A news report says North Korea has fired two mid-range missiles off it eastern coast. ...more

July 3, 2009

Vice President-elect Joseph Biden said Barack Obama would be quickly tested by a dangerous world, with the test coming from anywhere. In a possible warning not to underestimate him, Obama has filled his national security team with centrists and relative hawks. And his willingness to talk to America's adversaries will actually make their lives harder. "What Obama absolutely must prove early on in his administration is that he cannot be played for a patsy, that he has the strength ... and that he understands his No. 1 duty is as commander in chief and protector of the United States," said Robin Niblett, the director of Chatham House, the London-based think tank. Obama's foreign policy test might come from anywhere, but there are signs that some of America's most strident foes are not eager for a fight. ...more

January 4, 2009

Sharply criticizing the United States while offering to rebuild relations with its new leader, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned in a nationally televised state of the union address Wednesday he would deploy short-range missiles near Poland if the Obama administration pressed ahead with plans to build a missile defense shield in Europe. ...more

November 6, 2008

The Bush administration is nearing a decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and may do so as early as Friday in a bid to salvage faltering nuclear disarmament talks, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

October 9, 2008

"The Cold War is over," Condi Rice said last week. ...more

August 27, 2008

The United States and Poland closed a long-stalled deal on Thursday to place an American missile-defense base on Polish territory, in the strongest reaction so far to Russia's military operation in Georgia. ...more

August 15, 2008