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Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic AdversariesArms Control, China, CRINK, escalation control, Hypersonic Weapons, Iran, Israel, missile defense, modernization, NATO, North Korea, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, proliferation, regional stability, Russia, Saudi Arabia, security, strategic forces, United States

Iran Shows Why Nuclear Deterrence Still Matters

Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

Published: September 29, 2026 The 2026 United States’ war against Iran is a matter of international and domestic political controversy. Regardless of its outcome, the trajectory already suggests important lessons…

Archive, Defense & Security, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesadversary, AI-enabled systems, assurance claim, autonomous systems, BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis, cascading failures, CISA, continuity costs, continuity plan, continuity planning, continuity target, critical infrastructure, Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Agency, cross-sector scenarios, denial, dependency structure, Deterrence, disruption, dynamic resilience, electric power, empirical testing, Federal Continuity Directive 2, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, governance, inoperability, input-output accounts, interconnected systems, interdependence model, mission essential functions, National Critical Functions, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, NIST SP 800-82, operational data, operational parameters, recovery rates, service floors, systemic damage, systemic loss, telecommunications

Resilience Never Activated, Deters No One

Burak Oktenli0 Comments

Published: September 28, 2026 Deterrence by denial rests on a practical promise. An attack on a state’s infrastructure will not produce the effect an adversary expects. Resilience contributes to that…

Archive, Defense & Security, Strategic AdversariesAlaska, Arctic, Arctic Edge 2026, Arctic security, Coast Guard, DF-27, Fort Greely, Golden Dome, Great Power Competition, homeland defense, ICE Pact, icebreakers, Ivan Papanin, Jin-class submarines, JL-3, Kalibr cruise missiles, Kola Peninsula, Liner missiles, long-range missiles, maritime patrol, missile warning, Nome port, NORAD, North Pacific, Northern Sea Route, nuclear deterrent, Russia, Sineva missiles, Sino-Russian cooperation, strategic cohesion, submarine warfare, U.S. missile defense

China’s Long-Range Missiles, Russia’s Arctic Bastion, and the Alaskan Gap

Jack Lindstrom0 Comments

Published: September 24, 2026 The Cold War made the High North a proving ground for nuclear strategy. Even though the powers and weapons have changed, the same geography matters again.…

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Defense & Security, Emerging Threatsagentic AI, AI adoption, artificial intelligence, competence, data limitations, decision-making, DeepMind, financial costs, hallucinations, Information Security, machine learning, model collapse, National Security, natural language processing, probabilistic models, protein structure prediction, reinforcement learning, return on investment, technology limitations

Large Language Models Will Not Enhance National Security Decision Making

Alexis Schlotterback1 Comment

Published: September 22, 2026 Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, launched the first conversational large language model (LLM), ChatGPT, in late 2022 with only a short post on X. It has…

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Strategic Adversariesaccountability, autonomous weapons, black box, certification, classical AI, courtroom, decision recovery, decision-making, defense studies, emerging technologies, entanglement, ethical defense, explainability, gate-based models, Human Rights, interference, international bodies., international humanitarian law, legal exposure, legal justification, LIME, logistics planning, military AI, neural networks, operational risk, optimization, pattern recognition, prediction, proportionality, public trust, quantum AI, quantum computing, research, rules of engagement, satellite imagery, scrutiny, SHAP, speed, superposition, target prioritization, threat classification, transparency, tribunal

Explainability, Not Speed, Will Define the Next Military AI Race

Maheen Butt1 Comment

Published: September 21, 2026 A soldier who fires on a target must be able to reason “why” afterward. Similarly, a commander who authorizes a strike must be able to justify…

Archive, Strategic Adversariesalliance structures, anti-access/area denial, Asia-Pacific, Attrition, civilian protection, counter-drone, deep strike, Deterrence, drone warfare, electronic warfare, escalation, humanitarian impact, ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance), logistics, maritime theater, Military Strategy, non-state actors, operational environment, proliferation safeguards, reconnaissance, regional stability, resilience, secure communications, technology transfer

Exporting Ukraine’s Lessons: The Risks of Transferring the Wrong Lessons to the Asia-Pacific

Andrey Koval0 Comments

Published: September 15, 2026 Having observed the war from within the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one is struck by two simultaneous situations: the extraordinary tactical adaptation…

Archive, Strategic Adversariesambiguity, command and control, conventional forces, crisis management, crisis stability, Deterrence, DF-26, dual-capable missiles, entanglement, escalation risk, inadvertent escalation, Indo-Pacific, International Security, military intelligence, Military Strategy, missile notifications, No First Use Policy, nuclear escalation, nuclear threshold, nuclear-conventional ambiguity, PLARF, risk reduction, security dilemma, signaling, strategic competition, strategic stability, Survivability, targeting, transparency, U.S.-China relations

China’s Dual-Capable Missiles and Inadvertent Nuclear Escalation

Peyton Mayer0 Comments

Published: September 14, 2026 China's expanding force of dual-capable missiles is creating a growing source of ambiguity in U.S.-China deterrence. The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) operates conventional and…

Archive, Strategic AdversariesArms Control, Australia, Budapest Memorandum, Canada, CASS., Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies, civilian nuclear energy, Crimea, dual-use technology, Energiewende, energy prices, Energy Security, Fukushima disaster, geopolitical risks, IAEA, India, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Israel, Middle East, New START, NPT, nuclear capability, nuclear deterrent, nuclear latency, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, nuclear power, nuclear proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, oil shipment, plutonium, renewable energy, Russia-Ukraine war, sanctions, security assurances, security guarantees, solar energy, South Asia, Strait of Hormuz, strategic autonomy, uranium enrichment, wind energy

The Return of Nuclear Hedging

Sajal Shahid0 Comments

Published: September 8, 2027 To many, the end of the Cold War signaled hope for a more restrained nuclear era. As the rivalry between the US and USSR settled in…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic AdversariesAbu al-Duhur, Air Defense, ambiguity, Ankara, border security, buffer zone, communication, conflict management, conflict-avoidance, contested territory, Damascus, diplomatic channels, escalation, geopolitical rivalry, historical friction, influence, intent, Israel, Jerusalem, managed rivalry, Middle East, military footprint, military presence, post-Assad, power vacuum, regional powers, security theories, strategic ambiguity, strikes, Syria, Turkey

Turkey, Israel and the Dangerous Vacuum in Post-Assad Syria

Yashwant Singh 0 Comments

Published: September 7, 2026 The strikes at Abu al-Duhur matter less for what happened than for what they revealed. Strip away the incident report and what is left is familiar…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic Adversariesair and missile defense, conventional military integration, Deterrence, extended deterrence, Gulf States, integrated intelligence, integrated missile defense, interoperability, Iran war, Israel, maritime security, Middle East, missile and drone attacks, nuclear umbrella, proliferation, radar and sensor networks, regional stability, security architecture, strategic consultation

Why the Middle East Needs a New Collective Defense Arrangement After the Iran War

Natalie Treloar0 Comments

Published: September 1, 2026 The Iran War may eventually end through a ceasefire, an interim agreement, or a broader diplomatic settlement. Regardless of how the fighting stops, one thing has become impossible to ignore.…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesalliance deterrence, Arms Control, artificial intelligence, China, civilian nuclear infrastructure, conventional war, CRINK, cyber warfare, defense policy, drones, Foreign Policy, France, Hypersonic Weapons, Iran, Japan, midterm elections, military preparedness, National Security, NATO, nonproliferation, North Korea, nuclear modernization, nuclear proliferation, nuclear umbrella, nuclear war, OODA loop, public opinion, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, space arms control, space-based weapons, strategic mind games, strategic nuclear weapons, strategic power, tactical nuclear weapons, Taiwan, United States

Nuclear Deterrence and the Midterm Elections

gsharpe & Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

Published: August 31, 2926 As the United States heads toward another set of midterm Congressional elections in November 2026, issues related to nuclear weapons, including deterrence, arms control, and nonproliferation, will be important. Whether candidates will…