AM Nukes Roundup – May 19 – Russia and Belarus hold joint nuclear drills following Ukrainian strikes on Moscow

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May 19, 2026

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May 21: Anniversary of Ukraine denuclearization agreement (1996)

May 26: Anniversary of ABM Treaty (1972)

May 27: Anniversary of Pres. Obama's visit to Hiroshima (2016)

June 2: Anniversary of the Moscow Treaty (2002)

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NEWS CLIPS

US MISSLE DEFENSE

 

Inside Golden Dome’s push to court commercial tech firms and investors

Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews - May 18

 

RUSSIA

 

Russia and Belarus hold joint nuclear drills following Ukrainian strikes on Moscow

Geoffrey Smith, Politico EU - May 18

 

Belarus holds drills with Russian nuclear weapons

Dmitry Antonov, Mark Trevelyan, Lucy Papachristou, Yuliia Dysa, Reuters - May 18

 

Belarus launches joint drills with Russia to practice nuclear weapons use

AP News - May 18

 

Belarus Starts Nuclear Drills With Russia After Kyiv’s Warnings

Aliaksandr Kudrytski, Bloomberg - May 18

 

KOREA

 

North Korea is relieved its nuclear weapons have prevented a fate like Iran's

Anthony Kuhn, NPR - May 18

 

US, China to work on denuclearizing North Korea: White House

Anton Sokolin, NK News - May 18

 

IRAN

 

Iran attack planned for Tuesday called off, Trump says

Chantal Da Silva, NBC News - May 18

 

64 percent say Trump made wrong decision in going to war with Iran: Survey

Ryan Mancini, The Hill - May 18

 

Donald Trump says he called off attack on Iran planned for Tuesday

Jacob Judah, Financial Times - May 18

 

Trump Just Admitted There’s No Good Reason to Continue His War With Iran

Fred Kaplan, Slate - May 18

 

Trump says he paused attack on Iran as negotiations continue

Steve Holland, Parisa Hafezi, Ariba Shahid, Reuters - May 18

 

Source: US Showing Flexibility on Iran Having Limited Nuclear Activities

Newsmax - May 18

 

Sen. Lindsey Graham calls for Trump to create ‘circle of death’ around Iran’s nuclear sites

Samuel Chamberlain, New York Post - May 18

 


OPINION & COMMENTARY


WEEKLY DIGEST: CHINA

CHINA NON-NUCLEAR

 

A trade boost and a new relationship status: U.S. touts modest China deals after summit’s good vibes

Jennifer Jett, NBC News - May 18

 

Trump uses Taiwan arms sale as bargainign chip with China, in a risky move

Chris Buckley, New York Times - May 16

 

In pageantry and politics, China summit yields Xi’s goal — equal footing with U.S.

Isaac Arnsdorf, Michael Birnbaum, Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post - May 15

 

China’s Xi Jinping to pay first state visit to US in more than a decade

Laura Zhou, South China Monring Post - May 15

 

U.S. and China Will Start Discussing A.I. Safety, Bessent Says

Vivian Wang, New York Times - May 14

 

China gains major edge on U.S. amid Iran war, intelligence report finds

John Hudson, Washington Post - May 14

 

Why the Bombing of Iran Tied the U.S. More Closely to China

Ana Swanson, John Ismay, New York Times - May 13

 

CHINA NON-NUCLEAR OPINION

 

Tobita Chow, Jake Werner: China and the US - a durable thaw?

PODCAST: Politics Theory Other - May 18

 

Fareed Zakaria: Trump’s China pragmatism is welcome

OPINION: Washington Post - May 17

 

Ali Wyne: "Constructive Strategic Stability": Ali Wyne of the International Crisis Group on the Trump-Xi Summit

PODCAST: Sinica - May 17

 

Rebecca Lissner, Mira Rapp-Hooper: Spheres by Default: How U.S. Concessions Are Quietly Becoming Chinese Influence

OPINION: Foreign Affairs - May 16

 

Chow Chung-yan: How Trump’s China visit may hint the ‘2 eyes of the world’ are learning to live together

OPINION: South China Morning Post - May 16

 

Jessica Chen Weiss: A cold peace between the US and China is good enough

OPINION: Financial Times - May 15

 

Anatol Lieven: Picking up on the vibes in Beijing before major Trump-Xi visit

OPINION: Responsible Statecraft - May 13

 


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