Michael O’Hanlon

2014-11-14

MICHAEL O’HANLON, Senior Fellow, Director of Research, and Co-Director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brookings Institution:PART ONE:Grading the U.S. nuclear deterrent force in terms of maintenance, moral, reliability, and safetyVarious geopolitical issues that prevent a nuclear weapon-free worldUrgent security concerns amid an ill-maintained American nuclear arsenalPART TWO:

MICHAEL O’HANLON, Senior Fellow, Director of Research, and Co-Director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brookings Institution:

PART ONE:

Grading the U.S. nuclear deterrent force in terms of maintenance, moral, reliability, and safety
Various geopolitical issues that prevent a nuclear weapon-free world
Urgent security concerns amid an ill-maintained American nuclear arsenal

PART TWO:

Dangerous unknowns surrounding Iran's nuclear weapon capabilities
Will an Iran nuclear deal reset the norm on the international sanctions regime?
Secret underground nuclear facilities that show continued Iranian deceitfulness towards the IAEA and U.S. intelligence

PART THREE:

Putin's push against the bounds of the Ukrainian ceasefire to undermine NATO
Possible U.S. military options in the Baltic states to deter Russian aggression

PART FOUR:

The role of the "Asia Pivot" in current and future U.S.-China relations
Rick Fisher’s three phases of China’s projection of military power
The need for a national consensus on immigration policy in lieu of presidential executive action

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