Steven Pifer

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

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

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

The Biden presidency and Ukraine

Thursday, January 28, 2021

A Russian Antonov-30B airplane, a twin-engine turboprop aircraft,designed for aerial photography is parked on the tarmac at a militaryairport in Melsbroek August 13, 2002. A Russian military missionarrived in Belgium for a two-day series of observation overflights inaccordance with the "Open Skies Treaty" signed in 1992 by member statesof NATO and the former Warsaw Pact. REUTERS/Francois LenoirHRM/

Saving the Open Skies Treaty

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden stands by after announcing retired U.S. General Lloyd Austin as his nominee to be defense secretary at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Managing US sanctions toward Russia

Friday, December 11, 2020

The Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald is shown on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility in support of security and stability in the Pacific Ocean in this September 8, 2014 handout photo. Courtesy of U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman David Flewellyn/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Reviving nuclear arms control under Biden

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

A group of Ukrainian officers enter the U.S. OC-135B observation aircraft at a military base near Kiev June 23. The U.S. military mission arrived in Ukraine for a two-day series of overflights using both American and Ukrainian observation aircrafts according to "The Open Skies Treaty " signed in 1992 between member states of NATO and the former Warsaw Pact.YK/FMS

The looming US withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty

Thursday, November 19, 2020