Government Matters (Full Show) – May 3, 2022
China and Solomon Islands sign security agreement; Russia tests ICBM dubbed ‘Satan 2’
China and Solomon Islands sign security agreement; Russia tests ICBM dubbed ‘Satan 2’
The Solomon Islands in the South Pacific just signed a security cooperation agreement with China. Government leaders in the United States, Australia and New Zealand see it as a threat to the stability of the region. Lyle Goldstein, director of Asia engagement at Defense Priorities and visiting professor at Brown University, said he does not […]
Russia conducted its first flight test of the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, the “Satan 2,” last month. Brad Bowman, senior director at the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, writes that this underscores the need for the United States to modernize its nuclear triad. The Sarmat, with […]
