Russian nuclear forces have not moved to an unusually heightened state of alert despite the recent public announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the country’s massive nuclear arsenal was being readied for use, Director of National Intell…
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Putin nuclear threat part of new escalation policy
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s veiled threats to use his nuclear arsenal if the West comes to Ukraine’s aid in the current fighting highlight a new military doctrine called “escalate to de-escalate,” one that calls on the military…
Putin’s war tests China’s nuclear pact with Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order raising the alert status of Russia’s massive nuclear forces this week in the midst of an invasion of neighboring Ukraine is presenting a test of a 2012 agreement that calls on China to provide a nuclear deterren…
Inside the Ring: Intel praised, Biden faulted in Ukraine crisis
Security analysts familiar with internal U.S. government thinking say most of the blame for the Ukraine crisis and Russian invasion this week in seizing two eastern regions rests with President Biden and grew out of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afg…
Poles want 1,000 U.S. anti-tank missiles for Ukraine
The Polish military made an urgent request for 1,000 U.S. Army Javelin anti-tank missiles earlier this month, but Pentagon red tape is delaying efforts to get large numbers of the missiles to the Ukrainian military, “Inside the Ring” has le…
Inside the Ring: House Republicans criticize Democrats’ China bill
The House Republican Study Committee issued a report this week that criticizes a Democratic policy bill now working its way through the chamber aimed at competing with China. The “America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing Pre-Eminence in T…
U.S. mulls evacuating Beijing embassy over COVID rules
China’s draconian pandemic control measures have prompted the State Department to consider evacuating American diplomats and their families from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. A State Department spokeswoman told Inside the Ring no decision has been…
China ‘brain control’ warfare work revealed
Commerce Department sanctions imposed on Chinese technology companies and announced last week revealed that China’s military is engaged in dangerous work related to “brain control” warfare research. The announcement of the sanctions p…
Chinese military now set for invasion of Taiwan, says Hill commission
China’s military now has the capability to conduct a full-scale invasion of Taiwan and has added new missiles and amphibious ships to the People’s Liberation Army for an attack on the island democracy, according to the latest annual report …
Biden to press Xi Jinping on Taiwan, human rights, global rules of the road
President Biden will raise issues such as China’s recent stepped-up military coercion of Taiwan, human-rights abuses and Beijing’s weakening of the international order Monday at his first face-to-face, virtual summit with Chinese President …