Matthew Kroenig is a political scientist and nuclear security expert who serves as a professor at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is the author of several books on nuclear strategy and great power competition. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard in 2015–2016 focused on nuclear policy and the Russian strategic threat.
When Syrian opposition activists pushed John Kerry to take a tougher line with Russian president Vladimir Putin last year, the secretary of state asked them, "What do you want me to do, go to war with Russia?"
When Syrian opposition activists pushed John Kerry to take a tougher line with Russian president Vladimir Putin last year, the secretary of state asked them, "What do you want me to do, go to war with Russia?"
If there is one thing on which Democrats and Republicans can agree, it is that it is undesirable for countries other than the United States to possess nuclear weapons. For this reason, America’s nonproliferation policy has traditionally been characterized by strong bipartisanship. It is notable,…