Cold War-style talks obsolete
By: Ben Wolfgang for THE WASHINGTON TIMES
China, Russia and North Korea are building up their nuclear arsenals at a frightening pace to intimidate Washington.
At the same time, America has little diplomatic leverage to strike new, traditional arms control deals to limit that nuclear expansion. That was the assessment of Robert Joseph, former U.S. special envoy for nuclear nonproliferation, who said during an online forum hosted by The Washington Times Foundation on Tuesday that America must recognize the reality that “the Cold War concept of arms control is at an end.” Specifically, he argued during his appearance on