National Security

Countries have long agreed to ditch nuclear weapons, but now there are new threats

8:05am March 27, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

In the wake of nuclear threats from North Korea and Russia, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks about the future of deterrence with Ankit Panda of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

North Korea tests a new ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S.

8:03am March 26, 2022

by Anthony Kuhn

The missile that North Korea tested this week could potentially be equipped with nuclear warheads and reach the continental U.S., experts say.

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Supreme Court gives partial OK to Navy for vaccine mandate

6:11pm March 25, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The vote was 6-to-3 to partially overturn a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which had blocked a Department of Defense vaccine mandate for military personnel.

Maxar collected new satellite imagery of the southern Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk that reveals a Russian Alligator-class landing ship that is burned and partially submerged near one of the port's loading/unloading quays. Fire and smoke is also seen n

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 25)

5:20pm March 25, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Remembering Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as secretary of state

1:49pm March 25, 2022

by Terry Gross

Appointed by President Clinton in 1997, Albright advocated for the expansion of NATO into the former Soviet bloc countries of Eastern Europe. She died March 23. Originally broadcast in 2003 and 2018.

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Oct. 9, 2019.

Document indicates China could boost military in Solomons

6:17am March 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

One Asia-Pacific security observer says Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. would all be "very concerned" about the draft agreement.

Tucker Carlson speaks during the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Feszt last summer in Esztergom, Hungary.

How the false Russian biolab story came to circulate among the U.S. far right

5:23am March 25, 2022

The war over Ukraine's future is being fought on the ground, in the air — and through social media posts and viral videos that take advantage of America's deeply polarized politics.

Cars drive past a mural of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Krakow, Poland. More than 3 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion of that country began in February — many have ended up in Poland.

Reporter describes an astounding amount of military hardware going in to help Ukraine

9:28pm March 24, 2022

by Terry Gross

Time reporter Simon Shuster recently returned from the Ukrainian-Polish border. Watching as U.S. planes brought in loads of weapons, he felt like he was standing on the brink of something massive.

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People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday.

North Korea fires suspected long-range missile toward sea

8:29pm March 24, 2022

by Anthony Kuhn

Experts say the North's fast pace in testing activity shows its dual goal of advancing its weaponry and applying pressure on Washington over a deepening freeze in nuclear negotiations.

Tamara Khlypa and her granddaughter, Yarislava Khlypa at the rally.

Ukrainian expats want the U.S. to do more for friends and relatives fighting Russia

6:03pm March 24, 2022

by Greg Allen

South Florida's Ukrainian expatriate community is collecting aid to help the fighters in their home country. And they're pressing the Biden administration for advanced weapons, including fighter jets.

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