Ex-Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee|nonproliferation policy|nuclear tourist and missile stickler. papermissiles.substack.com

Joined November 2017
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We overestimated Russia. We underestimated Ukraine. For Russia, every day without victory is defeat. For Ukraine, every day without defeat is victory.
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Lavrov is in now Minsk. Nothing official on more “non-strategic” nuclear exercises since the Polyansky statement at OSCE.
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INARA vote count.
James Lankford says any Iran deal is ‘best if ratified by Congress’: Full interview nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/v…
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Style and tone. Word count. There were only two letters in the Cuban Missile Crisis. No tweets.
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Tom Moore, Nuclear-Capable Wonk retweeted
This morning, UK forces boarded a Russian tanker in the English Channel that was secretly helping to bankroll Putin's war in Ukraine. The first operation of its kind led by British forces, and a clear message: there is nowhere to hide.
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I can think of many arguments analogous to the encryption debate, for which I was around, but the immediacy here opens up lots of questions. Gotta understand both sides before going back to your own.
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🎶Cause what you got is what we need and all we do are dirty deeds We’re the space bombers!🎶 May the Schwartz be with you!
🔴 German military warns of potential Russian space-based nuclear weapons. Bundeswehr Space Command chief Michael Traut stated that Russia may be developing technology to place nuclear devices in orbit, a move that would have catastrophic effects on global satellite-dependent infrastructure.
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Also, cinematic use of orbital nukes is pretty prevalent.
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All of it actually doable and nuts.
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Tom Moore, Nuclear-Capable Wonk retweeted
#USA lock-in measures in #Europe: US Under Secretary Thomas DiNanno spoke about the multi-billion dollar financial backing supporting the partnership, noting that the United States is providing USD 4 billion for military cooperation with Poland. pap.pl/aktualnosci/poland-we…
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NEW!! Trump will attend a working session with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during next week's G7 summit in France, U.S. officials say
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Tom Moore, Nuclear-Capable Wonk retweeted
Update: Nabiullina is back at work. She had a health thing going on - Putin did not consider to retire her. Central Bank policies will stay the same
Rather than speculate about head of Russia's Central Bank Elvira #Nabiullina's successor, observers would do better to ask what would actually be required to lower interest rates within the current fragile balance of fiscal, monetary, and political forces. Peace is not an option, at least not yet. Any solution would therefore demand administrative measures and unconventional thinking from a technocratic elite long accustomed to staying within orthodox boundaries. It is becoming harder to see how the existing dysfunction between fiscal, monetary, military, and growth policies can continue without a more administrative approach to economic management. While it is still too early to say, the drama surrounding Nabiullina and the Bank of Russia suggests that old taboos may be weakening. In an environment where high interest rates can themselves push up inflation in key sectors, there is less room for orthodoxy. Even technocrats eventually have to learn new tricks. New @ntrickett16 for @RiddleRussia, link in the first comment
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“We taking it out of Iran.” Iran:
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Is this “no nuclear weapon” like the Senate nuclear option? Should we call it a reconciliation bomb?
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Can anyone read? Her four slides are in English.
She sure did! And go back now and look at what Mitt Romney and the media said four years ago. Blows their narrative up. wabcradio.com/episode/john-s…
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