Peter Brookes is a senior research fellow, focusing on weapons of mass destruction and counter proliferation, in the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation.
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The United Nations’ World Health Organization on Jan. 9 announced an outbreak of a new—or novel—coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China. In the three weeks since… Read More
SecurityCommentary
This week, Iran responded to the killing of Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander, by raining ballistic missiles upon bases… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In light of the recent attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities and oil fields, more people are paying attention to the use of armed drones,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
There’s a lot of hand-wringing going on in defense circles across the globe over the increasing challenge of armed drones and cruise missiles, especially after… Read More
InternationalCommentary
It’s not clear as of this writing if the United States will formally leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed in 1987 by President… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The shocking assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey at an Ankara art exhibition on Monday by a Turk seemingly motivated by the situation in… Read More
SocietyCommentary
During the mid-2000s, I attended my son’s graduation from the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, in a ceremony where the commencement address was given… Read More
SecurityCommentary
People seem a bit surprised—even perplexed—by the breathless news reports and video of Russian warplanes “buzzing” an American warship operating in international waters in the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Obama certainly knows how to use a red-hot news hook to highlight his agenda. This week, during the United Nations Conference on Climate Change… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Despite the deep erudition of this newspaper’s readers—especially of this column—we suggest everyone take a deep breath over their concerns about the possibility of terrorism… Read More
