New movement in "New Europe"...; ...amid intransigence in Istanbul; A nuclear football of a different sort; Zero-sum in South Asia

A step forward for South Stream;
Russia's emptying schools

A failing grade in WMD defense...; ...a slipping timeline for space, nuclear priorities...; ...and a status quo approach to strategic forces; Russia plans response to Polish Patriots; Hamas, rearmed

Moscow's plans for European security;
START is dead, long live START

China's growing naval capabilities... and what they mean for the U.S.; Protecting Poland; Looking beyond the S-300; START is dead, long live START

When it comes to Iran, the Obama administration could learn a thing or two from Europe. That is because, even as Washington clings doggedly to its plans for "engagement" with Tehran, there are signs that a new consensus is emerging in Europe about confronting the Islamic Republic.

On Nov. 24, the Dutch parliament caused a minor political earthquake on the Old Continent when it voted to designate Iran's powerful clerical army, the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), as a terrorist group under Netherlands law. The same measure also called for the IRGC to be put on the European Union's terror list--a step that would harmonize U.S. and European approaches toward Iran's ideological army.

Another winter, another energy crisis?;
Poland in the crosshairs

Iran and the S-300 issue; U.S.-Japanese cooperation faces the financial ax; "Juniper Cobra" prepares for Mideast conflict; Slowly but surely, Obama missile defense plan gains ground

GMD, RIP; Mistiming the Iranian missile threat?; The mirage of "zero"

Perhaps the most surprising thing about the Obama administration's decision last Thursday to scrap missile-defense deployments in Poland and the Czech Republic is that it was so long in coming. Mr. Obama has defended his decision on both technical and financial grounds. The Bush administration's plans to deploy ground-based interceptors in Poland and early warning radars in the Czech Republic were targeted as part of his campaign pledge to eliminate billions of dollars in missile-defense spending. Instead, the White House now has pledged to develop a new theater and sea-based missile-defense architecture for Europe that "will provide stronger, smarter, and swifter defenses of American forces and America's allies." But what about defense of America?