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Frank G. Klotz

Senior Fellow for Strategic Studies and Arms Control

Expertise

U.S. defense policy; nuclear and space issues; U.S.-Russian relations; arms control negotiations and treaty implementation; Polar Regions.

Programs

National Security and Defense Program

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How does Russia challenge U.S. diplomatic efforts in the Middle East?

Asked by Elias El Mrabet, from Universite Libre de Bruxelles

Russia today may have less influence in the Middle East than previously, but it continues to have a stake in the region's stability and sees it as an area in which it has important national interests, often at variance with U.S. goals and objectives.

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See more in Middle East and North Africa; Syria; Russian Federation; Diplomacy and Statecraft

Op-Ed

The New Space Race

Author: Frank G. Klotz
National Interest

Frank G. Klotz writes SpaceX is clearly a pioneer—but it's also a business. In this sense, the greatest challenges for the company may reside not in space but in the marketplace.

See more in Space; United States

Op-Ed

Unfinished Business

Authors: Frank G. Klotz, Susan J. Koch, and Franklin C. Miller
International Herald Tribune

Frank G. Klotz, Susan J. Koch, and Franklin C. Miller argue that as the United States and Russia continue to reduce long-range, strategic nuclear weapons to increasingly lower levels, a disparity in tactical nuclear weapons has serious implications for the overall nuclear balance between the two countries and the continued efficacy of the U.S. nuclear umbrella for its allies.

See more in Weapons of Mass Destruction; Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation; Russian Federation; United States

Other Report

Space, Commerce, and National Security (A CFR Paper)

Author: Frank G. Klotz

Throughout the past decade, space has become increasingly important to all aspects of American life. The information revolution now transforming both private activity and global commerce depends to a very large extent on communication, remote sensing, and navigation satellites. Likewise, space has become vitally important to the American military. During the 1991 Gulf War, the victorious coalition forces relied heavily upon the “high ground” of space to support land, sea, and air operations. We can expect the same to continue in future conflicts.

In this monograph, Military Fellow Colonel Frank Klotz provides a timely and thorough analysis of the emerging debate. With an eye to recent developments and potential future competition regarding the Earth’s orbit, Klotz provides a compelling argument for sustaining U.S. pre-eminence in space in order to promote and protect growing American interests there.

See more in Defense and Security; Space; United States