Adam Mount

@ajmount

Senior Fellow & Director, Defense Posture Project, Federation of American Scientists; fmr. CAP, CFR, Ph.D. ; rt≠e; amount@fas.org. Banners .

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    Apr 21

    New with : Kim Jong Un offers a partial cap on his nuclear and missile programs. Trump's first task is to impose a hard cap.

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    11 hours ago

    Yemen is headed for famine. Likely to have the highest death toll of any since millions died in North Korea in the mid-90s. It it not inevitable. It is not natural. The US could stop it. The Saudis could stop it. They are choosing not to. They are CHOOSING not to. /end

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  3. 3 hours ago

    Among many difficult US-ROK alliance questions that need addressing, this is still the third rail: what is the alliance's disposition toward China and Chinese coercion? We need an answer—and soon.

    Joongang: "We are dumbfounded at China’s brazen infiltration of our airspace. China’s reconnaissance aircraft almost crisscrossed our airspace for five hours despite the ROK Air Force’s repeated warnings to get out."
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    7 hours ago

    Paul Manafort lied and stole millions from the American people, then lied again to the government to secretly help President Trump. Trump's reaction: "Why would I take [a pardon] off the table?” Because the pardon power should be about preventing injustice, not creating it.

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  5. 9 hours ago

    Exceptional leadership from Sen. Murphy & others yields a glimmer of the moral authority that Washington has abandoned in recent years.

    I’ve been at this for 3 years, and I am blown away by this. By a big bipartisan margin, 63-37, the Senate just voted, for the first time, to move forward with a debate on ending American involvement in the Yemen war. Thanks to for their partnership.
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  6. 9 hours ago

    Catch Sen. Jones in a future reboot of 12 Angry Men as the guy that just wants to get to a baseball game.

    Doug Jones, one of the ten Democrats who voted against the Yemen war powers resolution in March, tells me he’s going to vote yes now. He says he just thinks it’s time.
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  7. 9 hours ago

    Great to see lay out the case for why a complete DPRK declaration is a "dead end" with more authority and detail than I ever could. Hope this is on top of Biegun & Pompeo's desks tomorrow morning.

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    20 hours ago

    Where are we going & where do we want to go? * We want 1.5°C (grey) * We could live with 2°C (purple) * We have pledged to increase emissions (blue) * We are current exceeding our pledges (yellow) * It could be worse (red)

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  9. 11 hours ago

    Rep. Cheney & Sen. Cotton want to deny funding for New START extension, calling it is "deeply flawed" because it doesn't cover systems it doesn't cover. Applaud the plan to use NS extension to seek limits on tactical + other systems. But what they want is a new treaty (+ NS).

    Correcting a previous tweet: Liz Cheney and Tom Cotton are calling for the U.S. to RENEGOTIATE a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia that's up for renewal in 2021. The likelihood of Russia agreeing to the new terms, however, is slim.
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    13 hours ago

    We break: Turkey risks expulsion from the U.S.-led F-35 program if its government takes delivery of an advanced Russian anti-aircraft system, Pentagon warns via

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    15 hours ago
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    Primacy is a hell of a drug.

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    15 hours ago

    A whole year without any ballistic missile tests is more significant given the high-frequency of launches in previous two years . . . not to mention what was tested!

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    Nov 27

    A timeless classic by .

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    Nov 27

    The Onion is consistently, brutally better equipped for this era of American politics than Senate leadership and some other major grey publications we could mention.

    Holocaust Survivors Recall Exact Day Holocaust Started Right Out Of The Blue
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  15. Nov 27

    Continued struggle to find and retain expert and credible personnel to conduct DPRK talks. Also an opportunity to return the responsibility to the State Dept. where it belongs.

    CIA Korea Mission Chief Andy Kim--Sec Pompeo's right-hand man for North Korea--is departing at end of yr, reports -->
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    Nov 27

    “There is always an intel person there for a briefing like this,” a Senate staffer told the Guardian. “It is totally unprecedented and should be interpreted as nothing less than the Trump administration trying to silence the intelligence community.”

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    Nov 27

    This is good - sounds like the State Department is seriously considering video or phone reunions between Korean Americans and their relatives in the DPRK

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    Nov 27

    "If I'm elected, you won't lose one plant, you'll have plants coming into this country, you're going to have jobs again, you won't lose one plant. I promise you. I promise you." — Donald J. Trump

    BREAKING: GM is slashing 14,700 factory and white collar jobs in North America; may close five factories.
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  19. Nov 26

    Good run-down on modifications to US+ROK exercises: btn. & below on pen, others off, including in Hawaii, JBLM. Great to see the alliance get the job done with flexibility & creativity to support diplomacy. They'll have to make a determination about overall sustainability soon.

    (LEAD) S. Korea, U.S. continue 'higher-level' exercises off peninsula: U.S. general
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  20. Nov 26

    True both for political and strategic reasons. If we want to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons (& we should), we need to know far more about how conventional forces can discharge these missions without themselves causing instability.

    Great that check is being restored on Trump administration’s nuclear policy. I hope it’s going to be an intelligent check, not just a “no” position. Tough questions must be asked, and sound justifications demanded. A trench-war won’t fix problems.
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    Nov 24

    America should have enough diplomats to prevent two major wars simultaneously

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