DefenceTalkDefenceTalkRussia on Wednesday urged US President Joe Biden’s new administration to take a “more constructive” approach in talks over the extension of the New START treaty, Washington’s last arms reduction pact with Moscow. “We expect that the new US administration will take a more constructive approach in its dialogue with us,” the Russian foreign ministry […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-urges-biden-to-be-more-constructive-on-arms-treaty-76680/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkA former US defense secretary has called on President-elect Joe Biden to reform the system that gives sole control of the nation’s nuclear arsenal to the president, calling it “outdated, unnecessary and extremely dangerous.” The call from William Perry came the same day US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke with the nation’s top military leader […]https://www.defencetalk.com/biden-urged-to-renounce-sole-control-of-us-nuclear-weapons-76655/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkPresident-elect Joe Biden has chosen Lloyd Austin, who led US troops into Baghdad in 2003 and rose to head the US Central Command, as the first African-American secretary of defense, US media reported Monday. A veteran of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the retired four-star army general, 67, beat out the favorite for the job, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/biden-picks-general-lloyd-austin-as-first-black-pentagon-chief-76594/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkChina’s top diplomat on Monday called for the resumption of talks with the incoming US administration of president-elect Joe Biden, as relations between the world’s two largest economies continued to nosedive. Beijing and Washington have locked horns over issues from trade and China’s human rights record to its expansionist ambitions in the South China Sea. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-calls-for-new-talks-with-us-after-biden-win-76587/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe EU will once again have a cooperative US partner when Joe Biden becomes president, but Europeans should harbour no illusions: Washington will be no globo-cop nor NATO’s big protector, leaders and analysts say. “Great day for US and Europe, we look forward to working together with new administration to rebuild our partnership,” the EU’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eu-must-learn-to-live-without-us-leadership-under-biden-say-analysts-76535/