Keith Payne

KEITH PAYNE, President and Co-Founder of the National Institute for Public Policy:

PART ONE:

• How the world has arrived in a "post-post-Cold War" era
• Russia's geopolitical ambitions harken to the USSR's sphere of influence
• Russia's publicly acknowledged modernization programs

PART TWO:

• Russia's prioritization of nuclear modernization versus the U.S. policy of gradual disarmament
• Intelligence on Russian tactical nuclear weapons in the Crimea and violations of the 1987 INF Treaty
• The "Great Underground Wall" of China

PART THREE:

• How estimations of China's nuclear capabilities are hindered by the Underground Great Wall
• China's controversial decision to highlight hypothetical nuclear detonations and casualties on maps of the U.S.
• Russia's history of reneging on reciprocity
• Will President Obama's dreams of nuclear zero endanger his commitment to modernize the nuclear triad?

PART FOUR:

• Current policy's impact on the morale of nuclear forces personnel
• Should the United States resume testing of nuclear weapons?
• The Guantanamo Bay deep water port as a possible base for Russian, Chinese, or Iranian attack submarines
• How handing over control of Gitmo to Cuba would create a security risk for the Kings Bay, GA ballistic missile submarine base