AM Nukes Roundup – December 17 – Warren, Garamendi call for pause, review of nuclear bomb-building plan

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China ‘Overmatch’ warning tests US credibility

You can view this email in your browser if it gets cut off.  Peace & Security AM Nukes Roundup December 17, 2025   Top Six Warren, Garamendi call for pause, review of nuclear bomb-building plan Davis Winkie, USA TODAY - December 16 China ‘Overmatch’ warning tests US credibility Gabriel Honrada, Asia Times - December 16 Inside the Discovery of New Activity at Pickaxe Mountain, Iran’s Deep-Underground Suspected Nuclear Site Patrice Taddonio, PBS - December 16 Alicia Sanders-Zakre: The Illusion of Nuclear Deterrence LTE: Foreign Affairs - December 16 Brian Simboli: Trump’s chance to forge a new nuclear way with China OPINION: Asia Times - December 16 Robert Rudney: Why Should We Replace Our ICBMs? OPINION: The American Prospect - December 16 Peace and Security Editorial Calendar (click here for more): January 17: Eisenhower's Military Industrial Complex Speech (1961) January 22: Anniversary of TPNW entering into force (2021) Amplify this post   News Clips   US NUCLEAR Warren, Garamendi call for pause, review of nuclear bomb-building plan Davis Winkie, USA TODAY - December 16 CHINA NUCLEAR China ‘Overmatch’ warning tests US credibility Gabriel Honrada, Asia Times - December 16 IRAN Inside the Discovery of New Activity at Pickaxe Mountain, Iran’s Deep-Underground Suspected Nuclear Site Patrice Taddonio, PBS - December 16 New Documentary Investigates How U.S. and Israeli Strikes Impacted Iran’s Nuclear Program PBS - December 15 ASIA-PACIFIC 1 Year On, Nihon Hidankyo Seeks to Continue as Members Age Jiji - December 17 US troops secretly moved dummy nuclear bombs to Okinawa in 1971 Kyodo - December 17 Girl, 13, identified as victim of Hiroshima atomic bombing after 80 years Shweta Sharma, The Independent - December 16   Opinion & Commentary Alicia Sanders-Zakre: The Illusion of Nuclear Deterrence LTE: Foreign Affairs - December 16 Philip Gordon, Mara Karlin: The Allies After America OPINION: Foreign Affairs - December 16 Brian Simboli: Trump’s chance to forge a new nuclear way with China OPINION: Asia Times - December 16 Robert Rudney: Why Should We Replace Our ICBMs? OPINION: The American Prospect - December 16 Elliot Ji: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Chinese Media and Public Data for Studying Nuclear Forces OPINION: Federation of American Scientists - December 16 Brian Chow: Trump’s National Security Strategy Needs Bipartisanship OPINION: National Interest - December 16 Evaggelos Vallianatos: Back to Cold War? OPINION: Counterpunch - December 16   China Non-Nuclear Brief Distrust of Trump, fear of China propel new political force in Taiwan Katrina Northrop, Rudy Lu, Washington Post - December 12 US, Japan defense chiefs voice 'serious concern' over Chinese actions Ken Moriyasu, Nikkei Asia - December 12 US seeks ‘constructive’ reset with China as trade tensions ease: Greer Frank Tang, South China Morning Post - December 11 ‘Peer powers’: China closes capacity and influence gap with US in Asia, annual index finds Orange Wang, South China Morning Post - December 10 Congress would target China with new restrictions in massive defense bill Didi Tang, AP - December 10   China Non-Nuclear Opinion Christopher Beam: America Needs to Come Around to the Idea There’s No ‘Winning’ Against China OPINION: Bloomberg - December 16 Jennifer Lind: The Multipolar Mirage: Why America and China Are the World’s Only Great Powers OPINION: Foreign Affairs - December 12 Yaqi Li: How Chinese Analysts Interpret Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy OPINION: The Diplomat - December 12 Yu Jie: 3 Lessons China Learned From the United States OPINION: Foreign Policy - December 11 Iza Ding, Deborah Seligsohn: Inside COP30 in Belem, Brazil, and China's Climate Leadership PODCAST: Sinica - December 10 Robert Rust: How Should We Read China’s First White Paper on Arms Control in 20 Years? OPINION: The Equation - December 10 Michael Swaine: South Korea isn't crazy about US-led anti-China bloc OPINION: Responsible Statecraft - December 8 ### Sign up for the AM Nukes Roundup Email our Peace & Security Team Copyright © 2025 ReThink Media, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email from the Peace & Security collaborative at Rethink Media. Our mailing address is: ReThink Media 2443 Fillmore St #380-7140 San Francisco, CA 94115-1814

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