俄罗斯在2022年初发动了对乌克兰的战争,期待着迅速取得胜利。乌克兰在随后几个月的抵抗不仅打消了人们对这一结果的任何想法,而且增加了乌克兰赢得战争的可能性。俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京把一切都押在了这次入侵上,如果不耗尽他可支配的大量资源,他不太可能接受失败。乌克兰的势头和俄罗斯的绝望之间的这种动态引发了人们的担忧,即俄罗斯可能会诉诸核升级来扭转战争局势。鉴于这一现实,美国决策者和规划者必须考虑采取适当的应对措施
能源部必须处理5400万加仑的放射性废物,这些废物存放在华盛顿州汉福德市老化且易泄漏的地下储罐中。DOE还必须每隔几年制定一次计划,对不同的废物处理方案进行建模和评估
美国国防部越来越关注与俄罗斯和中国的竞争,以及大国战争的可能性。为了让人们思考这场战争之后会发生什么,兰德公司的研究人员生成了四个假设的近期大国战争场景,并评估了战后战略环境在每个场景中会如何变化。这些场景为规划者和决策者提供了关于未来具有不同特征的大国战争的合理叙事,帮助他们审视假设,思考战时选择如何影响战后美国的目标
President Vladimir Putin's announced plan to put nuclear arms in Belarus may pose risks to NATO's nuclear posture. Three decades after the Soviet collapse, some allies might be uneasy about re-energizing NATO's nuclear mission. But others might argue that not responding to Russia's moving forward its nuclear arms could cause the Kremlin to doubt NATO's nuclear credibility.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has put the world on notice that Russia might resume nuclear explosive testing. He may see this as bolstering his scare tactics over Ukraine by signaling a possible willingness to use nuclear weapons. While testing could also help Russia improve its nuclear arms, politics rather than technology are likely to drive any decision to test.