Robert Joseph: “We have seen this pattern of behavior over and over, and it doesn't work.”

As President John Adams once said, the facts are stubborn things.

When the U.S. withdrew from the ABM Treaty, the sky didn't fall. There was no arms race.

The United States missile defense systems are not intended to affect the strategic balance with Russia.

If you are the Iranians, you really do not want to run the risk of the United States and the P5+1 all agreeing that a conventional military attack on their nuclear facilities is, in fact, justified at any point in time.