U.S-China Conflicts Can Be Managed, Says Chinese Foreign Policy Expert

Chinese Foreign Policy Expert Yan Xuetong tells an audience at the at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) on Monday that if the US and Soviet Union were able to manage their conflicts during the Cold War, then the US and China can certainly manage their conflicts (0:45).

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House Dem Questions Nuclear Weapons Budget

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) questions whether the U.S. needs to spend $50 billion annually on nuclear weapons in world where the Cold War has ended. (0:30) 

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Man Who Advised Ford, Bush 41 Reflects On Cold War

Brent Scowcroft, U.S. National Security Adviser under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, calls the Cold War the "division of Europe" in a discussion about the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on Monday. (0:34)
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Former Defense Secretary: We Should Not Demonize Russia

Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen warns that the U.S. could fall into a cold, or even a hot, war if Americans and Russians fail at their reconciliation effort. Cohen says that the U.S and Russia must remain in contact with each other to avoid the possibility that each nation will "demonize" the other. (0:29)
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Second Cold War unacceptable to Edelman

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman says we do not want a second Cold War. Edelman says that we still should protect Georgia.
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Inefficient nuclear facilities need urgent updates

Thomas D'Agostino, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security at the National Nuclear Security Administration says updates to nuclear weapons facilities are urgent at a House Armed Services Strategic Forges Subcommittee hearing on nuclear modernization. He says Cold War facilities are wasteful as they are too big and too expensive. (0:31)
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