The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
Nuclear Arms Control
English Summary
CFR’s February 22, 2026, nuclear arms control coverage argues that nonproliferation and arms control remain central to managing great-power rivalry and regional nuclear risks. The evidence is the breadth of its featured analyses and backgrounders—spanning the Iran nuclear deal, sanctions on North Korea, and emerging domains such as outer space—plus contributions from multiple senior experts and task-force work. The overall reasoning is that existing regimes still matter but are under pressure from geopolitical competition, enforcement gaps, and technological change. Policy-wise, the implication is to pair deterrence with renewed diplomacy: strengthen treaty frameworks, tighten coordinated sanctions and verification, and update rules for new strategic domains before instability worsens.
中文摘要
CFR於2026年2月22日發布的核武軍備控制相關內容主張，不擴散與軍備控制在管理大國競爭與區域核風險方面仍居核心地位。其依據在於所刊載分析與背景資料的廣度，涵蓋伊朗核協議、對北韓制裁，以及外太空等新興領域，並納入多位資深專家與專案工作小組的研究成果。整體論證指出，現有機制仍具重要性，但正受到地緣政治競爭、執行落差與科技變遷的壓力。就政策意涵而言，應將嚇阻與重啟外交並行：強化條約架構、收緊協調一致的制裁與查核，並在局勢惡化前更新新戰略領域的規則。
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