it went into effect

Michael E. O’Hanlon, Robert Einhorn, Steven Pifer, and Frank A. Rose

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

An aerial view shows Maidan Nezalezhnosti or Independence Square crowded by supporters of EU integration during a rally in central Kiev, December 8, 2013. Pro-Europe protesters flocked to Kiev's Independence Square on Sunday for a rally that organisers were hoping would swell to 1 million people, piling pressure on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich to turn back from seeking closer ties to Russia. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CITYSCAPE)

Ukraine: Six years after the Maidan

Friday, February 21, 2020