NATO draws closer to Russia...;

...while Moscow keeps the heat on Washington;

Defending Israel's naval assets;

More U.S.-Israeli cooperation;

For Iran, necessity is the mother of invention

Chinese modernization: more of the same;

India focuses on lasers;

A NATO shield against Iran

"

New Start"

faces hostility on the Hill...;

...as Moscow, Washington inch closer to missile defense deal;

Bulgaria comes aboard

Debating the shape of U.S. defenses...;

...and future strategic posture;

Naval deployments to protect Europe...;

...and Patriots to Poland

New movement in "

New Europe"

...;

...amid intransigence in Istanbul;

A nuclear football of a different sort;

Zero-sum in South Asia