This spring the U.S. Air Force staged a small number of F-22 stealth fighters to an outlying airfield in Alaska. Now the service has sent F-16 fighters even farther afield, to a dangerous little base right next to Russia.

Last week’s discussion between the top U.S. and Russian military officers had its roots in the June 16 summit meeting in Geneva between Mr. Biden and Mr. Putin. Mr. Putin floated the idea of hosting U.S. military personnel on Russian bases, according to U.S. officials and the Russian newspaper Kommersant.
Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley asked his Russian counterpart about Putin’s comments at the request of the White House

Discussions between military leaders come amid growing concerns that Afghanistan can provide a base for terrorist groupsBy Gordon Lubold HELSINKI—The Pentagon’s top officer met with his Russian counterpart in the Finnish capital Wednesday amid American and allied efforts to find […]

Money drives the US military machine. By Andrew Cockburn Innumerable wars originate, wrote Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 6, “entirely in private passions; in the attachments, enmities, interests, hopes, and fears of leading individuals in the communities of which they are members.” As […]

By Thibaut Marchand and Sylvie Lanteaume viaThe Avangard, the Kinzhal and now the Tsirkon – Russia is leading the race to develop a range of new hypersonic weapons that President Vladimir Putin has dubbed “invincible.”Moscow’s latest step came this week […]

Deterrence no longer works when one power can shoot down incoming nukes. This makes disarmament talks even more urgent. By Andreas Kluth This month, an intercontinental ballistic missile was fired in the general direction of the Hawaiian islands. During its […]

By Alex Ward In December 2019, a secretive group of elite Americans and Russians gathered around a large square table. It was chilly outside, as Dayton, Ohio, can get in the winter, but the mood inside was just as frosty. […]